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The word 'kicks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kicksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82618
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.6 8 5
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of kicks in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
this how Slateroos get their kicks?(2020)

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
n I get naethin bit dunts, an kicks ti mak me haud furrit an hert on page 26

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
trainin for a hale week. Free kicks, penalty kicks, runnin roon t
, penalty kicks, runnin roon the park,
2 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
rry8 as inither odd ball side kicks. #redtintedglasses https://t.(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
moss as soft's a bridal bed, Kicks the dead beast, and ambles on page 5

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ams than opportunities. Maire kicks in the baws fae life than ah on page 85
s hoapin tae fuck that nuttin kicks oaff. Cos ah widnae miss this on page 104

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
He neither pats my heid nor kicks my erse: on page 22

1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
route tae sel-expression that kicks in at ma least sel-conscious
the mair ma Yorkshire dialect kicks in. Mebbes that's hou ah'm sc
2 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
n his face, but then the pain kicks in and it’s aw greetin, bok
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ast amateur game afore tier 3 kicks in - thanx to both teams mus (2020) twitter link

West Central

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
your body, then the infection kicks in. Purple spots are the firs
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
oot, but ah get ma vicarious kicks in ither weys. A single loun
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
An gits eis kicks oot o Kickers on page 65
When reality kicks in, then it's a on page 111

2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
this life in a scene ae flyin kicks and a chorus ae desperate scr
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
art tae hit the boak. Then he kicks the drawers aff the stage,sen on page 27

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ghs, showin a missin tooth, n kicks the boy in the face as he fal on page 20

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ur flingin in sly punches an kicks though as ah scuffle aboot wa
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
zz afore Breaking into Heaven kicks in.
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ichs and yowls, the bites and kicks, on page 159

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
een smouderin awa aw sexy. A kicks aff wan ae ma peirie heels. M on page 2

1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
Maist fowk seem tae get their kicks pissin’ up the wa’ while
1 matches

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