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The word 'perch'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
perchOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21411
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 16.3 5 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 perch in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
oan his perch, gawkan, gittan weet... on page 30

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Examine er weel fae yer perch on the fence An ye'll see yer on page 15

1 matches

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
tter was not on his customary perch at the Stronach Arms. Instead
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hame-awners. Quarrytowers wad perch like an erne abeen the quarry
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
the pule aff its perch inno the grun wi the tail o h
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
, gled steen, it his tae be a perch site, eh no? (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Frae her perch awa up high on page 14

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
hinkin, sae steyed up oan her perch till she haed gane oot the ro on page 1

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
a perch whaur he is able
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ame corbie, that sleepit on a perch ahint the back door. Whan Maj
er gate. Moses lowpit aff his perch and flappit efter her, craiki
rae that waled could come and perch on her paw; but the sparraes
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d staun, or sit aside her, or perch on a peg. It wis aa yin tae h
1 matches

General Central

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
er the mucklest member ae the perch faimily? (She lauchs aw fair- on page 3

1 matches

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