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The word 'soak'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
soakOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81614
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of soak in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
steep 'soak' ~ steepit on page 73

1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
an in Dublin ye will want tae soak up the atmosphere o a live ba on page 8
cafés an restaurants an jist soak it aa up. Owerleukin ye, will on page 17

2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
i' strips an gein 'em a guid soak on page 131

1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
..maybe ye shud hae a relaxin soak in the tub instead! hee hee(2011)

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
kin, pittin' in the oats tae soak fur the parritch, or the peas on page 4

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
crack: “...first a bath tae soak him awae, syne...” an she h
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
t An’ noisily commenced tae soak it That choped the line bey a
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wi Glenarf their throats did soak on page 113

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Wi’ burns yer bum tae soak,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
y geez me the opportunity tae soak in the rich history ae this t
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
, The vomit seeps through mah soak an ah feel like ahm gonnae be on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e contact wae the surface. Ah soak fur a while surveyin ma emaci
1 matches

General Central

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e's and granddadden's parents soak Scots a th(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
That’s a lang time tae soak
1 matches

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