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Use in varieties of Scots

ack Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.6 13.7 7.5 19.9 0 10.3 53.1
Number of occurrences4727 5 2 0 1 12
Number of authors12 8 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of ack in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
on's doddles an wis aboot tae ack the daft laddie wi some knack on page 82

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Lawburrows seems ti be in an Ack o the Scottis Pairliament o 1 on page 23
, kis, in 1593, the war a new Ack whilk said, braid-oot, that t on page 24
efter its enackment, the auld Ack o 1429 is still gaein strang; on page 25

10 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
sman, Ringan Rob, i the verra ack o drivin the pauchilt beiss. on page 142

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ae nae cuddie), but begoud ti ack streyngelie upon takin haud o
it doun, no kennin that this ack is a couardie-lick til the ga
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ems an sangs; the'r hale five-ack plays an short scrieves, as w
1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
r as possible, an ti leive an ack in a wey at furders an sikkar
s an sikkars it. Ilka time an ack or deceision is taen, conseid
ent, kis it means at for ilka ack, straucht aff the’r a refle
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ad daur tae say is a bumbazin ack. On tap o that, it's been owe
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
d scrappin o the Human Richts Ack, the tither the adoption o a
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
t. In 2015, takkin the simple ack o leavin the hoose or invitin
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Shakespeare’s Hamlet Ack 3, Sc 1
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
o oo" e'en tho they dinna aye ack like it.
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
@MattRichardson3 Ack! Nae worries! A can wait pati(2014) search twitter
@TheMattEvers Ack well! Hae a guid tour an mayb(2014) search twitter
'm gonna be there the morrow! Ack awricht a wis there the day t(2014) search twitter
@samandmarktv Ack No in ma eyes! Nothin can bea(2015) search twitter

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
bodies siller is a gey hertie ack, an wey abin fit a peer auld on page 98

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
s tae fit A'm sayin bit disna ack upo it is lik a feel att bigg on page 15
Bit he att hearkens an disna ack accordinly is lik e chiel att on page 90
them att hear e wird o God an ack upo't." on page 93
hiz, bi fa's aathority div ye ack lik iss, fa gied ye the richt on page 113

4 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ack-ack gun cradles, on page 6

2 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
s the 1872 Scottis Eddication Ack, an A weird thit Scotland wui
1 matches

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
Ack, a burnt the arse oot the fir(2020) search twitter
@HurchinHome @fairfaaye Ack, I was up at The Big Smoke th(2020) search twitter
e from Belshaft uses it too. 'ack, yull scud yoursel!'. Also 's(2020) search twitter
@Heavenlyink @SgothanGeal Ack, canny help meself ??????(2020) search twitter
@cee4cat Ack, I scudded mesel, he wouldn't (2020) twitter link
and 6 other occurrences.