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Use in varieties of Scots

ducks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 4.1 3 19.9 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences148 2 2 0 0 2
Number of authors11 7 1 2 1

Occurrences of ducks in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Everybody shites themselves n ducks. There's broken glass on on page 59

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah gie him a thumbs up as he ducks under the archway ae the exit on page 1

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
that me an Karen fed tae the ducks the last time we went. It's s on page 164

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
. Puss, puss, puss. D was for ducks but we ca'ad them djeuks, the on page 120

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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay the cunt’s jaicket as he ducks an weaves aboot desperately t
t at a punch an the smackheid ducks an wriggles free fae McDadeâ€
2 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ic fowl – chickens, Muscovy ducks, geese and even some guinea f
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
happens - jist watter aff a ducks back tae me m8 (2021) twitter link

Doric

Smith, Derek Northwords Now 43 - Derek Smith, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
Twa Ducks at the Port Elphinstone Brig on page 18

2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Echnaloch his ducks and swans and ither burds as on page 37

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
o the eider ducks silhouetted on page 27

1 matches

Ulster

Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
rls oan tha griddle an boilin ducks eggs forbye.Mae Mither wud sh
ale soda farl an a lovely big ducks egg wae a mug o tae an got st
2 matches

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