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The word 'alec'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
alecOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus36.812214
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 104.6 18 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 225.6 69 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 18 7 3
WCE - West Central 53.3 12 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 40.2 8 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 alec in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e bring up her twin bridders, Alec an George. Dey wir at a bad a on page 4
"Dat wis Alec, wisn it?" Maggie Ann aksed, on page 18
"Yes, becis du's Alec's sister, dat's da onnly raes on page 19
"I saa Alec strugglin ta his feet, an pit on page 20
dy. Noo du's laandit dysel wi Alec Watt's bastard bairn, draggit on page 22
Also on pages 23, 25, 49
18 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Alec." Ina dumpit er shoppin bag d on page 22
"So fit happened te Alec, en?" on page 23
ncy gaun roon te the hoose - Alec's mebbe lyin it hame in is bo on page 24
heard the terrible news about Alec. on page 25
oan aa the gory details aboot Alec. Oh ay, an Ah near firgot, ye on page 26
Also on pages 27
21 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Alec sighed an lay back on the pil on page 68
hink Ah'd get muckle fir ye." Alec smirkit. "Ye've a lotta miles on page 69
nna ging aff yer feet," leuch Alec, "Eence ye ging aff yer feet on page 70
iet grub an nae extras," said Alec, humphin a muckle bug o dug m on page 71
urnin up his nose at it" said Alec, lookin jist as disgustit as on page 72
Also on pages 73
26 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e Steenhillock. His twa loons Alec an Ned war dairymen in the to
auchin an clappin her hauns. 'Alec, Airchie, Arthur, Alan, Alber
I heard Jock Dow spikkin tae Alec an Ned at the roup yestreen,
Jist twa frae Steenhillock - Alec an Ned Mathieson. Bit there's
t, guidin them up the stairs, Alec Mathieson hyterin as he gaed,
22 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Ellen's dad, Alec, wis their only son an he gre on page 57
d clean oot fin she saw Uncle Alec for the first time. She said on page 58

2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
s unco wark. Ane sic body wis Alec Finlay.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
e telt him, "An the ithers is Alec Mackay, Robert Stoddart an Mi on page 26

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ae wark, sometimes Ah hae oor Alec a doctor, or Jessie a fine la on page 6
"Mither," quoth Alec, 'wha are ye knittin'" the so on page 7
the nicht, an' there wis oor Alec a proper loddie, aye needin' on page 37
Yet Ah winder if Ah want oor Alec at the sea an' oor Jessie mai on page 38

5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Whan Alec McLeish wis bein interviewed
1 matches

West Central

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
g wi’ a silence as we heard Alec, oor sometime champion o’ f
Alec said ‘the dream will never
™ve the best o’ respect fer Alec, and Nicola, bit it all looks
3 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ht, chattin’ aboot Big Eck. Alec. Salmond. Oor First Minister.
he conversation wis which wis Alec Salmond, wur First minister,
that he wis a fair smart guy Alec, an’ it mak’s me laugh co
a Scotsman really is, it’s Alec. He’s nae Brad Pitt in look
‘Aye, bit it proves that Alec Salmond wid be Oor Wullie gra
9 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t the wee bar talkin tae auld Alec McEwan, tryin tae cadge ah dr
r tae get them baith a drink. Alec politely declines but Tam, be
oyle. Where ye been hidin?’ Alec sais.
‘Och, ye know how it is Alec, cannae be bloody arsed hauf
€˜Aye, it has right enough’ Alec sais ‘but ye need tae get o
8 matches

General Central

@jack_capener tweeted
5 @PeteWishart Braw tae hear, Alec! We'll mak a richt activist o(2019)

@billykayscot tweeted
ver a dram on Burns Night Sir Alec Douglas-Home astonished Winni(2020)

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
twae o my mither’s uncles, Alec Young, an Alec Smith.
Young, an Alec Smith.
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
erMSP Aye, it's news to us eh Alec.(2020)