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The word 'askan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
askanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3106
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 4
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 140.7 4 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 askan in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ce warm pair o draars - am I askan fur too much? - on page 47

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
"Ir ye?' says the wife, no askan. A din-faced on page 9

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
timo swerve. Oh no! Hatimo is askan fur hur brither whose been la on page 87

1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
A while ago I posted a poll askan fokk if they wid say ‘Whar

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
adian whan spaekan tae lokals askan fir a hand fae him; his lass
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
she'll think me for askan. No id'll no do till ask: may on page 10
crowded roond id, pantan, an askan, "But who has won?" on page 25
she sade, "than wasting id in askan puzzles at hev no answers." on page 67
till be ashamed o yersel for askan such a simple question," adde on page 92

4 matches

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
pe there's nae adverts for Al Askan See and Mr Beaujangles. #dori(2019)