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The word 'clark'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
clarkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.33115
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 3
WCE - West Central 66.6 15 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 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 clark 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.

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Betsy said made him look like Clark Gable ~ an headed oot. He had on page 91

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
stem fur peyin a warrand. The clark
n wuid ken. He priggit at the clark ti lat’m sei the
r o the jyle, the poliss, the clark o the court
3 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ws - get eer erse intae gear clark n ffs encourage the lads (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
for not takin part today Miss Clark. It isnae an excuse, said Cha on page 25
Charlene Clark thinks she's a pure hard nut on page 28
ne, That Miss Price. CHARLENE CLARK WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DO- on page 30
s me aff ma work: cause she's Clark an ah'm Campbell it means her on page 45
Zoe Welsh. Here. AND CHARLENE CLARK. Present, sir. A few folk gig on page 47
Also on pages 76, 79, 81, 82, 100, 146, 153, 169
14 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
in-thegither poetrie o Thomas Clark, an in 'Phantasmagoria', John on page 7

1 matches

Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
cles in Bella Caledonia. Sara Clark shines a licht on oor self-ha
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Thomas Clark on page vii

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Black, Lister, James Clark Maxwell, they said "Aye" and on page 40

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
enny Kay and her sister Rosie Clark an wi sae monie aunts an uncl on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
s rin by Matthew Fitt, Thomas Clark, Ashley Douglas, Sara Clark, on page 5

2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
the transition period. Colin Clark MP for Gordon wis askit that
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
wart, William Letford, Thomas Clark, Sam Best and ithers for free
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
n win thru, div ye ken Steven Clark's sang "Comin Hame" that refe(2020)

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@Cscott5 @lyall_hibees Mayb clark.....gan ti b a long season fo(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
#BLM Mony thanks SPL and Tam Clark. https://t.co/41shfzDebe(2020)