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The word 'clarks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
clarksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.865
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
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 clarks in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Clarks broon sandals an bonnie summe on page 42

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
oun agin me wes wrangous. The clarks aw shiffelt thair peypers, an
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rian_Pacey am watching george clarks amazing spaces al - wee bit (2021) twitter link
es1 at last someone that kens clarks nae sense lol - the sfa pick (2020) twitter link

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
ik doon tae ma thick, leather Clarks shoes, which, admittedly, ah' on page 7

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
™d expect. They’re they mad Clarks nubuck, cushioned wans; hideo
1 matches

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