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The word 'distract'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
distractOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21410
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 30.1 6 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 distract in Corpus

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Shetland

@HazelTindall tweeted
ie things ta trötil aboot ta distract wiz fae aathing else. Fok in (2020)

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ppen tae thi lad's tae try an distract their attintien a bit, fin, " on page 26

1 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
by in shorts is struggling to distract me fae Twitter the night. COY(2018)

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Cathy, in order tae distract on page 32

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ilky wee breeze. They soothe, distract an blow baith wir hair coinci on page 3

5 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ise the despair. Somethin tae distract him fae his, or anybody’s i
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
alanta as she rins an it will distract her.”
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
their pet men tae pop up and distract wi pish (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

McClure, Alan A poem, (Twitter 2022) Central - Galloway, poetry
Tae me, or ocht that micht distract them
1 matches

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