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The word 'duke'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dukeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.84919
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 44.3 10 2
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 224.2 21 2
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
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 duke 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.

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Funcies a pucklie duke's eggs i'day on page 132
I am i'duke's egg, they're a' duke's eggs, I am i'walnut! on page 144

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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@deesidedon Aye, if yer a duke.(2019)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
wis taen on as factor for the Duke o Sutherland, tae turn the la
The Duke o Sutherland biggit hissel a
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ime. He wis a close pal o the Duke o York that went on tae becom on page 117

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
r A did, Mac Cailean Mor, the Duke, wid see tae it! Ma confessio
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
walk doon the airy and broad Duke Street. Makin ma wey past the
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
we get tae the boattom end ay Duke Street, passin under the rail
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
manded by his bastart son the Duke o Monmouth, spouse tae Anne, on page 39
north o Greenock Watter, the Duke o Monmouth's airmy tuik a ter on page 51
brither on Loch Fyne that the Duke o Argyll wis raisin an airmy on page 72
's providence, mebbe oor guid Duke will keep thaim aa buchtit up on page 73

4 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
doun an said: "Ma maister the Duke o" - an here he named a gey on page 42

17 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
k sic as the stey braes o the Duke's Pass up fae Aiberfyle, Quee on page 65

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Burns himsel). Law's poem The Duke, anent thon grippie aristocra on page 133

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
he braw mausoleum tae the 2nd Duke o Queensberry, biggit i the k on page 91

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
sic gentie grace. Mair like a duke’s dochter lichtin frae a ca
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
the rebels. The King hud the Duke o Monmouth marchin northwards

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
eers, wis near annihilated by Duke o Monmouth's 15,000 battle ha

@Chazzbat tweeted
l Lee belonged tae Bo an Luke Duke. An it wis orange. Daisy drov(2020)

@LowEndJardo tweeted
n hour for the next train fae duke st intae toon again has to be (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Buik, as Scottish as a Heelan Duke, on page 77

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
whan he dashit the Duke o Clarence's heid at Bauge? on page 32

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
rrit, backwart, where wull ye duke, on page 22

1 matches

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