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The word 'eck'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
eckOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus135.945116
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 976.6 6 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 1719.9 388 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 65.8 27 4
WCE - West Central 48.8 11 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 46.1 9 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 62.4 5 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 eck in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e o folk at wis githered roon Eck Spence, a local cooncillor. on page 32

1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
The Legend o Eck
Eck o the Wuids grew ower the yea
but wha wants the truth? Eck’s lang deid,
hit hairm til onie, least ava Eck,
or Eck, re-shaped, tooers til the cl
6 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
onny May mornin an, as Jonsar Eck sat aitin his breakfast,
e tae gang for a run". Jonsar Eck shook his heid an
d back for his tea. As Jonsar Eck went past the car he
awa". Jonsar Eck nivver said a word bit thocht
gaun. Jonsar Eck thocht if he hid a Auto Pilot
215 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
jokinly. "Cheer up Jonsar Eck ere's aye wither o some kind
Jonsar Eck sat watching the T.V. ae nich
Fin Jonsar Eck went tae bed he coodnae help
said on the T. V. Noo Jonsar Eck kent he wis in serious
So at ten o clock Jonsar Eck wis sittin in the doctors sur
172 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
ond @pressjournal aye aye Big Eck fit like mannie!? Revealin' a(2015)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
Yakcam's richt name wis Eck Mackay, but he got cried 'Yak on page 85
"Na, na, Eck," Cherlie says, "At's no the on page 86
Are ye for gaun doun the pub, Eck?" on page 90

5 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
.' Ah seyd. ' Ah telt Rab an Eck Ah micht see thaim thair the on page 26
use gin thai rowed Rab's neb, Eck's erse an yer lugs thegither on page 27

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
auved on the previous wunter. Eck Mackay wis thick as mince, bu on page 26

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
furgot tae turn the heel, aye Eck wad hae lookit a richt sicht on page 7
n Ah really start tae winder. Eck tells me no tae be sae silly, on page 10
d an' waarm in the hoose, bit Eck's oot there on the watter wi' on page 11
, jist lookin' at the watter. Eck tells me that the bitty they on page 13
Eck gies me a awfy like row fur s on page 14
Also on pages 16, 22, 24, 28, 30, 33, 34, 36, 38
17 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
he twa rinners-up wi a copy o Eck the Bee tae ane an a copy o P
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
rmy freend o Wullie’s uncle Eck – acause he’d spak up fir
1 matches

West Central

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
l sicht, chattin’ aboot Big Eck. Alec. Salmond. Oor First Min
ab he wis determined that Big Eck wis mair like Fat Boab. Stran
nane o’ us thocht that Wee Eck wid graw up tae be Big Eck Sa
wid graw up tae be Big Eck Salmond. Na, ye’ve got tae
wur life is it no? An’ Big Eck he says that it’s the maist
10 matches

@annieones tweeted
he @Lenniesaurus Whoops soory Eck thiught a wis replying tae Le (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
In terms o Eck I's time, like monie anither on page 19

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
uiet, waitin fur Big Kenzie n Eck Green tae deliver their verdi on page 21
t fuckin even happened then?' Eck says. Taz goes in tae great d on page 22
tae our presence. Big Kenzie, Eck n Taz appear at the front n s on page 24
ah, the lassies giggle, n Big Eck walks up tae me. A stand brav on page 25
Azzy mate, that Whytey is Big Eck Green's half-cousin. That's h on page 30

9 matches

General Central

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 58 - The Wa-Ganging o the Meinister, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Gin Eck's gaen tae the sie in his cob on page 80

1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
he way, like I'd never impugn Eck's. (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
.) Masel, A kan juist mynd on Eck Pow the
fur ae gey wheen ‘ear efter Eck’s
daith. Eck’s weeda sei’t til Yid Sco
he Borders, A hed ae crack wi Eck’s youngest
orth’ickbrae laird, hed lat Eck Pow’s auld byre, faa doun.
5 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tae Eck an Eilidh, Nan an Shug. on page 77

1 matches

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