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The word 'heck'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
heckOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.31410
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 heck in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
"Heck's sek!" he said, "Ah'm off, p on page 20

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
nter tae claim ur prize. 'Oh, heck and Tommy,' says the lass ahi on page 87

1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
m still spagied daday whit da heck (2020) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
could till e peedy door; but, heck! e peedy door wis shut again, on page 19

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
the news wis saying. "Och tae heck wi this" He said oot loudly.
answer, far the heck wis the bloomin wifie. Of coo
pecs. He blurts oot. "Fit tae heck I shood jist hae ae pair o
"Fit tae heck is goin on here," said Jonsar
4 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
gryte main-heck ordinateir at aince gyed the
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ma businesses - but whit the heck, the big boys were makkin sil on page 30

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an thought whut thi heck. on page 59

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hout intae Wullie's lug. 'Tae heck wi this Wullie, A'm goin tae on page 64

1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wha threids the flesh at heck an manger. on page 35

1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
@ScottishLit One heck o a typo that yin.(2016)

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