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The word 'joked'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
jokedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4117
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 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 joked in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
tae tell me aboot someone who joked ‘Aal the world’s queer bu
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Onythin wi a pulse!" joked Ronnie. on page 48

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
h think Ah can git awa wi't," joked Duncan, "Ah try nae tull. . on page 15
een grape or a black ane," Ah joked, es the waitress disappeart. on page 31
od sark fir a silent pairty," joked Stevie, haalin Ronnie's choic on page 38

3 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
le o days ago I wis chiky and joked that it wis AA meetings she w
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ce thocht, as they lauched an joked, on page 27

1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
the plague, Cameron McGlinty joked at playtime. Ah shook ma heid on page 7

1 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
y fur them efter aw,” Billy joked.
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
world. Mammy and Daddy still joked aboot me singin intae a hairb on page 52

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
richt pair o auld craws she'd joked at the wake, and yes had stif on page 80

1 matches

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