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The word 'knack'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
knackOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.91311
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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 20 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of knack in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
left - I think wir lost the knack. Ach, weel, - hid's nearan h on page 65

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah grinned. Muggie hid a knack o seein richt throwe folk. on page 31

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
In hands that hae the knack o the thing, and fingers that (2020) twitter link

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
an steekit his mou again wi a knack. on page 49

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae ken if it's the coke or ma knack fur mindless violence but sud on page 146
y. And who hus a questionable knack ae snortin snow. A familiar f on page 165

2 matches

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
en. As Ah got aulder he hud a knack fur metamorphin intae whae'er on page 13

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Cruel whips nae mair will knack.
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
for bletherin, but wi a guid knack for gettin his ain wey. Snawb on page 6

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
o her een. Violet had a richt knack for buildin and inventin aw k on page 3

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an few hae got the knack o me - they'll ayewes see th on page 77

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
nts maistlie seemed tae hae a knack tae fin solutions. on page 10

1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
ye see and soon developed the knack
1 matches

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