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The word 'mairk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mairkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.44816
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
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 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 98.5 3 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 436.1 24 2

Occurrences of mairk in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
mairk oot the eydent piers o Meginw on page 17
Sheu peyed a ecogaird tae mairk her on page 20

2 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
The plooman graved his mairk doon
and the mairk o feet in the grund
2 matches

(South) East Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
kend on the 18-20 Aprile will mairk this milestane in the club’
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Tae mairk the first anniversary o the V on page 106

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
vid micht hae been nearer the mairk. He wis a richt toff an he ha on page 76

1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Tuim Tattie, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
mairk time
1 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
s: Ach! She's owerstepped the mairk. on page 33

1 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
h o political chynge left its mairk on oor kintra’s landscape.
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

@fairfaaye tweeted
- 27 Novemmer 2020 so ye can mairk tha week while ye bide at ham(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
e it a while tae cool doon an mairk it oot fur cutting, but dinna on page 28

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
noo, but she'll want him. You mairk my wirds." on page 16
gien a playgrun soliloquy tae mairk the arrival o Daniel. "He's f on page 19
green as he's cabbage leukin. Mairk ma wirds, niver trust a man w on page 45

3 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
r tae gie ye thïs guid news. Mairk thïs weel! Seein as ye niver on page 69

1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
* mairk yer repones keepin in tha box
fur a Sing’l Speirin Foarm, mairk tha box forenenst thair name
Mairk aa tha yins ‘at effeirs.
Mairk aa tha yins ‘at effeirs.
ither? Gif memmers ir no sib, mairk tha ‘No sib’ box.
23 matches

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