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The word 'nk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.3313
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
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 20 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 508.7 28 1

Occurrences of nk in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
es the bus clankit awa, black nk stemmin fae its exhaast. "Ye' on page 17

1 matches

General Ulster

North South Ministerial Council Twa Thoosan an Six - Twalmond Fynnin, (Ullans Speakers Association 2007) Ulster, government
pïnk flesh-mait', maist o aa fur s on page 3

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
on laik pagans, fer they thïnk tha mair the' taak, tha bette on page 6
ïn an steal. Fer whut ye thïnk tha maist o, wull aye be ïn on page 7
ed bak tae thaim, "Dae ye thïnk tha waddin guests wud murn wh on page 9
onie ither kine o strang drïnk, on page 69
"Wha daes he thïnk he ïs, taakin sitch blasphem on page 78
Also on pages 81, 82, 83, 87, 90, 92, 93, 96, 97, 100, 103, 107, 108
28 matches

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