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The word 'pecht'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pechtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.3337
ORK - Orkney
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
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 119.2 19 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.6 4 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 pecht in Corpus

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General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
cotland? Whit nixt?" Motswane pecht a deep sich. on page 80

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"Fufft - me - up!" pecht the Queen, stull a bittie bur on page 18

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
wi Pent bein anither name for Pecht. There’s a guid amoont o ha
screivit an illustratit in a Pecht monastery.
2 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
t lang syne eftir the sin o a Pecht keing at hed fyve laddies
widdies gaun in an out lik a Pecht kervin.
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
ntil the wattir wi a whuspert Pecht on page 41
d fur generautiouns. Thai wes Pecht maissons an kervit the stanes on page 42
at ma guidwyfe ti tak a ying Pecht maisson tae thon eyl fur ti l on page 43
s ither conters. Barbar uised Pecht paittrens an eimages bot the on page 44
jalouse at it cam ti be mair Pecht-lik nir thur at Barbar kervit on page 45
Also on pages 46, 47
19 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ee it ony, it's ower hivvie!' pecht Trev, noo wringin weet an guf on page 20

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
A Pecht, as representit in a 19th-cen
COULD I BE RELATIT TAE A PECHT?
2 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
htoot Ye pit the fair in fair pecht oot, so ye do!(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ot for the messages, endin up pecht on page 8
lls, ten mauts, a spliff then pecht. Thir days Ah'm no sae shair on page 77

3 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
ot for the messages, endin up pecht
1 matches

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