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The word 'perk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
perkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.6329
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 26.8 11 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 21 16 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of perk in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fur a tour o the colonies tae perk up her dwinin finances. She w
1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
ee bodie like bleck ile fae a perk funtain, syne jeelt on the ca on page 80

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
k o my hand". She didnae half perk up fin she heard fit Jonsar s
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
fer a wee while. Mebbe it'll perk up. on page 61

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
e're tae gang ti Strathvaigin Perk tae erect a fence roun some n on page 59
tea, Ian tuik a baa intil the perk tae pley keepie-uppie his lan on page 60
ain got sent tae Strathvaigin Perk tae tak the fence back doun. on page 61

6 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
olfish ongauns in Yellaestane Perk in California has brocht naet
rawsome ootcomes. Yellaestane Perk is kind o like Dunfermline Gl
their supper. Afore lang the perk had turned intil a richt cowp
es and moving them aroond the perk. Haudin the elk population do
4 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
'A div tae! In a neep perk. Juist like you!' on page 22

13 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
! same street as Grant Street Perk! I'll mebbe see ane or twa o on page 65

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
creation o the first national perk at Yosemite in 1890; he campi
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Ane perk aboot wearing a mask when get(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
e herd eet sayed thit hei wud perk his Rolls i the Touer Hotel c
s Rolls i the Touer Hotel car perk I Hawick, bot isteid o hevin
2 matches

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