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The word 'rink'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rinkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.61513
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of rink in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
burgh, yon had imported a new rink fae America. https://t.co/VHb(2019)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
actions, includin even an ice rink for skeetin. on page 3

1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
epin, an wis mair like an ice rink wae aa the water splooshin ab on page 72

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
the rain roads are like a ice rink,
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ze o a fitba pitch nor an ice-rink. An forby yon, there wes a ha
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The big bands in the ice rink, on page 60

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Aince tho he cam ontil the rink an no bein weill acquant wi t
rink. The laddies aw lichtlied him
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
niment, German mercat, skatin rink, helter-skelter an monie ithe
iles youngsters in a makshift rink
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
forgot theres gonna b an ice rink n a gym n a speedway track to (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e ice pack wisnae like an ice rink ~ wi aw the squeezin and twis on page 38

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
i swans. The flair wis an ice rink, on which they were slippin a
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
wee bit path is frozen tae a rink. on page 48

1 matches

General Central

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
tered and yer rollin doon the rink! (2022) twitter link