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The word 'scratched'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scratchedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.21714
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 4
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of scratched in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Me kilt scratched like the devil and me feet sw on page 3
Pat on the light and scratched himsel while Jessie blinked a on page 46

2 matches

Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
gret Lowrie 'White-whisker', scratched his moorit beard, starin' oot
1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
mper, right? So, I spat, an I scratched, an I sneaked aboot. Grabbin on page 58

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
bitten be the dog an scratched be the cat. Jonsar Eck let oo
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
a breengin torrent. Hercules scratched his napper. Mibbe he had an i on page 23

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
r the day - gin it disna get scratched!" on page 85

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
lan scratched his backside an said nowt. I on page 1

2 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
ck, casual like, then raxt an scratched yer heid.
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ae the rectangle ae light and scratched in her signature wae a final
1 matches

West Central

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
"T-that hing! It scratched me!"
r knocked the plank away, and scratched Emma's torso, knocking her ta
2 matches

Glasgow

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
Big G scratched iz napper, an rubbed at iz ja on page 6

1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
her couches, ‘he chewed and scratched the place up sommat stupid.â€
1 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
He scartit his horns and scratched at his tail, on page 123

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Maisie bit hir cheeks an scratched hir lug as twa fameeliar red, on page 18

1 matches

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