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The word 'skreiched'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skreichedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.9165
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
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 skreiched in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
"Muckle Coorse Moose!" skreiched the Gruttalo's Bairn. on page 25

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
boord wi a daud o chakk - it skreiched fin it skyted on the boord an
tormentin the kittlin till it skreiched an tried tae cleuk her wi its
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
s face, sea-myaavs skirled an skreiched fur maistry o the air. Here a
dookit low aroon his lugs an skreiched like a banshee as it furled a
"Jed," she skreiched in a thin vyce. 'There's a lo
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“Ooo” he skreiched in his teenie-weeny voice.
they skreiched thegither.
tuck tucky...” she skreiched. “That ye canna, gang awa h
3 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
ly. Lichtnin crackit, timmers skreiched. The win wheeped the sails an on page 115

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“The cuiverfeu!” shae skreiched. Bot it wes ower ahin haun. T
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
d that tindel-box!" the witch skreiched at him. "Or I'll no pull ye u on page 35

1 matches

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"This rose is real!" she skreiched, rubbin her neb. "Whit a glai on page 85

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
r legs stertit tae growe. She skreiched, an ettled tae haud ontae her
r an ower again. The Minotaur skreiched an trauchled aboot, but These
2 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
r wormblades comin on an they skreiched tae a stap, jist afore a holo
1 matches

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