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The word 'stalk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stalkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11715
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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) 65.7 2 2
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of stalk in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
wheech seemed till mse lek a stalk oot o a sea o green leaves at on page 49

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
pairty, he haein watched them stalk the strath, deith mairchin th
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Stalk, rush, chomp and crunch, on page 32

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ith fierce lament; Dark forms stalk through the night. on page 6

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
g story shoart, he muffed his stalk and got a kick in the heid. P
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e absently-mindedly pu’ed a stalk o parsley that had been lat r
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ae neck, that came up like a stalk oot aea sea o green leaves fa on page 51

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
uckle lang neck, risin like a stalk oot o a sea o green leaves fa on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'Look up the tap! The bean stalk's stowed on page 15
And scrammled up the beanie stalk. on page 19

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
e aye likit kale, an yin lest stalk wullnae dae onie herm. She mi on page 79

1 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
While I for hours the burdies stalk on page 13

1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
lik a stalk o rock,
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
, which seemed tae rise lik a stalk oot o a sea o green leaves th on page 50

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
A lane stalk o seaweed, on page 200

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
an yince wunnered if she shud stalk the loanen efter on page 59

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@Angelinekking tweeted
Halloween knock, a penny a stalk. If ye havenae got a penny, a(2019)

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