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The word 'flechs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
flechsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.487
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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 flechs in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
aye tocht dey wir hootchin wi flechs, bit mind whin we gude ta gra on page 48

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Soondscapes, (Shetland For Wirds 2015) Shetland, poetry
da dizzied hoose, a strum of flechs baet
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
foo o dastreen’s supper an flechs. Dat is naethin laek a Viking
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. The stuff cud bi hobblin wi flechs." Dottie gied a bit snicher o on page 71

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ed yer sark. They lowpit like flechs, they cudna bide at peace nae
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
IUM, And the culprits were aa flechs! on page 19

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
d creesh and chuggie and deid flechs and the like. on page 20

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
spottit wi flechs, seemed aboot tae flee awa, a
1 matches

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