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The word 'ouk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
oukOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.8163
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 55.8 9 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 ouk in Corpus

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General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
adin back aa your paiks for a ouk on Wednesday. Supposin they h on page 11
e Queen said. "Twa placks the ouk, an jam ilkie idder day." on page 65

3 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
A veisitit the flet eftir ane ouk. A perfit smuith skreid liggi
il the nixt veisitin day, ane ouk frae nou.
wes a rale tikkler. Eftir ane ouk, nane the
ower waik sae it tuik a hale ouk afoir aw wes
4 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
an dounluik me; bot afoir the ouk wes gane he wes shuir ti thin on page 5
rewyne uz; fur he steyed on, ouk eftir ouk, an, at lang lest, on page 6

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
ir its maisters. Anerlie ane ouk syne he bene aitin blak breid on page 2

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
will come, it micht be in an ouk or in a hunder year, but I di
malism. Several nichts in the ouk, efter Mr Cameron haed faa’
wis Sunday seiven days in the ouk, claver wis in season aa year
remony that wis observed ilka ouk ithoot fail. First cam the he
aitherin. Here the wark o the ouk tae come wis planned oot and
5 matches

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