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The word 'reck'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
reckOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32112
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 52.3 9 5
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.8 4 2
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) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of reck in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
him, shö fan at shö couldna reck him ava: shö could see him f on page 14
dem tagidder first-dey dunna reck half far enyoch yit - Oh! De on page 38
döv everything at shö could reck at da Duchess an da infant-da on page 60

4 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
aar cood I pit mysel oot o dy reck? on page 47

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Jöst oot a reck, a tize on page 45

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
dess gets too high for her to reck on tap. Dan Dad taks ower; bu
1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
mile twise ower, an mair, ta reck hame, an he wis comin dark. A
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
d a peerie elf struggling tae reck da latch. Wi his red an green
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
a stan steil. Hee's nay on a reck, eit aat bit," aye say's, an on page 11
y's. She run awa, bit she wid reck a bit an didna hay a lot a po on page 46

2 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
An fat reck't it tae her, jist aan, at th on page 74

1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
arness whaur parents tuik nae reck, on page 9

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
An gin we cuid, fat reck: on page 50

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tae read but jist tae ken an reck. on page 11
Whit reck though, this warl on page 47

3 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
airt of history itsel, of nae reck. Afore real history. Aye. Whi on page 9

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
divid agin itsel wull gae tae reck an ruin, an iverie citie or h on page 9
vïd agin ïtsel wull gae tae reck an ruin, an a hoose divïd ag on page 89

2 matches

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