Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'struggled'

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Use in varieties of Scots

struggled	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	7.2	23	15
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	17.7	4	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.1	2	1
WCE - West Central	13.8	3	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	26.2	2	1
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.8	2	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)

Occurrences of struggled in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
he struggled bit wis manhandled doon the h on page 10

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
n. Determined tae land him, I struggled and toiled on page 71

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
hü wid laek ane. Bit da rest struggled on, an da twa aaldest anes fe on page 7

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. Mair norr half his patients struggled tae pey the haafcroon an mair
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ving an the deed crossed. She struggled throwe fun bushes that tore a
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae pull the laces tight. She struggled wi the heuk till Mr Pirie sho
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
As Jonsar Eck struggled tae cast his ile skins (they
thoosan bits. As he struggled tae his feet makin sure that
2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
Aye min, ken fit yir saying. Struggled tae get up for this game - s (2020) twitter link

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
in dein in auld Scots I'd hae struggled.(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
tchy's body was bent ower. He struggled like a wild thing, makin nae on page 1

2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah struggled fir work, blacklisted until on page 68
Ah've struggled at times tae buy the weans sh on page 77

2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ang ri prom tae Solkits birra struggled ower Cannon Hill insteed; a h
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
rses got laired in the bog an struggled in a panic that got waur when on page 37
, my luve,' he craiked, as he struggled for the braith tae speak even on page 76

2 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Tam struggled wi the test. His spinal chord on page 42

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
emi-detached hoose she and Da struggled tae cobble taegether the rent on page 10
Jamie struggled wi the drink fae day one, and on page 11
've seen how much Mum and Dad struggled tae bring me and Kate up oan on page 89

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
o hauf buriet skulls. We struggled tae keep on page 191

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
er satchel aween her feet, an struggled tae pit oan a mac. It wis oan on page 112

1 matches