Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'strung'

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Use in varieties of Scots

strung	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.6	18	13
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	19.6	6	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	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	16.3	3	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	2.7	2	2
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)	65.7	2	2
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of strung in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
e a haep safer wi a twa wires strung aroond, tae keep the baes awe on page 20

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
strung across time, on page 6

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
an hooses strung alang da banks
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
enin the washin tae the towes strung frae three neuks o the gairde
wer its face. She could anely strung the strings o't as yet...Da w
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e coontless man-vrocht steps, strung wi lichts tae guide them on t
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
geegaws strung tae his dowp, an ilkie Sabbat
n. Yon wis wippit on anna. He strung on a
2 matches

Harper, Edith The Wye Athin Chynges, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric, poetry
an amethyst necklace strung oot alang the tideline.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Braw coloured lichts strung oot lik beads
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
strung oot, on thi last strand, hemm on page 65

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
She’s strung oot, rattlin man. Two tenner
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
sais. ‘he’s a bit highly strung , hairmless though if ye just
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
flair. Beads. Big broon beads strung on a thick rope. Like rosarie
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
trings the high heid yins huv strung. on page 79

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
at harsh-strung diamonds glarin on page 40

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
It was empie. Nae mettle cups strung tae the waal. Nae shawl hingi on page 51

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Harp-strung wi hingman's raip. on page 16

1 matches