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The word 'turra'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
turraOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82513
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern 57.6 13 6
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
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 turra 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
to You, a second-han shop in Turra. on page 69
Fyvie! Weel, Ah'm actually in Turra right noo," said Dottie. "Yes on page 72

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oy aa the wye fae the Toon te Turra an neen o's said a wird." on page 88

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
player an wiz tae play at the Turra show in a month’s time so h
the sets he’d be playin at Turra show. The lang sanny track wi
At Turra show Jeemicky stood in the mi
world, well leastwyes haaf o Turra. His repaired pipes were ring
4 matches

Findlater, Mark , (no publisher recorded 2022) Doric - Troup, government
ine, the Broch, Bloo Toon and Turra
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
for i first time in 47 year. Turra hostin Maud in i Bazuka Cup t(2019)

Aberdeen

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ak ye back lang lang syne. Ma Turra grannie makin soup, her elabo on page 25

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
made tae leave. “Fresh fae Turra this verra foreneen?”
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
OH FYVIE, OH TURRA on page 156
We aa ken Oh-Fyvie-Turra on page 171

3 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Glen Turra on Setterday?" Jonsar Eck nod
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@chaz50_duncan Like a Turra’ weddin’(2020)
ae sunny day braw tae get tae Turra snaw! Fit ti dee @STVAberdeen(2016)

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
im?). Left tae gang tae be ih Turra Domine aboot 1976 mibbee. Ah' (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@aduncan59 Aye in its nae Turra show yet min(2020)
extravagant campaign fae the Turra show tory bottle stall https:(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
Got a guid deal on tyres fae Turra tyres, so fyles e buggy wiz g(2020)
@DoricPhrases Murdoch Allan o Turra's finest. Foo's aht for a cou(2020)
her is gan tae be like for 'e Turra show?(2019)

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
rdeenshire Farm (1987) an The Turra Coo, (1989). Here at Lallans on page 5

1 matches

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