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Use in varieties of Scots

struggle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15 11.3 21.1 59.6 23.2 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4822 14 6 4 1 1
Number of authors32 14 9 5 2 1 1

Occurrences of struggle in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Peter an Tam both stopped the struggle when a cool breeze wafted owe on page 49

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ok him a while but he won the struggle. Decides I'm thick. Fine by m on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ar, yae see. Even oor text ah struggle. But in person? fuckin furget on page 130

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
t, an in the minin areas, the struggle agin the avariciousness o the on page 147

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
is wrist. There wis a bit o a struggle an it seems that Selbie tried on page 23
nie scandal gang by withoot a struggle an there were them that said on page 94

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Life's bitter struggle hud juist begun, on page 17

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah struggle tae fink o a criticism. He's on page 23

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
nique and specific words that struggle tae be accurately translated.
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Life’s bitter struggle had juist begun,
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
is gonnae staun by an see her struggle though, ah mean if a grandfai
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
wae a retaliatory blow. They struggle; a whirlwind ay flailin airms
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Call back if you struggle to breathe, or if your sympto
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Tae achieve your desires, you struggle an’ strive.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
't know about you but I would struggle to identify the language whic
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
, their teachers tell me they struggle tae fin resources tae uise wi
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
wis in exile. Aifter years o struggle the persecution o Covenanters

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
he characters involved in the struggle atween government an ordinary

@g_hibby tweeted
@Woodwinecoolers They struggle just going on tae the park Ro (2023) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
aded. Anything that keeps our struggle centre-stage, esp internation (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
gonna struggle to get a game 2 morro - but (2020) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ae slow doon. So we a bit o a struggle a reachet thi stem, eit thi t on page 49

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Mild as we struggle wi the warm blast.
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Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
eading about the wurkin class struggle, loon.”
wi the wurkers, in the class struggle.”
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Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
wis Monday and it hid been a struggle to get ot o ma bed. a hated s
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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
’ear ago. There’s fowk fa struggle wi wecht gain because o thyro
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
letter hid fell fae it in the struggle an that’s fit she hid in he
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The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
ome funny people aboot, but I struggle tae think there’s onyb’dy
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@sovereigndaisy tweeted
nt to live in Scotland. Tis a struggle, wife loved living up Rhu, lo(2021) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
deejaypb Totally agree min, I struggle tae get entertained by Englis (2023) twitter link
@TheRosie @stuartmathie I struggle tae wear ear/head phones oot (2022) twitter link
en, unless we get in front we struggle against the ‘dogged’ teams. (2022) twitter link
win has ahready stated he wid struggle tae play 30 minutes. (2022) twitter link
rr @joycemcm @RevStu Agree, I struggle tae see the difference betwee (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit, hooivver hard I struggle, I cheust canna dae it right. on page 44

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Even then hid'il be a struggle tae laeve. on page 69

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tae struggle on, chist walk awey, on page 123

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Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
ent – snipe, in particular, struggle wae the frozen grunnd, and ap
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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
Fir mesel, A still struggle wi hou tae mak that brak, hou
find fir fock haean the saem struggle at help unthirl wir language
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Bit it wis a hard struggle, dey wir mony a day dey gude on page 7
hedd a faimly, nivver hedd da struggle a bringin dem up, an laernin on page 18
ry an move awa, laevin dem ta struggle wi da croft. So Andy wis pers on page 37

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Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
aa dis bristles an nae fur I struggle tae keep a grain o haet in me
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A constant struggle that never ends on page 46

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Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Struggle on thru life on mae ain? on page 32

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