A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

tryan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 1 22.6 159 0 0 0
Number of occurrences332 15 16 0 0 0
Number of authors10 1 1 8

Occurrences of tryan in Corpus

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Central

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
‘Probably thocht ye were tryan ti pick him up, Annie’
r neb in? Onywey Ah was juist tryan ti be freinly ti the man. Mib
2 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
doon wan side an up e ither, tryan every door, she walked richt on page 10
hed tired hersel oot wi tryan, e poor peedy thing sat doon on page 14
ade Alice, as she swam aboot, tryan till find her way oot. "A'll on page 20
tion id pointed till, withoot tryan till explain e mistake id hed on page 31
feebly stretchan oot wan paw, tryan till touch her. "Poor peedy t on page 38
Also on pages 49, 50, 57, 67, 72, 78, 82, 114
15 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
I nodded, tryan hard tae picture his place in on page 20
An tryan haerd tae copy, the things th on page 95

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
They gied me belongeens, tryan, vainly, no tae laugh. on page 30
queezed in ahint a gravestone tryan, very hard, no tae laugh. on page 61

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
tryan tae mynd wha's uncan, an wha' on page 4
er blanket, ower thin, sheu's tryan tae haad the pivveran pairts on page 161

2 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Chist tryan tae git oan on page 122

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ightnan thur hood toggles and tryan tae stey calm, fur they can a on page 86

2 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Nivver mind aal that, wir tryan tae get tae Burwick. on page 138

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
haviour, Mr Dursley wondered? Tryan tae pull himsel taegethir, he
“ fur eleven years I hiv been tryan tae persuade folk tae caal hi
2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
aboot the writeen: A’m been tryan tae wirk oot whit A want tae
Orcadian in the first piece, tryan me haand at translaetions o t
o startan in Orcadian an than tryan tae gar yersel intae new subj
3 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
st in Orkney at chantan means tryan tae spaek waeoot yer accent? (2021) twitter link

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