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The word 'strings'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stringsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus123934
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 6
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 2
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of strings in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ler is scrapan the bow on the strings. on page 27

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ler is scrapan the bow on the strings on page 153

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
ed them: workan watter mills; strings o sillocks dryan in the wind;
1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
his tagsy strings , like the track o me malt on page 21

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
s bag, tied up at da mooth wi strings: an dis dey slippit da guinea on page 114

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
inta strings o jet black beads. Some thing on page 19

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
t ithin a witter wi da rivlin-strings. on page 35

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
lents an stresses, an langer strings o wirds haes different kinds on page 28

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
lat’s Willie’s strings
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
wheech tied up at e mooth wi strings: intill iss they slipped e gu on page 109

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
snuffin it the air, twa great Strings o slivvers hingin fae's moo. on page 71

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e. She could anely strung the strings o't as yet...Da wis wytin til
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
o't nae fingers tig its nesh strings it's the tirl that souchs the on page 3

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
n at proggin preens an wappin strings?" Deedledum obsairt. "keen o on page 60

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
s anna, tae rugg at the hairt strings....Bit wi can discuss that si on page 51

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
courting favours, an kissing strings, an your master's wark lying
1 matches

Letford, William This Is It, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central - Stirling, poetry
amplifier. The sound fae the strings is
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
pefully the eos kin poo a few strings there lo (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
yer hoose wi strings o jowels. on page 2

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
she thocht. If there wis nae strings, Ah wad, she acknawledged tae
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
that tied up at the mooth wae strings: intae this they pit the guin on page 111

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
he bottom, aboot twenty other strings, nae soundhole but intricatel on page 3

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tethered as they ur by their strings.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Her profile said: “Nae strings attached”;
1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
The blaud o time, the lute strings quait, day streitcht tae wreu
1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ryin the ripplin sounds o the strings o a harp. The black hole disa on page 49

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
he fate ae wham noo hings fae strings the high heid yins huv strung on page 79

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ee that faur, for twal siller strings were thirlt tae her body, and on page 101

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
l they are bein droont oot by strings an chanters, but in the end t on page 77

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ticht spirals an decoratit wi strings o pearls, span oot, an oor sk
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
lik a puppet master puin the strings.

@DABArbuckle tweeted
araband Feel free tae cut the strings that bind. Or are ye too fear(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
which tied up at th mooth wi strings: intae this they couped th gu on page 112

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
It faa's lik strings o silver on page 169

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
But it’s richt freenly noo, strings o’ drool runnin aa doon me
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Maisie's seat. She untied the strings an foun neat, flet lines o cl on page 11
t in the memries o its cantie strings. on page 30

2 matches

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