A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

straik Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 8.2 7.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2216 5 1 0 0 0
Number of authors12 8 3 1

Occurrences of straik 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.

Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ore I could even get ma first straik in? Wad I - on page 55

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
heich owreheid ye as ye straik on page 69

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
haud their faither's haun an straik his brou. 'Edam ... Billy... on page 76

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
intae a hunner pieces wi yin straik o his haimmer. Harns an bane on page 14

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
s fykie ti piche, an fykie ti straik an evin on the mairch furms a on page 1

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
on a suddentie, pyntin til a straik o licht doukin
rie saiconts efter, a saicont straik o licht kythed i
e aunsert, pyntin til a thrid straik o licht flistin athort the
ush; ilk time he fund anither straik o licht i the lift. He wes ga
kest. No a singil straik o licht coud be seen.The ster
5 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
‘smeddum’), alang wi the straik o puritanism alludit tae, aw
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
cent daeins was puir, tho the straik had enfeebled rather nor disa
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
wis happenin. But noo, at wan straik, Covid-19 haes driven us frae
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
low on the easin streens tae straik Yer cuits on page 3

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
de tae side, Minnie began tae straik Daisy's lang, braid snoot, an
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ed salmon, grey wi the antrin straik o yalla far the sun strove ta
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
straik the caur windaes makkin seein
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
, taegither, sweys in a stark straik ower the lip o sight, whither on page 53

1 matches

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