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The word 'strain'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
strainOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22317
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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 strain in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
slack. Slowly as he teuk the strain, the ould coo stairt tae move on page 16

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
en tae bed. I canna stand the Strain. on page 39

1 matches

Shetland

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
ae had da eggs and tae tak da strain aff mam for haeing tae look e
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
then flör opened up under da strain. Da soond wis deafenin. We wa
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
See wi dis new mutant COVID strain, kin we mebbe juist mak a poi(2021)

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
tracter reer richt up, we thi strain. Thi trouble weis, thi lump a on page 6
in, thi aul injin startet tae strain an slow doon a bit. "Look eit on page 46
t thing, thi Winch geid fool, strain't thi Pully an rippet thi hai on page 51
yarn, an Skim startet petten strain on eih lyne, fin thi peer cra on page 57

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
h think it's the less serious strain aa you've got - 'Moanin Cow on page 32

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the two cousins dinna hae tae strain their lugs, fur they heard hi
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
s them thit cannae take the strain
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
If we are siccan a financial strain on Westminster, hou in the ne on page 127

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
t in the workshop, they would strain it through a sieve to make su
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Oh’ for the strain o’ “Jonnie Lad”,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wicks sin it happent, an the strain wis tellin on the Pandit. His
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
back keeps bucklin under the strain. Like a bastarn upturned lady
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ike its gonnae snap under the strain.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ons fall oantae the flair. Ah strain tae pick them up.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
NHS frames steamed up wae the strain ay his exertions.
1 matches

General Central

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
se's muckle shouders tuik the strain as the sherp coulter sliced t on page 17

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
, the’re aye been a coonter strain, frae Bishop Gavin Douglas, e
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
his AIN concern that this new strain is far mair virulent and dang(2021)

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