A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'straps'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
strapsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.897
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
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 straps in Corpus

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General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
nurse wis tyin the straps on ma goonie, shae telt iz ma
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
pingin loadsa lassies' bra straps; Chris Russell went an did it on page 96

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
wans whur ye’r loosenin yer straps
1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
. I checked an re-checked the straps on ma shield, gied the blade on page 56

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
doon the middle tae form twa straps while the end o on page 41
aun cud be scudded wi the twa straps but dominies generally prefer on page 42

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
erin wee loon ye are! Tak ten straps o cairrots!' on page 56

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
An' oul' bridle an' straps that sa' monies a crap, an' a
r the slap an', I tigh'en the straps an' I yok
2 matches

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