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The word 'streech'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
streechOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.1135
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 12 9 2
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) 98.5 3 2
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of streech in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e weis ripen, thi craiter wid streech oot ben thi tap o thi water, on page 57

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
gaun doon tae yon flet saundy streech tae see better?' askit wee Ma on page 59
raxed oot her airms tae full streech, an cooried in roon the baist on page 63

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ye its mah tirn fir the dryin streech the day," Ella wis bawlin. on page 65
Naither wumman yaised the streech o waashin line thai'd cam tae on page 68

3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
A braid streech o coorse gress rin atween ilk
ie ivvery hoose its ain dryin streech, bit ilk wife hid her ain day
er cantie tae cry in a gressy streech atween the hooses. Mair richt
ey it hid aince been a gressy streech, thit noo wis platches o haur
4 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
een wi Grace an lut a ticher streech alang the lang lines o his ba on page 41

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Bricht streech o san at Drumfad Bay on page 22
Betwixt tha streech o Drumfad Bay on page 25

2 matches

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