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The word 'stretchin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stretchinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.31713
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 2
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of stretchin in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The summer wis stretchin oot on page 131

1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
d intae a bonnie green space, stretchin mair than five an a hauf mile on page 3

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Longer than i'roadie stretchin oot aheed on page 192

2 matches

Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
Seekin, searchin, stretchin oot lang spirls, on page 74

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
wae big roon eyes, an feebly stretchin oot its paw, tryin tae touch on page 40
a week: he taught us Drawlin, Stretchin, an Faintin in Coils." on page 96

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
€™ ah sais, rubbin ma eyes an stretchin ma leg oot tryin tae reach ma
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
a week: he learnt us Drawlin, Stretchin, an Faintin in Coils." on page 44

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The Stewartry stretchin oot frae his feet.
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
tae a ward. Ah force a smile stretchin fae ear-tae-ear. on page 86

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
icht there in his kitchen, is stretchin credulity. #TheStranger(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
wi big roond eyes, an feebly stretchin oot yin paw, tryin tae touch on page 39
week: hei taught oo Drawlin, Stretchin, an Faintin in Coils." on page 95

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Lik a sentence stretchin intae memory. on page 197

1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
stretchin faur awey atween the mountain
oked lik a right lonely loch, stretchin
2 matches

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