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The word 'strick'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
strickOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.4149
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 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 35.6 3 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 strick in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Strick the match an set hid light on page 56

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
oord thi Charm ena, an he hid strick't enstructien's fac hee's da, on page 12

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
n fae fa'in for fear ye shuld strick yer fit upo a steen'." Jesus on page 10
iel fa wrangs ye. Gin a chiel strick ye on e richt chik, turn e it on page 12
up i their airms for fear ye strick yer fit on a steen'." Jesus a on page 85

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n wyte till we hear the clock strick hauf eleyven. Syne we'll rin
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
honest trowth an may the Lord strick me doon gin A tell a lee. A'v on page 80

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
gin trowth be telt, it's some strick aboot the Gweed Beuk an its d on page 24

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
Maist aafu strick he wis, but pawky wi’t;
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Hivin sayed that, a strick phonetic or even phonemic sys
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
r is that ane o the few richt strick rules o English orthography i
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s an thair guests maintaint a strick segregation. She wis leukin a
1 matches

General Central

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
Scots spellin an there is nae strick official national staundart.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
s, atho oo hed tae adhere tae strick black-oot raigulations. Hard
1 matches

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