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The word 'strike'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
strikeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus22.97635
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 36.1 14 4
WCE - West Central 97.6 22 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 2
LAL - General Central 18.4 14 11
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.8 4 3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
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 strike in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s he wytit fir inspiration te strike. on page 51

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ie lichtit the cannels on the strike o nine that wiz three times t
t the side o the fire. On the strike o twal she laid the shovel an
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Dropped as ‘Moon Strike’ France September 1944.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fit wye is aire a bus strike in Aiberdeen - it’s nae the(2018)
the bus drivers in their post-strike photos smiling - bit fin ye (2018)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
; From Old French, couper, to strike. More at: https://t.co/iYbv48 (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
in the Great War, the General Strike, Hitler invadin Czechoslovaki on page 108

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
same places as at ay does. I strike on my treasure and bend doon
nd up aboot half buried fan I strike on ma next treasure. It’s a
2 matches

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
Fit a sotter thon loon’s strike wiz a stotter. Same auld #Sco(2019)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
lace. Like tae see yon idiots strike when their oot o' work! Boot (2016)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
at ye. Sae help me, ah should strike ye doon where ye staun, but a on page 4

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t in kennin that bad luck kin strike doon oan yae at any moment. N on page 60

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
nicht-work. We're aw gaun on strike."
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
bairns' nursery nurses wis on strike at Campie Primary Schuil in t
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ty bastard. But before ah kin strike Danny wedges himself between
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@jackmoffat66 aye n whit a strike - quality (2020) twitter link
wae eer hard hats or goan oan strike - efter awe ees r awe makin (2021) twitter link
tt97 @WhitehilWelfare crackin strike fae the big man (2020) twitter link
@OfficialCatchup what a strike (2020) twitter link
PenicuikAth @tansey85 crackin strike as ever - whit a finish - r (2020) twitter link
and 5 other occurrences.

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
left the pits eftir the minin strike o 1984-5 tae become a psychia on page 205

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
onnets inspired by the Miners Strike of 1984-85 on page 64
aa ma books an things fae the strike on page 65
Ah wis deeply involved wi the Strike, nae on page 67
t's hou bad it wis. Eftir the Strike on page 68
hale-heartedly agreed wi the Strike, on page 69
Also on pages 70, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84
21 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ahent him cried wi ae vyce, 'Strike Martin, strike.' on page 79

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
tae say that this seemed tae strike a chord wi’ him ‘cause he
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Even frae a second lichtnin strike." on page 128

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e same, nae danger. He disnae strike ye as the sort ay cunt tae ge
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Kingdom, an may Thy vengeance strike at the herts o the enemies o on page 54
sent doun frae the north tae strike terror in the herts o the gui on page 58

2 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ers brocht in tae Ayrshire as strike brekkers, tae stop the pouer on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e yin an only God. Ye hae tae strike a balance atween wrath an mer on page 50

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
cludin, o coorse, the General Strike. His wirk wis aye presentit b on page 37

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
naethin particular seemed tae strike hame. on page 130

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
We must strike fast the-nicht. on page 15
An their haunds will strike. on page 35

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 1 - Ye’re Still Here? It’s Ower. Gang Hame., (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
stakes an gang oor mony weys. Strike oot intae the knap-hie fields on page 24

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
he scuil. Na; they war oot on strike! Wi this beuk the owther haes on page 119

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
fail, whit cauld a chill thay strike in the hert o a bodie listeni on page 4

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
s this a lost opportunity tae strike agin the government?

@Chazzbat tweeted
Jimmy settin a trap fer her. #Strike(2020)
#Strike (Tom Burke) forgot tae limp w(2020)
g suspect, but still a trap. #Strike(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ealing wi the bins during the strike in 73ish) had been repealed. (2022) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
jojodinks79 @star_welsh First strike tae me hen! (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
seen tae that nicht, miner's strike or no. Better than the local on page 76

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
employees, efter the General Strike, tae surrender thir richt tae on page 84

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
e Jacobite pipers aa went oan strike on page 51

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
ten. Faither had been oot on strike like the rest o’ the miners
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
er goat ait strike tha deadly blow on page 49

1 matches

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