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The word 'stroke'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
strokeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.63226
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 42 4 3
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 3
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of stroke 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
- wan Sunday morneen on the stroke o five o clock, on page 12

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
aald neebirs at ah'll hae ta stroke aff a da list. Tammie fae da on page 1
er midder deeid suddenly wi a stroke, an shü hedd ta tak on tae b on page 4

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
he drove a Suzukee GT 185 twa stroke. An ov coarse aye weis a dab on page 34

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'Ye can stroke him if ye like. He's a quate
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
wis queer.They say he took a stroke an fell doon in the gairden, on page 35

1 matches

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
Ye reach ower and stroke on page 33

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
while blond fern fronds stroke on page 44

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
thocht he wis gaan tae hae a stroke.
1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
I bent doon tae stroke her cheek. She wis still brea on page 60

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ike a deil. Wi each skelp and stroke, Cerberus grew weaker and mai on page 56

1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Whiles he wad let ye stroke his fur
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
chtly routine. Her mither wid stroke her hair and say some soothin
1 matches

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
aboot." Noo that she's hud a stroke she cannae rin eftir me an wh on page 15

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
me ah can teach yi the breast stroke cause that's the easiest wan. on page 15

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Bobby wis sixty, he'd taen a stroke, on page 68

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
me ah can teach yi the breast stroke cause that’s the easiest wa
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ch an a hurl in a big car tae stroke their puir wee puffit up sens on page 90
on assets forbye, which at ae stroke wuid show aw the banks that S on page 145

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
u’ve witnessed mony a kayak stroke,
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
extending two fingers back to stroke at his perineum and let their
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And stroke a caul on page 71

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ffortlessly wae each powerful stroke higher intae the sky.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e, till Dauvit, wi the skeely stroke o a herd uised tae slauchteri on page 53

1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
1926. In sum, in braid brush stroke terms, Corrie's scrievin in S on page 37

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e'll droon! He cannae sweem a stroke! Save him! Save him!' on page 84

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
t daith be swift, nae clot or stroke on page 79

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
y till 14th May 1968 when the stroke o a government pen forced the

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Lily acknowledged Daniel wi a stroke o his hair. "Maisie," said sh on page 26
ment intae this hoose, he may stroke it an strum it six feet unner on page 31

2 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
folk are a quare geg efter a stroke. #UlsterScots spakers stairt (2015) twitter link

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
lettèr, ner even tha weeest stroke o a pen, wull pass awa frae t on page 5

1 matches

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