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The word 'trace'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
traceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.23630
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 47.4 4 3
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 4
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 2
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 trace in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
no sign o bulgan biceps - no trace o nice, taut six-pack - on page 42
ight doon till I sank withoot trace? Whit hid started as pleasure on page 72

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s no one else, no contact, no trace-" on page 43

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ce nor da Salvation Army cood trace her, an Janet cood feel da la on page 23

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
an contented haand. I lik ta trace me name wi me finger, feelin
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
like snaa in springtime as Ah trace yer familiar image wi a fingi on page 19

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
icht for yer hale body wi nae trace o mirk, it'll be as bricht as on page 100

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
's ee-sockets war teem, nae a trace o the twa green emeralds ava.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
cud believe im, tho the laist trace o walth haed been leeft far a on page 30

2 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
nae a trace o fear on page 50

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
el back, will bury every last trace o us until we’re fossils o
1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
in light it wis difficult tae trace the spoor, an often it wid be
Abbie Reid also left wi’oot trace.
2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ers wir pit on an thay tain a trace o ma hert.
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
uay mine n doon, load track n trace(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
TV they dafties fae CSI could trace back tae John Logie Baird. A on page 13

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An when they show nae trace o fear
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ow bolt through his hert. Nae trace o the crossbow was ever fund
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n what about ur track n trace arrangements n the car share (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Vestigial trace o your misdeeds, on page 94

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 67 - Ane Amang Monie, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Hamilton, poetry
aged twinty, was lost athoot trace on 14th December 1914 at the on page 143

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
We nae warnin sign, or trace, crystal clear tae on page 10

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
whaur nae trace o the last remeens on page 17

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ucht afore him. There wis nae trace o a staumer in the words he u on page 46
on the peat moss, an lae nae trace o fuitmarks ... an mak shuir on page 54

2 matches

General Central

Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Simmer Strand, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Ye lift it tae trace initials an a hert on page 42

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Leavin nae trace o his life's wark, nae effect on page 43

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
Ah aften wunner, gin we could trace thir faimiles, wad we fin a d on page 9

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
erin fowk the opportunity tae trace their ‘true’ ancestry bac
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
oan their shambolic track and trace system. Gies piece ye wee cho(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
y a street map a Heilbronn an trace ma finger aboot aw a streets (2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Of man there is nae trace on page 15
Withoot a stane, there is nae trace on page 17

2 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Nae new poems his brush wul trace;
1 matches

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