tries | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
---|---|---|---|
Total Corpus | 22.8 | 73 | 34 |
ORK - Orkney | 39.7 | 4 | 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 | 2 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | 59.3 | 5 | 4 |
DOR - General Northern | 48.7 | 11 | 4 |
NEC - North East Central | |||
SEC - (South) East Central | 40.9 | 16 | 5 |
WCE - West Central | 41.4 | 9 | 2 |
DUN - Dundee | 10.6 | 1 | 1 |
EDN - Edinburgh | 12.6 | 2 | 2 |
GLA - Glasgow | 59.7 | 11 | 3 |
AYR - Ayrshire | |||
LAL - General Central | 8 | 6 | 5 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 12.5 | 1 | 1 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | 27.8 | 2 | 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) |
Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Darling tries tae gaither Martian manners. on page 9
enna, maed up like a Martian, tries tae tise thaim tae her teum r on page 42
2 matches
Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
t should seem aesy. See if du tries ower herd? Du's gaein ta end
1 matches
Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
- through the letter box. He tries the door. Loaked. So it’s r
1 matches
Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
while he tries tae pour watter on page 19
an if sae, tries to weigh up, on page 60
2 matches
Uri, Antonia North East filmmakker feart for the futur o Doric, (Doric Future 2019) Doric, blog
Fan askit foo she tries tae uphaud the Doric, she sai
1 matches
@Woodside Wullie tweeted
so gypehied TIE nonsense that tries tae brainwash bairns in oor s (2021) twitter link
Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Tries tae rain bit wither dis bide
Tries tae rain bit day dis bide fai
Tries sair tae rain bit bides affa
3 matches
Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Bricht in the mornin en it tries tae rain,
Dry day bit tae rain it tries sair,
Tries sair tae rain it dis bide dry
3 matches
Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Yer brither tries tae grab yer hat an pulls een
1 matches
@72redz1903 tweeted
Maitlis tonight on #Newsnight tries to explain that USA and UK ra (2020) twitter link
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
icked up oan. As yit again he tries tae persuade me tae droap an on page 80
Craig tries tae make a joke aboot the sit on page 102
yellin again. While the boay tries tae remain focused on Leith's on page 110
ma recent run ae bad luck he tries tae act sympathetic:"Ah'm sor on page 117
the rush ae adrenaline. Craig tries tae engage me in conversation on page 134
Also on pages 146
6 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ons can be tint whan a writer tries tae translate in his heid fae
1 matches
Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
an med habitautioun amang the tries. Thai’r
wes envirounit wi tries. The trig kailyairds hed flak
forrest merkin lang straucht tries. Nou a trie
the tries ti hissell, an, kiz the Dougl
4 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
rovost, Baillie an Toun Clerk tries tae find a new toun
1 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
taelin scam. Ae nicht, Millar tries ti swum stown sheep athort a
1 matches
Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
. He stotters in the daurk an tries tae find his footin, but aa t on page 9
1 matches
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
dandelion heed. Billy the Kid tries tae grab ma leg but A snatch on page 15
e their mates, Matthew Whyte, tries tae step in ma way. on page 28
smashing the next dafty that tries it with me on page 33
lyin doon low. The Roadrunner tries tae charge up the hill, unsto on page 35
breach anaw. A solid teacher tries tae grab Wee Kenzie n his big on page 46
6 matches
McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
akin the dinner an mah auntie tries tae entertain the thousand we on page 173
ll pelt towards his bulge. He tries tae deflect it wi the sword b on page 175
2 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
man persona he so desperately tries tae exude as we start walkin
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ok, which efter hauf-a-dizzen tries had finally cleekit on tae so on page 122
1 matches
McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
ncient gushet whaur an artist tries his haun. on page 117
1 matches
McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
McClurg, Fernando tries an fails tae get tae grups wi
1 matches
McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
e!”), an Labour desperately tries tae reframe Scots politics i
1 matches
@ThonJacobite tweeted
it jist at the meenit Johnson tries tae cross the border the morn(2021)
Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
She tries tae kid-on like they dae on page 158
1 matches