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The word 'troops'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
troopsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus21.26823
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 85 8 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 184.6 34 4
AYR - Ayrshire 52.4 4 2
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 troops in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
d. At da sam time, whit Roman troops is left in Britain moves oot on page 13

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
hunting rifles and the ither troops wint back tae their ain secto
an army started tae gie their troops the coal skuttle steel helmet
2 matches

General Northern

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
awa tae nearby Ukranian troops - on page 64

1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
Nicol1 will we get tea fir th troops or jist us?? I'll gie choir a(2012)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
l move, Wallace brocht aa his troops sooth tae England, whaur they
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ed roond aboot an ordered the troops tae retreat. That wis when Ne on page 73

1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
t the English is for 'Awricht troops!', ah'm never getting back. B
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e terrorists were the British troops an the British Admeenstration on page 20
cam fra aw airts (some o the troops on the short-lived Antonine W on page 97
. Jist as British an American troops hiv only been able tae gang o on page 99
lson refusin tae send British troops tae Vietnam back in the '6os. on page 116
es, they cannae even keep the troops on the grund supplied wi the on page 123

5 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
by name, wis bidin wi aw his troops in the Castle that uised tae on page 23
hocht that Napoleon wuid land troops in Scotland and likely come o on page 25
nanters, that Clavers led his troops agin, an that this wis the re on page 117

3 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
t end! Oh, he promised French troops landin’ tae join us an’ l
d, exhausted an’ starvin’ troops!
ray wis tryin’ tae get mair troops tae help fir a flankin’ mov
3 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
g snappy German shepherd. The troops wur steamin, launchin themsel on page 3
lked roon yirsel tae meet the troops yi wid feel a bit para n hang on page 4
gittin proper cargos wae the troops. Everywan in school wid be oo on page 6
us in the stables. We're the troops our age. Three ae us ir fourt on page 7
sacred thing, even among the troops. on page 9
Also on pages 10, 14, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 34, 38, 44, 47, 48
27 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Jynes the troops linin up in the Charity Shop. on page 153

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t the gither, the rest ay the troops ur aff the bridge, oot ay sig
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
is dish. ‘Whit’s happenin troops?’ he sais, puttin an airm r
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
alang wae his bag. ‘Awright troops! Good day fur it, int it?’
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e wae Damo an the rest ay the troops doon here. Ease the transitio
1 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
the local mosque in Govanhill troops. #EidMubarak (2020) twitter link
Buik is oot the day troops. Guid. Yass. https://t.co/Eka (2020) twitter link

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
lad wha had skirtit the enemy troops on his pownie as they left St on page 36
hairles's girmy o ten thousan troops, commanded by his bastart son on page 39

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
ye rallied yer troops, ae last time, tae the colour
1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ce. Mr. MacNeil inspected the troops as they filed intae the seats on page 39

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"C'mon then, troops,' Coont Olaf said tae his cro on page 54

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ay for Dugdale an her hapless troops efter yit anither haimmerin?
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
The government troops stertit tae search frae Clyde
The Earl o Airlie an his troops wis oot ivverywhaur followin

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
e traction. Keep sharing away troops & keep fighting the good figh (2021) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
s when @SSalyers2 rallies the troops (figuratively, obvs). (2022) twitter link
George Square. Hence English troops brought up and Glesga ones to (2022) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
ked? ?? But a cany see ma old troops 1/2 (2021) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
d firm to watch, happy sunday troops. (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
Feel free tae RT, cry in the troops!(2020)