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Use in varieties of Scots

troot Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.2 9.1 38.8 39.7 29.1 10.3 22.1
Number of occurrences5918 26 4 5 1 5
Number of authors25 9 6 3 3 1 3

Occurrences of troot in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
tae the bank and see whit the troot is sayin. on page 2
cks' mooths were steekit. The troot wis in a dwam. The flees were on page 3
Whit did the troot say? on page 4

6 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
reid spatch! He lowpit lik a troot risin til a flee, an lat oot on page 86

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
nae doot be like twae guddled troot on page 52

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
tter wis in guid order an the troot in the tid, Adam micht loss h on page 55
Ower an abune, there were aye troot an saumon in the Ayr an Green on page 63

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Some kippers mibbe or some troot, on page 29

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Veruca Saut, a daft wee troot, on page 132

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A swanky multi-coloured troot.
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
is a dab haund at guddlin for troot. He wad lay doun aside the bu
doun intae the watter. Whan a troot cam sweemin by he wad gie it
2 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
she swum an dived doon wi the troot and minnows.
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
ot he hud wan an aw. When the troot wur
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
r by this time, he nae langer troot that Andy haed ony rale exist on page 30

2 matches

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - Oor Grun, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
The troot sweemin in the burn hisnae a on page 88

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Salmon an troot ir fit I hate on page 98
He goes guddlin broon troot on page 180

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
stook aside the McPhails, the Troot Wallie cottars war swattin th
is the Rodden Hoosie, far the Troot Wallie cottars bedd. Dod Math
the back o the hoose, wis the Troot Wallie, far ivery cottar that
wee burn far ye micht catch a troot gin ye war gleg eneuch, if th
hid bin byordnar kind tae the Troot Wallie cottars fin their quin
10 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
muckle ferox-troot an makkin aw the ither kids i
ferox-troot, lik ye sayed, the spinner mi
for iz tae land ma furst troot. It was nae baud for the loch
the watter whan a muckle troot birlt wame up in the watter a
troot poud aff mair than ten yairds
8 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
air like an oot o the waiter troot. Syne he’d say “Gweed qui
cam tae catch the speckled troot that swam in the derk loch, u
2 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
rns and ate hens and fish for troot we could collect buckies and
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ither folk Wi the tale o the troot that I caught in me sleep - on page 72

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. New Lambs, Owld Stone, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
a peedie fish – no unlike a troot fae the Harray Loch. If thurâ
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@sweenyness Ignorant auld troot (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
," he whispered, "dey'll be a troot lyin dere, lower your wirm in on page 9

3 matches

Sinclair, Lise Juist laek Maunna, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
Ida troot-loch, hokkit ida burn
1 matches

Tait, Christian Da Hegri, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Till some peerie sea-troot
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
kam up frae Hawick, fisht fur troot i the burn yonner; the tyme t
1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
An eels an' pake an' troot, on page 25

1 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
it fa agane; an lucked for a troot whuppin an spalterin aboot wh
1 matches

Dee Har Tha Broon Troot, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
Tha Broon Troot
Fer a troot, I'll try,
A troot, he emerges,
3 matches

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