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The word 'strachan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
strachanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3116
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 42 4 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of strachan in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
tt’s wabsite. Includes Shane Strachan’s story an recordin o Hoast (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Major Strachan cam an telt us he wis tae be on page 16
cht be related tae Sir Andrew Strachan that has the Glenogle Estate on page 17

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
n Descartes afore thon Doreen Strachan. Ower late noo. "Too late, to on page 85

2 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
current Scots Scriever Shane Strachan. The panel selected an edited on page 9

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
h watching this utter ??#sfa #Strachan(2016)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
they obviously hinna heard o Strachan, Finzean or Garioch. https://(2019)
03 @LawrieMK No, try Finzean, Strachan or Garioch. Fit a hoot ah't w(2019)
@RobertMiggins STRACHAN Straan(2020)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
. Samuel Semple. Here. Louise Strachan. Here. Winston Turner. Here. on page 47

1 matches

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