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The word 'stretched'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stretchedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.72520
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of stretched in Corpus

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Orkney

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
pair wis right, for the tang stretched in lang rowes for maist o' th
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
lin raise oot a his basket an stretched himsel. Shü strokit da white on page 28
I coodna spaek, an da silence stretched on, an on, till he grimaced, on page 58

2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
She stretched hersel up on tiptoe, an peepe on page 40
uestion. However, at last she stretched her arms roond id as far as t on page 49

2 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an wi airms stretched oot wide on page 51

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
l, but then I realised that I stretched the cord so much, the plug ha
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
They stopped, got oot ower an stretched their legs. As
1 matches

Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
Fin he set the strainer, and stretched the wire
1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The Milky Way stretched ower the sky,
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Silence stretched o'er th' moonlit sky as th' s
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
An' John stretched on the flair.
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
grun, sae that a lang facade stretched across the grunds, an at ilka
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
She stretched hersel up ontae her tippy-toe on page 42
on tae answer. Eventually she stretched her erms aroon it as faur as on page 51

2 matches

Ayrshire

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
Agnus's wedding, ma hale life stretched oot afore me. Ah could see me
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e queue o holidaymakers which stretched oot o the reception and intae on page 31
those days, and the tramlines stretched as far as the eye could see. on page 75

2 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
made hard coz o pressure. It stretched its fingers tae touch me back
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
alk in the hoose wi his airms stretched oot afore him and ah’d rin
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
She stretched hersel up oan tiptae, an keek on page 41
eestion. Ho'e'er, at last she stretched hur airms roond eet as far as on page 50

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
inine he's named. Noo this wa stretched, fae east tae west Wi sevente on page 5

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Bot alwyes stretched awa fur thee, on page 37

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
aelic kingdom o Dalriada that stretched fae Antrim tae the islands af
1 matches

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