A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'struggled'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
struggledOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32115
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 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)

Occurrences of struggled in Corpus

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Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
he struggled bit wis manhandled doon the h on page 10

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
n. Determined tae land him, I struggled and toiled on page 71

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
hü wid laek ane. Bit da rest struggled on, an da twa aaldest anes fe on page 7

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. Mair norr half his patients struggled tae pey the haafcroon an mair
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ving an the deed crossed. She struggled throwe fun bushes that tore a
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae pull the laces tight. She struggled wi the heuk till Mr Pirie sho
1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
changed han's wi us both wyse Struggled sometimes for a file on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
As Jonsar Eck struggled tae cast his ile skins (they
thoosan bits. As he struggled tae his feet makin sure that
2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
Aye min, ken fit yir saying. Struggled tae get up for this game - s (2020) twitter link

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
in dein in auld Scots I'd hae struggled.(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
tchy's body was bent ower. He struggled like a wild thing, makin nae on page 1

2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah struggled fir work, blacklisted until on page 68
Ah've struggled at times tae buy the weans sh on page 77

2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ang ri prom tae Solkits birra struggled ower Cannon Hill insteed; a h
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
rses got laired in the bog an struggled in a panic that got waur when on page 37
, my luve,' he craiked, as he struggled for the braith tae speak even on page 76

2 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Tam struggled wi the test. His spinal chord on page 42

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
o hauf buriet skulls. We struggled tae keep on page 191

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
er satchel aween her feet, an struggled tae pit oan a mac. It wis oan on page 112

1 matches

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