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The word 'strynge'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stryngeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.5319
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 25.4 10 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31.3 5 2
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 5
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 strynge in Corpus

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Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
genteelitie in his gait, an a strynge orra lilt in the wey he spake on page 99
in takkin tent o Rev. Roger's strynge, yit fameeliar wey o phrasin, on page 100

2 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Lik Leddy Stair's strynge keekin gless. on page 141

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
an telt him aboot Mongomery's strynge reaction til the tale o the G on page 98

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
dene whitwey the loun fand it strynge at sicna brosie-heidit bumbar
the strynge pistils frae Ruth. Bot shae w
eirs, it wes maistlie ful o a strynge machine
strynge wirds flaitit intil hir memor
a strynge skartin soun cummin frae ablo
8 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
fidy o politicians. These are strynge times, an it needsna tak the
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
bittie affrontit ti hae this strynge buddie, cled in hodden gray a on page 42

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
-in-law wis. It maun been gey strynge til her, bit she processed do
e the doos - prayin, ye see. Strynge, intit, that nane bit the doo
e the doos - prayin, ye see. Strynge, intit, that nane bit the doo
n regairdit her. “Isna that strynge?”
4 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
scaffs up wirds! Ah thocht it strynge tae hear, on page 13

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Yet strynge, ah dinnae mind an aesome clo on page 101

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ey-derk whan A furst seen the strynge baist in the widds an A geelt on page 58
v thocht whit A seen a bittie strynge, bit war leal-hertit eneuch n on page 59

5 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
ed watter ma lugs pickit up a strynge yet kenspeckle vice rowstin o on page 22

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
tap-hats, it aa eiks tae the strynge ongauns. The Frainch musicker on page 119

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
aur fowk can report thair ain strynge sichtins o siclike.
an inlat tae seein ony o thae strynge an unkent beasties wirsels bu
2 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Scottish accent? ?? That's a strynge yin.(2020)
jonsso "mysterious"? That's a strynge adjective tae yaise. ??(2020)

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