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The word 'troubles'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
troublesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72919
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 35.2 7 4
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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) 71.4 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of troubles in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
spikk aboot the Euro and the troubles o the nation on page 64

1 matches

(South) East Central

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
There was a story during the troubles in Ireland, when an auld Scot(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ns on the news 2 night on the troubles in the usa and 10 minutes abo (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
tae talk tae onybody aboot ma troubles. Ah wis affrontit and onyway on page 189

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
up, whause involvement in The Troubles wis jist as bluidy. Bit we sh on page 11
ster that cuid bring back the Troubles, an she kens it. Yet we are s on page 144

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
life an ah its troubles on page 19
fae any troubles. on page 34
Dinna bring yir troubles ti it on page 37

3 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
t tormented him; fae whitever troubles it wis he deemed insurmountab on page 12

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Fur yir troubles. on page 15
really seem interested in the troubles ae the young team. on page 21

2 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
God is there listenin tae ma troubles, helpin me sort it aw oot. It on page 10

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
rine an twa Mars bars fur oor troubles (bit Derek kept the Mars bars
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t tormented him; fae whitever troubles it wis he deemed insurmountab
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
wae it; a wee earner fur his troubles. Needed tae be done. Goes wae
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Forby aa the troubles in the land, John felt mair c on page 42
e kent nocht aboot sodgers or troubles. But as they cam closer, she on page 46
wife. There micht be terrible troubles abroad in the land, but for n on page 48

3 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
om has ilka yin o thae ugsome troubles,' Geordie said. 'She'll need on page 29

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Whit troubles ye? on page 35

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Fit ken ye o aw thi troubles we hae festerin
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
wummin ken onythin aboot her troubles?
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ed as thay pleased. Forby the troubles in Scotland, the haed been a
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The clouds like troubles, drift away on page 46

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
e bate clean oot o them. "The Troubles" didnae help: I jaloose they
s" laein Belfast acause o The Troubles or industrial decline. Belyve
2 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
But me troubles wur jaist gettin started, on page 36

1 matches

Adams, Rab Yarns 3 - A Ghost Story, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ulster, prose
se is. It wis the hairt o the troubles, but beyin young an kintrie f
1 matches

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