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The word 'strand'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
strandOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.85926
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 3
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 292.9 21 3
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 strand in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ywyes sleekit fin she met the strand; a richt tease, rinnin forrit
rs efter the Wars hid bin the Strand-lowpers fae the sea-touns ane
in he hid wan tae the ocean's strand, the edge o the life-watter,
3 matches

Harper, Edith The Wye Athin Chynges, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric, poetry
Ahint this strand lies the lan they left
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
a stane on the strand Ye yince stravaigit on page 3

2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Sune, amorous pley on the strand o Nice Exhausts oor northerne on page 9
er tale As he daunered on the strand: on page 12
He saw the bleckened strand o Fife Straiked wi the simmer on page 20

5 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
illing sails depairt frae the strand, on page 19

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
noo they caw the beach ‘the strand’
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
sels oot but they are jist ae strand o the movement that's set on on page 12
ade the pynt that there wis a strand o nationalism apparent amangs on page 61

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
strung oot, on thi last strand, hemmed in, on page 65

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
strand tae strand. Whae buys lan, inbrings timb on page 67

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
The strand parades paunch-gabbed pelican on page 16
Alang the hummocked strand, the wind-ripped on page 16

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
hoose tenderin a douce strand fur lown
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an whitiver little strand thare is on page 27

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
seemin 'ae pulse a thin white strand through the hall. on page 3

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
no, tae Hell or Nova Scotia s strand. on page 31

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
r. There wis wan ither ethnic strand in the toon that cam fae the on page 23

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Twa fishers blethrin on the strand, on page 10

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
fillin sails depairt frae the strand,
1 matches

General Central

Cameron, Peter Lallans 82 - Nevermas, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
to skail on the Lowdie strand. on page 25

1 matches

Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Simmer Strand, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Simmer Strand on page 42

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
see. He saw that bi 1968, yin strand was whiles sentimentalised ay on page 40

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ns intae Skald's bothy bi the strand. 'Goustie, an wi saft grey cl on page 14

2 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
schools, creating a distinct strand of learning focused on Scotla on page 3

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
innin sea lang giftin tae oor strand on page 39

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
yet a helicopter on the Barra strand on page 49

1 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
lan. The sea skuffin agin the strand. Trees blumed. Oxygen. Air.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tion for stravaigin alang the strand on page 11
doon the strand o Sandyhills on page 26
new biggans bi the strand aa gey dear bields on page 30
Sheddaes aff an fae the strand an pier on page 32
tae dicht its wat feet oan a strand on page 33
Also on pages 34, 35, 37, 40, 63, 77
18 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
tae the strand we wan tae ilka year on page 11

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
r tae the Carse and alang the strand by the auld stake net stobs t(2020)
ae beat a wee dauner doon the strand o a mornin ?? ?(2020)

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