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The word 'strides'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stridesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.8169
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 25.6 5 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
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 strides in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Dere’s a paet bank twartree strides alang fae wir howe. Hit’s n
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
unnerstorm aboot tae brak, an strides awa up the brae. Seen efter, on page 105

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
gs ett up the cassies wi lang strides, while wee Dauvit’s feet ga
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
hat Aiberdeen has been making strides in. Barely an hour between th (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
He strides intil the royal haa, Juist sm on page 8

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
like a storm-trooper wi lang strides and her airms swingin when sh on page 61
Wi twa lang strides the Trunchbull wis ahint Eric on page 146
In twa strides the Trunchbull wis by his sid on page 212

3 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
He strides confidently oot oantae the ma
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
nt, takin great chafe inducin strides leavin me an McDade tae walk
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ung bird, professional lookin strides acroass the platform flair, l
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
’ but it’s too late as he strides intae the gaff, impervious ta
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gied us an watch McDade as he strides back tae the table wae the dr
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Howpfu, tho deith strides mirksome roond its waws, on page 20

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
is that wee it taks but three strides tae gang richt roond. Gin ye on page 52
wis lampin alang wi glegsome strides. Aw he said tae me wis: on page 88

2 matches

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