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The word 'trays'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
traysOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.61211
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 trays in Corpus

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Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
job o prickin dem aa oot. Dis trays on wir landin window, dirs wa (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
itress cam ower wi twa silver trays. Insteid o the sassage rolls on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
deein their best tae teem the trays o the
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
urses stertit fussin aboot wi trays an tickets, bit thay coudna
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
e waak aboot cairryin aal tin trays o mackie-on mait servin oor b
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
id be stacked in the delivery trays fae saft and pale at ay end t (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
pen shirt and the late summer trays, on page 57

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
eat her meals oot o TV dinner trays in front o the dreided box. S on page 43

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ty. No yir typical Glesga ash trays pilin up party tinged wi dark on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
oan wan ay they wee circular trays ye get in pubs, stoappin tae
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wan ay they McEwan’s Export trays the auld yins like tae use. H
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
hey wove intricate baskets an trays, on page 16

1 matches

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