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Use in varieties of Scots

ditch Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 5.1 4.5 89.4 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2510 3 9 1 0 2
Number of authors18 7 2 7 1 1

Occurrences of ditch in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'At least ah didnae ditch mah pal tae sit an gawp at so on page 16

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
In a last ditch attempt tae deflect his atten on page 48

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
en tolt tae dress up smart an ditch wur trainers. The tickets wen on page 33
ts or sweets - it was a last ditch attempt tae stop him fae tota on page 99

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
He's faan in the ditch! on page 35

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
atch, butcher, catch, crutch, ditch, Dutch, hatch, hotch, ketch,
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
er – as fornent the ‘last-ditch stands of Scots and Gaelic.â€
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tae slowly kill me. In a last-ditch attempt tae keep ma mind oan
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
s Johnson wis tae dee in that ditch.(2020) search twitter
d enough tae be deein in that ditch hooever.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
l they nae baith faa intill e ditch? A scholar is nivver better n on page 90
yer faes dig a ditch aa roon aboot ye an haud ye i on page 113

2 matches

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
I cowped my pushbike intae a ditch the ither day, nae danger yeÂ(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He threw the pig oot in the ditch and left her high and dry. on page 52

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
an intae the ditch, clutchan tae his hert on page 9

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
o ditch gress. on page 18

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
plement shed, the pigsty, the ditch wae lady's smock. on page 35
spraed oot right along the ditch on page 56

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ivery ditch an drain, the skerries an kno on page 59

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A drystone dyke wae a gressy ditch on page 22

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
lowan knave o gress along the ditch. on page 62

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
e grund. A stoat darts doon a ditch. A hunder Golden Plover aligh
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
is peerie moot fae a roadside ditch. Hope she survives https://t.(2016) search twitter

Ulster

Hanna, Wendy Gaitherin’ Purdas!, (Facebook - Schomberg Society 2020) Ulster, poetry
the field wi the hoker, going ditch to ditch,
to ditch,
2 matches

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