A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

eicht Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.3 26.6 17.6 0 23.2 10.9 0
Number of occurrences6650 11 0 4 1 0
Number of authors26 15 7 3 1

Occurrences of eicht in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
o Precious when she wis aboot eicht. She is smilin because she wi on page 2
s Ramotswe. She wis aye ainly eicht year auld, but she wis aboot on page 21
learnt it. And she wis ainly eicht year auld. on page 49
Chapter Eicht on page 69

4 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
wi. This is that, in the last eicht decades, contemporary pley sc on page 33

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
eicht guid years in the layin, on page 77

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
gaed tae the bingo in a toun eicht mile awa. Mrs Wormwidd couldn on page 6
e fur twa hunner and seeventy-eicht pund and sellt fur wan thoosa on page 45
tell me whit twa times twenty-eicht is?' on page 64
like thon till ye're at least eicht or nine. And dinnae tell me t on page 140
e ye wan mair shot. Ah've got eicht coconuts, eicht monkeynuts an on page 212
Also on pages 226
14 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Ah'm nae mair than eicht years auld, an clingin on page 195

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Provided eicht dochters, and five young sons on page 17
The glorious names o your eicht grandsons, on page 20
We'd seeven or eicht Pits round about here, on page 76
Ah played professional fir eicht seasons - on page 82

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'Ye're eicht year auld,' she snorked. "Tha on page 5
room. He micht hae been jist eicht year auld but he wis a brave on page 12

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
steak pie. Thon pie wid feed eicht fowk nae bother. It sat oan t on page 94

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
an thirtySax and loast twenty-eicht, which meant that he wis - t on page 87

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
said. "Chat maks a hunner and eicht men awthegither. We need tae on page 33

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
There'll be eicht wee laddies dreepin aff a waw on page 15

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
"Wan doon, eicht tae go," he said but when he on page 12
Trauchle Eicht on page 34

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
weans in a single-enn, or an eicht-room hous ye share wi fower i on page 127

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
days, even eicht days; and sic a fear grippit
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ernment owersets its NC intae eicht languages an ignores Scots, w
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ti 263 pages in lenth an haes eicht blads o cuttie feiction intil
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Providit eicht dochters, and five young sons
The glorious names o your eicht grandsons,
2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
Great, A hink. Eicht hours o’ this?!
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Whiles 4.5% spendit mair nor eicht ‘oors an 1.1% spendit mair
less wis a rispectible 93.1%. Eicht ‘oors or less 99.2% an in 1
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
y verbal inpit frae ony o the eicht Scots MEPs, due tae plenary s
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
him wid be a gadgie, wi aboot eicht inches oan her, lowpin oot fa
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
A peerie-wee sled, an eicht totie reindeer.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
le, thocht, broch, brocht and eicht, and it is nae trauchle fur S
1 matches

Doric

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
pupils tae be in the hall bi eicht o'clock sharp for the mornin on page 49

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
He turnt up aboot eicht - wi brushes an weicht His c on page 15

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
at ye will get the best view. Eicht 'ear syne, the stairs, dedica on page 18

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
nker, an ane nivver less than eicht parts bleezin at ony one time on page 118

1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
ed fair foonert at quarter by eicht. A wee rging, bit A felt luve(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
“How fit are ye?” “Five fit eicht inches!"(2014) search twitter
aus scud buckle box wi aifter eicht mints fae the free entry Chri(2017) search twitter
IÂ’m nae sharing this aifter eicht cheesecake fae St Olaf in Cru(2017) search twitter
e stop chappin on ma door aat eicht o clock an ettlin tae convert(2018) search twitter
#BBC fower has a program aat eicht thirty the nicht aboot the ri(2019) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ae pit on "five, sax ,sivven, eicht " fae Steps and ye'll be ah t(2020) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
8 eicht on page 66
eicht on page 68

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
eicht sixerns is aa at can be manne on page 62

1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
p dat is. Weel wi a race, say eicht hunder metres, hit taks whit,
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
ell ye juist this: that o the eicht thousan objects William Burre on page 5

1 matches

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