A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

eight Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words23.9 26.1 6.4 89.4 46.5 0 17.7
Number of occurrences7449 4 9 8 0 4
Number of authors34 19 3 3 5 4

Occurrences of eight in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
nd Edith, who wir thirteen an eight. As ye kin tell fae the poem on page v

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
tall fur a lassie, aboot five eight. She's a brunette, wae fair h on page 25

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
er than aw this afore anither eight Baileys, on page 72

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
is set tae end it aw until ma eight-legged hero arrived. You ken on page 25
quiz. Ah'll be there fur half eight." on page 66
Ma alarm goes oaff at half eight in the nixt mornin. Justine a on page 81
goat a coupon up last night. Eight hunner quid fur a poond, No b on page 117
Aldo's" ah tell him. "Number eight. Oh, and if ah see yae aroond on page 146

6 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
we eis mate, ei is eight an so is eis mate. on page 50

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Chapter Eight on page 50
h says, Aye when ah wis aboot eight-yir-auld or somethin. Ma ma's on page 51
tae lose her purse wi twenty eight pound in it in the toilets in on page 54
ah got made go up the road at eight a'clock. Ah said as much tae on page 55
Harpreet left at eight a'clock this mornin, an ah ha on page 121
Also on pages 133, 138, 144, 150, 165, 169
13 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Chaipter Eight on page 93

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ither took me an Ina, who was eight, by the hand, an wi Jack at t on page 120

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
he wiz tall. Til he wiz like eight or nine, as ah’ve been told
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
in amongst the middens. Jist eight, Ah kept masel tae the paveme
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
mairches o the ceity at Eight Mile Road an awa ti ma ain to
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
period no exceedin’ twinty-eight days fae the instant o suspen
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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
s no airms, it’s legs, aw eight ae them…
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Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
wi weariness that, even efter eight hunner-odd years, we ayeweys
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ed excursion they took me oan eight weeks ago. ‘It’s yer pal,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
was built in nineteen thirty eight. Fae the pavement up tae the
ay the pub in nineteen thirty eight. It wis tae replace the auld
2 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
sea sickness. Our passage was eight weeks and four days. I stoppe
ready, and it’s ainlie hauf eight in the mornin. Workin in the
Eight days ago.”
Eight weeks and four days, that wis
4 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
d nae done since ah wis aboot eight. An’ she lookit at me kinda
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ven’t checked my e-mail for eight months. My inbox must be - o
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
he sun wint doon it hauf past eight Stors ur dancin’ is we spea
ae be ready fur a quarter tae eight So a stuck oan sum music an
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y greetin faced swine. It’s eight o’cloack in the bastarn mor
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Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
’m talkin’ aboot nineteen eight two here – no even thirty y
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ah’m standin ootside number eight and hesitantly ah stick the k
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nders finishes at aroond half eight the day’s activities eventu
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@LairnScots tweeted
Eight evil lessons fir Hallaeen! Do (2019) twitter link
essons the day! Happy guisin! Eight Evil Lessons for Halloween ht (2017) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ITHER . . . AH'M FIFTY FECKIN EIGHT" ?????? https://t.co/9bRcF5vv (2021) twitter link

Doric

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
my diary that Nineteen Ninety Eight was one of the
1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
"Eh, aboot half eight miss."
yi’ll be leavin i hoose at eight imorn and yi will be on time
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
its twa metres awa fae her TV eight hours a day and only taks her
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm eight and ah'm near half grown. on page 1
Should be aboot seven feet eight. on page 18
them - efter all, ah'm sixty-eight!" on page 46
Below the craigs o Gaitnip, eight hunder deid men lie, on page 48
Aal dashan tae wark fur eight o clock, a mission that's doo on page 83

5 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A wadeen frock an an eight pound ring on page 43

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
es a field in a January gale, eight inches fae the grund. A stoat
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
At half-eight, Mr Dursley picked up his bri
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
en the ice on troughs – for eight days in succession. While thi
1 matches

Shetland

Hall, Nat nobody remembers the birdman - Hairst, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Shetland, poetry
juist afore eight, as on page 82

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
aald Lorina, an Edith, at wis eight. As we see fae da poem at da on page V

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Da eight year aald twins, Ivan an Jame on page 9
It wis eight year fae shü did dat last, a on page 28
aek dat till atween seeven an eight. on page 52

4 matches

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Bert wis eight an hit wis his bedtime. on page 17

1 matches

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ikings cam tae Shetland in da eight or ninth century.
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
I was stll bad last night at eight o'clock." on page 1

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
hirteen years oul),.an Edith (eight years oul). Frae the beginnin on page v

1 matches

BardOfMilebush Untitled poem, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
e, weans, heid and sconnered, eight And burn and brae and sheuch
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Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
n headed out at a quarter tae eight ye ken
1 matches

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