A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ahint

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

fathom Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 1.5 3 9.9 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences93 2 1 2 1 0
Number of authors9 3 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of fathom in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
yae ee; "for I'm shuir I can fathom some meanin oot o thaim, efte on page 44

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
irties that they jist cuidnae fathom whit it wis aboot? on page 105

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ospital. Ah never could quite fathom oot whether or no he wis taki on page 141

1 matches

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
The wither the day I canna fathom oot ata
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
Noo tae fathom oot fit tae mak https://t.co/(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ay there wis fower! I couldna fathom hid. Why wis there a big whit on page 14

1 matches

Shetland

Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Hit’s braaly herd ta fathom, how
1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
eged and selfish - dey canni fathom goin weoot somethin (onythin) (2020) twitter link

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
she tells me a story I canna fathom: thon midsimmer nicht she hea
1 matches

Web Analytics