A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

foot Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.3 33.4 18.1 9.9 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences8165 12 1 1 1 1
Number of authors35 27 4 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of foot in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
e marked. Not once had ye set foot back in the kirk oer the year on page 78

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
He's on the deck noo wae his foot caught in the fence, troosers on page 15
ck. They're hesitant. A'm six foot tall n A've git a wine bottle on page 42

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
if inspectin it. It wis a twa-foot long, thick strip o teuch dar on page 41

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
l false, left to smash At the foot of those grassy slopes. on page 64

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e death fighting fur a square foot ae sand in name of Queen or c on page 92

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
er said, streetchin her three foot twa inches as heich as she co on page 103

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
d tae be haulit up, ae thirty foot section at a time, unscrewit on page 48
a horrible sicht. A great ten-foot gochle-green cratur wi reid s on page 66
a horrible sche. A great ten-foot gochle-green cratur loomit ow on page 69

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
w ma pals wur up at the seven foot mark daein lengths an divin f on page 12
aff on a hot day an run bare foot across a scorchin hot pavemen on page 13
d at me an he said, How's the foot Kirsty, an ah said, Sull sore on page 25
) disappeart up tae the seven foot mark tae practise divin an pl on page 55
e developer. Ah wis only four foot eleven, he said, Right up unt on page 95
Also on pages 109, 119, 123, 138, 169
13 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
eps in the car, kitten-heeled foot and haunbag first, she's shak on page 2
s wur the first tae put their foot doon and stop Miss Bert fae g on page 38

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
wha, mankit, hirples aff on foot on page 44

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Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
it fae thi day an oor ee set foot in thi muthur an toddlurs gro on page 41

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
an a callant wad be fash't at foot an feet in Inglis, as gin the on page 126

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
were bone hard under foot. on page 91

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
tween wirds like the English "foot", "good", "wood", "soot" isna
7 to fields vowel 15 in fit 'foot', sit 'soot', nit 'nut', pit
ang tae spell wi a "ui": fit (foot), sit (soot), nit (nut), pit
3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
w ma pals wur up at the seven foot mark daein lengths an divin f
aff on a hot day an run bare foot across a scorchin hot pavemen
how it feels tae huv athletes foot or a verucca, an he disnae un
3 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'm gettin on brawlie! Ma foot!!
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
s in Scotland aareadies his a foot in the door. Onybody wha's iv
wird that gar ye tae pit yer foot on the thrashel o a new galax
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ae hear frae Simon Thoumire o Foot Stompin Celtic Music, that ba
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
first time we’ve dared step foot ootside together. Hur weans a
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
new lama. He shuffled fae wan foot tae the ither, lookin at the
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Tae guide their foot!
Journey” that we ay’ maun foot,
2 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
Smyth, right? He sticks in a foot jist as Broonie’s aboot tae
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“With a ten-foot-pole!” Bit she did hause hi
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
panded, slowly seeping up mah foot. Th' foggy dizziness o' kip c
e 'til mah een landed oan mah foot. Ah froze. Mah brain halted,
irted tae run. As soon as mah foot left th' ground ah felt it. T
3 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
amme, an Tony Benn an Michael Foot were i govrnement. They pursu
micht hae happent gin Michael Foot’s Labour Pairty haed buir t
2 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
Smyth, right? He sticks in a foot jist as Broonie’s aboot tae
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
riders an mair than forty on foot followin him. Mair than sixty

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
i as mony folk on horse an on foot it wis hard tae bide secret.
hairge o the left, the men on foot in the middle.
rl o Angus. They wur the 26th foot … but they cawed themsels t

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Yer right foot is gey close tae my hoose! SH (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
as she has baked for Mhairi's foot soldiers(2020) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
hen, did I say I've got a bad foot? An I still havnae noticed a (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@HiHi1957 as log as its no 3 foot al b awrite lol (2020) twitter link
e walkin fitbaw - best right foot in the bissness! (2021) twitter link
mon guys - keep on the front foot - in xtra time - b oan the (2020) twitter link
up again - keep on the front foot guys (2020) twitter link
r it guys n keep on the front foot! (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Alice's Richt Foot, Esq. on page 16
As she sade at words her foot slipped, an in anither meenad on page 19
n airm oot o e window, an wan foot up e chimney, an sade till he on page 33
She drew her foot as far doon e chimney as she on page 36
h her chin: id hed struck her foot! on page 49
Also on pages 59, 78, 107
9 matches

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
fan a heard a crunch under ma foot. A lookit doon and saw ane o
1 matches

The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
ego in my lobby, or got their foot stuck in an auld KFC bucket f
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ve discovered aat ah hiv een foot longer een the ither, an aat (2019) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
settan oot shortly tae First Foot wan or two o the neebors wae
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
traivel = 'walk (by foot)' in StE on page 106

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A special time, perhaps first foot on page 20

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
eaboots. Here, you cannae set foot ootside wi oot bargin intae a on page 13

1 matches

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