A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sighed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words36.2 17 110.5 9.9 11.6 43.7 17.7
Number of occurrences11232 69 1 2 4 4
Number of authors23 14 5 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of sighed in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Whit a pity it widnae stey!" sighed the Lory, soon as it wis quit on page 31
"Twa days oot!" The Hatter sighed. "Ah telt ye butter'd waste i on page 68
Alice sighed, awfy weary. "Kan ye no come on page 69
The Mock Turtle sighed again, an drew the back ae wa on page 97
The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, an stairtit, in a voi on page 105

5 matches

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
er have. And he grimaced, and sighed, and that wis as close as yed on page 81

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
. Aside her, yin ae the polis sighed. Waantin her tae go. He'd his on page 1

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
d. Sewin machinin. Ma ma jist sighed. Wid yi no go back tae it the on page 52
try requirements. Yvonne jist sighed. Wuv had this conversation ab on page 169

3 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
'Ah,' sighed the Perjinkian, dichtin his b on page 10

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ed doon and shook ma heid. Da sighed an angry sigh before takin on on page 41

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Then Mrs Stoat sighed sair an said: on page 53

1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
... They went reid!” Robert sighed. “I ken those ‘musicians
aroond this fire I made.”I sighed in relief.
2 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
...it'll huv tae be..." Lewis sighed.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
"Aye," Robin sighed, "Nae doot yer richt,
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
e I canna howp tae win,” he sighed. “Aphrodite, goddess o luve
ye want a thing daen,” she sighed, “dae it yersel.”
2 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Dave sighed. “That’s a peety, Shug”
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
He sighed. “We do what we feel to be
Hsien sighed. Acause, whan ye git richt do
He sighed. “Whit are we gaun tae dae
aur, reverently haint ... She sighed. Her puir parents, her puir D
She sighed. Gin they were lea’in the s
9 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ol erything that happent. She sighed “Yer heid’s full ae mince
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
Answerin the door, the heidie sighed an said, " Aw jings, whit hae (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
She sighed a sigh o pure relief on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah sighed, kennin fit wis comin neest. on page 9
"Gie't a rest, Eric." Winnie sighed es she preened a reed carnati on page 12
"Eric." Winnie sighed, kennin fit wis comin neest. on page 16
"At's the real him." Winnie sighed. "He likes te think he's some on page 18
doon it the boolin club." Ina sighed. "He's ane o wir star players on page 22
Also on pages 24, 25, 28, 30, 36, 43, 45, 63, 74, 77, 78, 81, 85
20 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
nna richt mynd," the Gruftalo sighed. on page 3

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
eeseless fechtin wi Joyce. He sighed, his hairt sinkin as she sut on page 6
Morrice sighed an flung his new yalla beach on page 10
ice lookit doon it himsel and sighed: he felt like a richt erse - on page 13
ae jist mak a bit effirt?" Vi sighed an clappit the dug's heid. "W on page 25
finitely gettin waar." Donald sighed as he thocht aboot his mither on page 34
Also on pages 36, 48, 49, 59, 61, 68, 70, 71, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 93
23 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Peer Norman." Archie sighed. "He wis fair leukin forrit t on page 13
." Beldie leukit it er pal an sighed. It wis sometimes hard te thi on page 20
aan at's se thochtfu." Beldie sighed. "Fin I telt Geordie Ah funci on page 21
Ah sighed an winnert iv wi shid mebbe m on page 31
Stevie gied is heid a shak an sighed. "It's aye the same aul story on page 37
Also on pages 50, 51
7 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"What a pity id widna stay!" sighed e Lory, as soon as id wis qui on page 29
"Two days wrong!" sighed e Hatter. "Ah telt ee butter on page 66
O Mock Turtle sighed deeply, an drew e back o wan on page 95
E Mock Turtle sighed deeply, an began, in a _ voic on page 102

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
frae North Gellan. 'At last!' sighed ma mither. Bit faither wisna on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
red. “It beggars belief,” sighed the giraffe.” I wonder if h
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
handbag in here?" Jonsar Eck sighed "It wisnae me". "Oh aye" she
Wifie sighed. "It's been a gran day, affa
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
fuskers the neist. Meg Ramsay sighed. Luikin efter ither fowks' ba
'Thank God fur thon,' sighed Isie. 'If Jock hid gaen inno
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“Oh the puir birdies,” sighed Granny Riddle.
“Mmmmm” sighed Lowpity.”Yon’s fit I CAA
“I ken, I ken”, sighed his mither. “Gin ye canna h
the snaw an sighed. Ilkie year, her friens, Bobb
again. Geordie sighed. At least the greenhouse wis
7 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ched him tae her bosom and he sighed, in deep despair, on page 36

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Poor Jessie," I sighed, feelin ashamed ower foo afte on page 45
nk balance if dey seck me," I sighed, rekkin fur da phone. I waffl on page 52

2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
it a pity eet wouldnae stei!" sighed th Lory, as sin as eet was qu on page 30
"Twae days wrang!" sighed th Hatter. "Ah telt ee butter on page 68
Ahlice sighed worn oot. "Ah hink ee micht d on page 69
Th Mock Turtle sighed awfy, an sterted, in a voice on page 105

4 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"It's a pity it wudnae stye!" sighed the Lory, is shane is it was on page 31
"Twa days wrang!" sighed the Hatter. "A toul yae butte on page 69
The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, an drew the baak o yi on page 98
The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, an baegun, in a voice on page 106

4 matches

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