A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sight Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words41.8 38.6 21.1 228.5 75.6 41.3 22.1
Number of occurrences13475 14 23 13 4 5
Number of authors54 28 6 9 6 2 3

Occurrences of sight in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
the White Rabbit wis still in sight, hurryin doon it. Thir wisnae on page 10
y seemed tae be nearly oot ae sight, they wir gittin that faur aw on page 16
, soon as it wis quite oot ae sight. An an auld Crab took the cha on page 31
ore she knew it, it wis oot o sight. on page 50
ae, an baith hedgehogs oot ae sight: "S'no like it matters onywey on page 84
Also on pages 92, 112
8 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
The open gate n freedom is in sight. A polis meat wagon screams u on page 47

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
t oot. Nae scones or bacon in sight. Da wis thanking them all and on page 42

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
hetic look on her coupon. The sight ae her, pale as a ghost, wid on page 1

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ae dae when blessed wae sic a sight, on page 26

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
is planet, ah suddenly caught sight ae a spider danglin fae a lon on page 14
ide ae a bettin shoap is some sight. Yince yur in here yae cannae on page 27
ng queue, which wis a typical sight fur this time ae day, especia on page 31
mers day. When a gaze at this sight before me. Each yin ae thum c on page 50
ah'd nae choice but tae catch sight ae the hing. Nae fuckin wurd on page 65
Also on pages 68, 71, 73, 84, 95, 98, 104, 136, 159, 169, 174, 199
17 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
hing up the stair an oot mah sight, Sammy,' mah granny says tae on page 171

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Sair Ti See, A Sair Sight on page 78

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hore again, now get out of my sight.' He glared at the wee, curly on page 53

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
it promptly disappeared frae sight. Naebody wid be daft enough t on page 45

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
hings people could see. Oot o sight, oot o mind. That lot are mai on page 5
ae every inconvenience: oot o sight, oot o mind. on page 28
ickly. Ah get the boak at the sight o the waste bin at the end o on page 83
Godsend in the hame, and the sight o ma filed, but unpolished na on page 84

4 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
e harder job tae wumman is in sight. on page 40
k an span no a bit a stoor in sight, the washin's aw done A've be on page 45

2 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
e no tell me erza gruffalo in sight!" on page 15

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
wiz pure ages ago but whit a sight tae see." on page 4
a big shadow - a real scary sight. on page 26

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Tam Kellas gets sight o him, sortin out his counter on page 72

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
lin Scots wi Inglis spellins (sight insteid o sicht etc.), nor fo on page 56

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
killed, dear God, a terrible sight, men greetin an shoutin in th on page 43

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
; and when it vanished out of sight, there were two great cracks
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in pr
p but she passt fae ma line o sight, leavin’ the loon still lyi
ulatit how she zippt up oot o sight an closed the velcro seals oa
s niver tae adjust the line o sight o ony camera in the burgh wit
r an hers. She passt on oot o sight. Ah guesst tae screen 11 then
5 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
especially one affecting the sight, as in the phrase to cast (th
e back views is a hell o’ a sight better than some front views,
2 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
seen, and that wisnae a braw sight either. I went over tae a wee
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ops ur aff the bridge, oot ay sight, maist probably stridin acroa
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
unts who were disappearin fae sight.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ootch doon in the seat oot ay sight.
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
'Don't let him oot yer sight.'
ll you sumpn, the team wins a sight mair often since there's lass
2 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
A hit a total riddy at the sight ae a wummin wi enormous bazon
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ddy the creeps A much scarier sight ye’ll never huv seen.
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
ift a prophecie an the Second Sight an travel the Ways thit the e
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
You’re a sight fur sore eyes, hen.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Buridehoose is a sight fur saire eyes, likes. It wil
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
oay suddenly comes to and the sight ae me in ma operatin gear. Ar
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
h dire conditions wis truly a sight tae behold.
es. And, ah must say, eh? The sight ae him cheered me up. And it
Ma first sight as ah walk through the door i
mess, a real fuckin mess. The sight and smell ae which sendin thu
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
in. Oddly, by the time ah git sight ae the hing Bruce isnae waiti
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
tions online noo.. It's a far sight easier, than phoning, or trai (2023) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
e men. No a woman or bairn in sight. (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ee bollick naked - a bonnie sight nae doot lol (2020) twitter link
@robertmdaws a sight a luv tae c on a sunday morni (2021) twitter link

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
e tae spikk o haen the second sight, jist the same as me.' on page 84

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ening of Clairvoyance, Second Sight and Transfiguration. on page 59

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
n t-shirt and she telt ma the sight o ma made her feel orra and t
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
g noise as it’s flung oot o sight, awa owre the tap o ma hoose.
The helicopter’s nae wye in sight.
u could have something a damn sight better further south in a cit
een and shaks his heid at the sight o ma.
licopter flees onwards, oot o sight. I look back doon at the grey
5 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
mither. It wiz love at first sight. She bosied him and fuspert â
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
My knees gave a buckle at the sight as I imagined aitin them and
the place. My last conscious sight wiz some o the pricks standin
2 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
aw isn’t it jist? Awthin in sight his demesne – that’s whit
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Canna watch daytime tv as any sight oÂ’ Jeremy Kyle or that bloom(2018) search twitter
t paid him tae tack it! Fit a sight, michty me ??@STVAberdeen htt(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Hoo dis a buddy liv wi the sight, on page 7

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
s but only Maggie comes intae sight, dragged oot, followed be the on page 23

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
d. Sheu alwis gaed eum at the sight o wan o them." on page 15
Hids no a sight tae see. on page 40
side-e-weys as Tam sank oot o sight on page 79

3 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ered bit, then, - fur whit a sight - on page 12
Oh, whit a sight fur poor, sore eyes and whit on page 30
tae keep, me wage is cheust a sight. on page 39
door - no light wis there in sight. on page 40
He hates the sight o Billy and he pits Gran on t on page 55
Also on pages 56, 74
8 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Martian style, gappan at the sight. on page 4
a stark straik ower the lip o sight, whither o no tae say, "Aye, on page 53

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in ossigar, a Godless sight on page 10

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Catchan sight o the tradesman-turned-missio on page 17
he sat, deid, within sight o the promeesed land: on page 30

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thoo really aer a boanny sight on page 116
ble them doon, tae me chist a sight on page 142

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ate, but there wasna a map in sight. Whit could he o been thinkan
street. For some reason, the sight o the cat seemed tae amuse hi
2 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
d geed oot sae far, they lost sight o't in the far ocean. An than
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
da earliest, wi no a weed in sight. An he wis aye da first aff t on page 2
aboot him. He wis shune oot a sight, an I hedd da ness ta mysel. on page 54
im night eftir night, da mere sight o him twistin a knife in my h on page 59

3 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
for da sail ta come back inta sight. Dö your ain wark, look ta d
1 matches

Sutherland, Stella Midder, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
touch, taste, scent, hearin, sight,
1 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Da trow’s een widened at da sight o it and turned his heed tae
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
wis 1803, an aabody faered da sight o a press gang ship. Da press
a broo til I hed his hoose in sight. Whit a gluff I got when I sa
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ra. Tankfully da knowe wis in sight.
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ing struck with love at first sight. Lovely photos. https://t.co/(2020) search twitter
roft wi my dad. Love at first sight ??(2016) search twitter
Casino catching sight of his first Pallas's warbler(2018) search twitter
ds fae my door is this cheery sight. https://t.co/ShlG34ZDXb(2020) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A sorrowful sad sight on page 28
catch your breath, a lasting sight on page 47

3 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
see that in museum! Gruesome sight, Ahm tellin ye!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
ut lay's in staere tis oot oo sight. on page 28
Wi sight, an smell, an sure oo fut on page 48

3 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
He was a splendid sight as day turned tae night and h
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
An' a' sae sudden ower my sight, The spectral forms come glam (2018) twitter link

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