A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sounded Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 5.1 19.6 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2510 13 0 0 0 2
Number of authors13 8 4 1

Occurrences of sounded in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
now it as the YTP but, cos it sounded cooler n that. The Toi wans, on page 4
yin, session two or three' It sounded weird tae us cos they went ta on page 36

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
cher's name is Miss Bruce. It sounded like a joke when ah read it o on page 10

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
mugly, proud o ma wee ploy. I sounded convincin, even tae masel. Bu on page 73

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
io pronounced wur names the J sounded like a cross between S and Z.
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
inguish the words, the accent sounded Scottish. Til Ah got used tae
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
fur a second in disbelief. It sounded genuine, if strange, ye know?
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
wanted tae go on but ma daddy sounded mair weary than anythin so ah
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
an’ get awa’ wi’ it. It sounded sae rude. Ah cudnae use the w
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
shout doon the chimney Des... Sounded like OooooooAhhhhhhhh... Or s (2023) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
mair, eit actually lookit an sounded lyke a steem injin. Then Bagg on page 46

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
till repeat id, but her voice sounded hoarse an funny, an e words d on page 18
Id sounded an excellent plan, no doot, a on page 38
brith, an till e puppy's bark sounded quieter in e distance. on page 40
Iss sounded promisan, certainly. Alice tu on page 43
e tryan till hear wheech word sounded best. on page 114

5 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nd o battle abeen him. But it sounded so far awa. Lying as he wiz i
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae me so I dinna ken fit it sounded like tae him. He jist smiled
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Sure enough the ghostly voice sounded eence mair “If I catch ye I
z jist black. The eerie voice sounded again and he shook gunpooder
finished as the ghostly voice sounded eence mair, “If I catch ye
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
-worn cheeks. Fin he spoke he sounded exactly the same, “Mither I
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
s a lot of snow. He thinks it sounded like wreaths of sna or wraith(2019) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Browne's Irish Linen fectorie sounded an Leonard pullt on his jumpe on page 12
irs as harmonicas an lauchter sounded. on page 16

2 matches

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