A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of attack in Corpus

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e pack' ae circlin wolves tae attack. They're hesitant. A'm six fo on page 42
is swollen over awready. The attack relents after a couple ae min on page 43
he's goin tae take an asthma attack. 'That cunt spent PE lessons on page 46
ations are the reason for his attack, I am sure. on page 54

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
d. Matthew amaist hid a hairt attack when Mr. MacNeil touched the on page 39

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
missus. They're the boys that attack us.' on page 1

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
es back an nearly hae a hairt attack. on page 76

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ot on the flanks an ready tae attack their flank an maim their hor on page 36

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Thorkel gaitherit a hird tae attack, bit Brusi interceedit an rec on page 14

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
dy died, pal. She had a heart attack this morning: on page 40

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
wife who said she wis gonnae attack the manager and they closed t on page 6
Steven hud some kind ae heart attack on Saturday night. Ah dunno w on page 9

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ed self-defence as a means ae attack, on page 48

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
e near enough gied me a heart attack when he turned up rustlin in on page 7

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ah thoat ah wis huvin a hert attack right there and then. So, ah on page 25
ly yin fish supper fae a hert attack, that right, aye?" then he pr on page 108
n focused on Leith's impendin attack. on page 110
's awready oan his third hert attack this year. And if the cat com on page 130
might droap doon deid ae hert attack at any minute. So, ma nixt mo on page 180

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
on wanst said, is tae coonter attack. Matilda's mervellous gleg mi on page 35
Honey said. 'If ye hud a hert attack and hud tae get the doctor, t on page 93

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
iggit up on a media-supportit attack on the SNP on three fronts in on page 8
ht uise that as an excuse tae attack the guid professor. It's hou on page 81

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an thir plan wiz attack. on page 42
because it wiz a full-on attack, on page 46

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e the lavvies died ae a heart attack this mornin; his funeral's th on page 101
nt roon an said, Sumdy should attack her wi a bar a soap. on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
This spurious attack oan ma guid name, on page 36
Barclay Brithers surprise attack, on page 46

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
For we are Scotland that ye attack on page 143

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
e near enough gied me a heart attack when he turned up rustlin in on page 28

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Wi an equal attack on the publican's digestion, on page 72

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Bit neebors, wise tae the attack, on page 62

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Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
nt roon an said, Sumdy should attack her wi a bar a soap man.
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Gin ye survive the mass attack,
Bit neebors, wise tae the attack,
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
rman didnae brak up unner the attack o knichts’. A kenspeckle ac
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, near enough gien me a heart attack, “take your calcichew at 2
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
rnin up. Maybe it’s a panic attack.
™oot huvin a full blown panic attack, ah’d huv callt them a bold
days. He’d huv hud a heart attack if he’d lived tae see the p
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Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
nimals living there that cuid attack them. Aa at yince there wis a
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
™ hungry, tae jine in a nicht attack oan Cumberland’s camp, wha,
rnment camp afore the ‘hale attack wis ca’d off! When we got b
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A bad attack of dropsey!
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
raither nor bauchle a serious attack.
awaur o the posseebility o an attack, they wad hae tae regaird it
The attack had went accordin tae plan. T
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Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
Personal identity is under attack from every front. An social m
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
st aboot ready tae hae a hert attack wae the wey he clutches at hi
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@alistairdunn tweeted
emouth are crackin tae watch. attack as a team, defend as a team, (2015) search twitter

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Ma favourite robots wis Panic Attack an Killertron! https://t.co/L(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
rtishead, Teardrop by Massive Attack, You Should See Me in a Crown(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
He's recoverin fae a hairt attack an his jist 'suffered' a mont on page 7
ye noo, Bert? Efter yer hairt attack." on page 10

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ke he was gaun te hae a hairt attack as the train hissed till a ha on page 40

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
k is loon said it wis a hairt attack. At's hairdly ony winner, lik on page 15

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
d it wis death due ti a hairt-attack brocht on bi shock, an it wis
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
bobby gaed on the attack. He hid a look at the licence
e bush. Jonsar Eck went intae attack again sayin,
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
eeps across the North Sea tae attack German convoys aff the coast
d Norway. She tellt ma on one attack they’d came under heavy fir
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Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
id wiz the man fa planned the attack, Patrick Macgonnalie.
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
he thought it would invite an attack on Dunottar was his first or (2018) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
k and focus on possession and attack - the rest play longer, figh (2022) twitter link
urn the game over, you canÂ’t attack wi oot the ba. First signing (2022) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
min. Ayel be spearheedin the attack we that the day(2020) search twitter
gie lbw is defensive fear but attack boost https://t.co/GGkS57Tqyf(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
nion the folks that go on the attack are coorse though(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Fittie & just aboot hid heart attack seeing this https://t.co/VYna(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
al and syntactic interference attack its very roots." In idder wir
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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ithin. Ay, George hed ae hert attack ae day whan drivin his car an
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