A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

catched Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.8 21.7 34.3 0 34.9 0 53.1
Number of occurrences8443 23 0 6 0 12
Number of authors21 8 7 3 3

Occurrences of catched in Corpus

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Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
mairrit? Near as mony as he's catched fish, Ah'll be bound. It's so on page 23

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Jist yesterday the Trunchbull catched a laddie cried Julius Rottwin on page 103
nd said, "Fae noo on, onybody catched eatin in class gangs straight on page 104

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
s hou it wis for us, oo juist catched sicht o ane anither an oo wis on page 125

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
als (1695) By the way his dog catched a thulmard’. Its descendant
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
s hou it wis for us, oo juist catched sicht o ane anither an oo wis
1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
wer till she stopped. Time ah catched up tae far she wis, ah wis oo
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
in him wi the database, but I catched a daud o thair crack: “...f
I’v juist turned aboot an catched sicht o my wee dou, aa white
2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ceity’s smeddum catched a grup o me an ma trepidation
aund ken o the bad auld days, catched the souch o that nicht in an
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
tho they cuid quarter ony man catched (dock quarter an oor aff thei
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
never, it wis Vieux Nice that catched ma
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ain wares an ane o thaim that catched the ee o a passin bairn ane d
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
le's daurkness haes been weel catched bi Cam Kennedy (faumous for i
tale's Scottishness haes been catched bi James P. Spence, poet an a
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Efter a wee, she catched oot the corner o her ee an un
it?” Bill hadna aathegither catched his raucle, auld-farrant dial
an heavy chowkbanes. The man catched her geckin at him an leant to
. Ina couple o paces, Tad had catched her. He pu’ed her roon tae
boukit reid-heidit fellae had catched her. Than the Chinese opent f
25 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ckle mercat whan thair ee wis catched bi a Winnie Mandela luik-alik
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
aboot for Scotland no tae be catched up an cairiet alang wi it as
1 matches

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
: Ah, Winifred, Darlin. Ye've catched me jist in time. Ah'm gawn oo on page 40

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
de's o yer net's an weev jist catched hauf a box a Robbie's. The sm on page 19
s car weis ecn o thim. We got catched en thi en fae thi bobbie's an on page 30
ae thi lad aifter at, bit aye catched three box's fur ma day oneywu on page 62

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
el, it's no i'first time I've catched ye spikin tae him on page 86
Catched i'bus alang i'street on page 139
P.C. Thirty-een said "We catched a dirty een" on page 182

3 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
By e time she hed catched e flamingo an took id back, e on page 82

1 matches

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
"And he hisna purrt or catched a moose!" sneert the cat. on page 21
ht, stoopin his heid. Then he catched sicht o himself in the watter on page 25

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
deid and puckles slawly deein,catched and keepit bi the sea carline on page 119

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Onywye, they catched him at the hinnereyn, an raxx on page 51

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
r. Sune, Isie scrammlit up an catched up wi Minnie an ran on afore
he turned in. If Isie Menzies catched them he kent she'd clype, tho
blaik an fite ran far the sun catched the wattery treelips o sna br
men's meat. Steenhillock hid catched a chill in the stable three w
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
soun o the universe. Noo I've catched an kept it, it'll bide in the
the gowk an some ither ferlie catched the tae o the communal buit.
e looder – the mantra she'd catched an keepit, tae bide in yon bo
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
!” cried the mither, as she catched Roly Pudden up in her bosie.
acher, “Fit a cauld ye’ve catched.”
2 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
Fan a wee grey fergie fairly catched his ee

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Alice catched a hadd o da bairn wi a bit o on page 62
Bi da time at shö wis catched da flamingo an brocht him bac on page 87

3 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
een fishin aa nicht an wir no catched a thing. Whit wye dus du imag on page 87

2 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
0yr old and da family cat had catched an unken bird which Mr Heubec(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Tae, catched on page 3
But sleekit-catched agane; on page 37

3 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Freats ma een catched mair nor yince on page 4
Frae keeks syne catched o ithers warls on page 5
New catched, micht langer last. on page 12
A weel-shewed button catched tha ticht twine on page 17
Whun a puir wumman catched her sicht. on page 28
Also on pages 33, 45
7 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
t doon intae tha loch, an ït catched aa kines o fish. Whaniver ït on page 9

1 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
stane steps. Thonner, tae, we catched the stricklies an, farder doo
1 matches

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