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Use in varieties of Scots

echo Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.4 20.6 4.5 9.9 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences4741 3 1 1 1 0
Number of authors28 23 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of echo in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
resoondin frae the echo stane. on page 15
ablo the silent echo stane. on page 16

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
echo o sacredness on page 32

1 matches

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
promptit wi' the echo o ma feet - on page 56

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
thing? she spiered at hersel, echo-in her mither's words. The an on page 14
it in. She jaloused at he wis echo-in, liftin whit the bodie out on page 31

3 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
n... Guid mornin, answert the echo. on page 63
... My lee-lane,' answert the echo, on page 64

3 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
hint him wis nae mair nor the echo o his climbin and his mantle' on page 55

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
echo the soond o the tide turn on page 17

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The echo o an auld-warld ballant In il on page 29
Nodding to those who echo their own blethers. on page 31
the Great Spirit. 1 catch an echo here, on page 63

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
f three at Kempton. Its cried Echo Falls and ah've done this yin on page 37
ma taes. Ah check the telly. Echo Falls is gone great while the on page 39
aws a chorus ae sniggers that echo throughoot the crowd. And the on page 54

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
the whaup still wheeples its echo on page 167

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
es o bourgeois managerialism, echo the sharn that spews fae the on page 37
wi deportation in a seekenin echo o Nazi Germany, wi the ferven on page 112

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ned. She forced her voice tae echo doon the chimney. "Stop greet on page 80

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Whan echo-vyces fill the bairn-reft ham on page 29
Rivin the echo frae the silent waas. on page 44

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Rivin the echo frae the silent waas. on page 59

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
and aa the souns echo tae whaur A am on page 16
an echo doon ma mind's on page 30

2 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
n the cool spring air as they echo agin the tenements till aa th on page 9

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
disnae nou echo tae his confidence,
1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Echo’t in yon lowin lums
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
the caur’s radio seemed ti echo the birr an touk
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
alang the pavement seems tae echo aff the waws ay the tenements
1 matches

McDonald, Alistair Lallans 59 - Huntegowk, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Netherlee, poetry
While Echo gies back yer sang,
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
ot, boonced in a business-lik echo o her gait.
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
r its success or failure will echo far ootside its ain narra bor
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ha’s present is mair nor an echo o the past. Failure, hoanever
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
o shared wirds, they can aft echo yin anither in ither ways ana
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ee slag!’’ which nae doot echo’s through aw ae fuckin Edin
1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - MacCaig’s draucht oan the waa, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Whill I hear a heynd stevin echo hoolie in my heid.
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e a guid man with words, so I echo yours.(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
ntly, we came across a modern echo of its 400 year Scottish hist(2020) search twitter

Doric

Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - Doric Dwams, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
echo through the tunnel. on page 31

1 matches

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
echo through the tunnel. Nae alone on page 27

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sharp-edged wirds - a painfu echo fae the past. 'A disgrace ... on page 43

1 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Their raucous caals echo on the Skiba Geo cliffs on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
a maeter tae him. His nim wid echo across aa da years tae come.
1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
An echo leeves in the lobby on page 158

1 matches

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