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Use in varieties of Scots

pech Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.2 10.3 16.6 0 23.2 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3620 11 0 4 0 1
Number of authors16 11 4 1 1

Occurrences of pech in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
ilk pech o air on page 82

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
the baund maun hae run oot o pech an brocht the daunce tae a ha on page 27

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
meenit's brek tae gaither ma pech an leukit forrit tae see whau on page 22

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
left to strauchle, pech an dee amang on page 31

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
aboot the lips an gey short o pech sclimmin the wee braeface tae on page 75

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ell o wid, warm - a cuddie's pech; on page 49

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'Then I'll hech and I'll pech and blaw yer hoose doon!' on page 41
The Wolf began tae pech and blaw on page 43

4 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
somethin onybody can come and pech aw ower' on page 82
darg sae they could hae a wee pech and hear Pooh's new sang. Syn on page 147

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'Mammy? he skirled, aw oot o pech. 'Look, Mammy, look! Wauken u on page 43

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
that grupped and squeezed the pech oot o ony puir sowl it fund. on page 51

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
bein the furst tae rin oot o pech. Alan an Wullie, aw thit wis on page 63

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
idy ... rope,' Ah managed tae pech frae ma bi noo kneelin positi on page 17

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
, sae he cuid dae naethin but pech an stech as he warslet wi his
1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
yer hunkert masses dwynin tae pech free
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
language o Scotland. A muckle pech o disbelief wis easily heard
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Tae claa't gert Divot pech on page 15

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
an there?" Ailice managed tae pech out at linth. on page 33
roun is eneuch for ae dunce," pech't Deedledum, an they reistit on page 50
in wes fair garrin her fob an pech. on page 95

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
skirts. Fit she saw drave the pech clean frae her, an pit twa fi
ck on the mantlepiece, an the pech o her faither's breathin. The
eret again, back tae the slaw pech pech an syne the quate, bit a
pech an syne the quate, bit again
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
irl, an the tree wi ae michty pech rugs up its reets an awa like
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
r mair as a guid oor. A licht pech o wund lappert the watter tae
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
back tae the rocket, an wi a pech an a lowp an a shuggle, up in
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ront unrounded vowel /pɛ:x/ (pech) on page 23
celess bilabial stop /pɛ:x/ (pech) on page 26
/pɛ:x/ (pech) on page 28

4 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
She'd pech an strecht a wee on page 9

1 matches

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