A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lunchtime Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.6 17.5 9.6 9.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences4233 6 1 2 0 0
Number of authors12 8 2 1 1

Occurrences of lunchtime in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
aw waitin fur us. It's after lunchtime n there's nae doubt that on page 48

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
queue up at Hungry Nan's ilka lunchtime tae get their mait. Nou Hungr on page 56
wis sittin ip Hungry Nan's at lunchtime whan the lads cam in but Big on page 60
e blatts went tae the pub o a lunchtime. An the maist famous pub in t on page 75
s thrang as it aye wis at the lunchtime rush they jist took whit they on page 76

5 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah'd forgot Charlene wis on a lunchtime detention wi him an when ah w on page 34
d jist walk oot the school at Lunchtime an no huv tae explain tae any on page 47
when they came back in durin lunchtime they wur baith munchin a big on page 93
had the dentist tae go tae at lunchtime so ah went an jist sat ootsid on page 100
At lunchtime Charlene went tae Tesco wi La on page 124
Also on pages 127, 128, 138, 145, 158, 159, 169
19 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah spend lunchtime wi Harry and Ruth, and they t on page 11

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
allowed tae play oan it at lunchtime,’cause gin they fired the b
ear at ma door at 12:15 every lunchtime. “Can we have the len’ o
hes. A’d get changed fir me lunchtime run (whit a swat!) an’ as A
you give some boys a ball at lunchtime?” “I did, Mr Anderson, is
4 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
He went a walk at lunchtime,
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
hen ah went doon the shops at lunchtime tae buy the pens. It wis a di
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
their faces a wee dicht efter lunchtime? https://t.co/GLyl7hPPYu (2018) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e telt ye whin e cum roond it lunchtime, did e?
Bert disna git hame ower lunchtime? Naw.
e wis roond it yer hoose ower lunchtime. A hope ee didna
k yon. Ye said e cum roond it lunchtime
message A wis in hoaspital it lunchtime afore e cum in ta see iz? Did
5 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ket - ging try, richt fine! #lunchtime https://t.co/lCXDI62Kdp(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
his peedie wife were haean a lunchtime nap on page 56

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
erie selkie / seal rescue dis lunchtime. A grey pup who has a lot of (2018) search twitter
Lunchtime strolls are good for wir soul(2020) search twitter