Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sich	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	35	31	3	9.9	0	0	53.2
Number of occurrences	116	62	2	1	0	0	11
Number of authors	28	17	2	1			5

Occurrences of sich in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
standart Scots spellins where sich spellins exist ("deid", "doon on page vi
Ach, cruel Three! In sich an oor, Aneath sich dreamy we on page 5
she couldnae mind hivvin seen sich a thing afore. on page 14
tae a moose: she'd never done sich a thing afore, bit she member on page 22
ce went oan eagerly: "There's sich a nice wee dug near oor hoose on page 23
Also on pages 34, 59, 61, 69, 72, 78, 81, 84, 86, 87, 114, 121
23 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e as at first. She gied a wee sich inbye hersel. Than, as she ga on page 14
her faither whiles gied a wee sich inbye hissel an aa, but she k on page 16

2 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
'Whar's she gan in sich a hurry?' they'll say. 'Aye w on page 8
ames like Mars an' the Venus, sich bonny names. They says that m on page 10
ecause they'd been at the sea sich a long time theirsells, they on page 13
Aye, an' he said it wi' sich a look on his face, like we a on page 17
that the man wis sich a bad pilot that they'd pit h on page 22
Also on pages 31, 33
10 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
ain. I must turn my mind frae sich things or I will need tae con on page 3

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
It haes a voice a great flat sich blawin on page 52
rp as the thrill o a wumman's sich on page 131

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
lair. Violet and Klaus gied a sich o relief that he hadnae jist on page 48
udge Strauss, wha gied a deep sich and bosied each o the Baudela on page 160

2 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
Ersnae sich hing as a gruffalo!" on page 5
Ersnae sich hing as a gruffalo!" on page 9
Ersnae sich hing as a gruffal . . . on page 13

3 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Die, sich verschleiernd, überfließt on page 10

2 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
iced by the general populace. Sich movements encourage the presu
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
wioot a handle! I never seen sich a Pairris muddle. (She shriek
wioot a handle! I never seen sich a Pairris muddle! (She shriek
2 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
a fault Jessie? Wis ah really sich a bad man tae ye?
obey ye said - why wis that sich a problem?
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
souch o the graphic novel is sich that the feck o the story is
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e. This wis in the days afore sich devices became in universal u
dinni think A’ve ivir seen sich grateffu’ relief on ony fac
2 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
he Beano or The Dandy or some sich. An’ Andy, well, hum bein�
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
It made me feel sich a yisless fool
an’ duplicity Thur’s nae sich thing as bad publicity Bit pl
2 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
Sae wha’m I, wi’ sich a cheek
h cannae git it tae render as sich in weebly! That's secret code
2 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
Fyr sich a braw boy cuild only be wan
1 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
sich as ye’d mibbe mak a shepher
1 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
nixt?" Motswane pecht a deep sich. on page 80

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Ah, cruel Three! In sich an oor, Beneath such dreamy w on page 5

1 matches

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Hoo dis a buddy liv, wae sich remorse? on page 6

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
niform. Maisie had niver seen sich style. on page 24
ain tumour was the reason fur sich affliction. She didnae know t on page 31
"Who wud dae sich a thing?" she cried oot in th on page 33

3 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
That iver maves at sich a lick, on page 22

2 matches

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
e thenks tae you an Bella fur sich a guid nicht an a wunnerfu ma
1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
‘Och, stop bein sich a chicken,’ saed Harry.
‘Dinnae be sich a girl,’ saed Gary.
2 matches

Depairtment fur Commonities Hargey announces heidwie oan plens fer Airish an’ Ulster-Scots, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
oject at includes Leid trails sich es Cul-Tra-il leukin intae th
1 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
An’ nae sich thing as silage seep polluted
Och! The worls in sich a hurry noo, its chane’t si
2 matches