A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

vratch Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 0 41.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences260 26 0 0 0 0
Number of authors5 5

Occurrences of vratch in Corpus

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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'Ye're a gey camsteerie vratch, laddie,' said Jamie, gettin on page 45

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
The vratch! on page 35

1 matches

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
yer gaurdian angel, ye little vratch that ye are. Ah'm nae muckle on page 84

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
see her yet. She wis a richt vratch. Mi mither couldna thole her; on page 35

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
is shorts He is a lazy ****** vratch But exercise he got I'll swee on page 15

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
eternity likely, unless some vratch o an archaeologist howks me u on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
ings. She was a glekit, nesty vratch.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
he halflin, Iain wis a glekit vratch, bit hermless, wi his heid ay
an Meg Ramsay tee, fur a fool vratch,' quo Minnie piously.
ar deed wi sea sickness, peer vratch, aa roon the heel o Norway an
er lyin deid the unnaural wee vratch!' her mither railed.
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"Nestie vratch," quo Jed. Nava gaed on wi he
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
2. The Tale o Victor Vratch the Craw
Victor Vratch wis a craw, wi a neb like a s
say, nae mainners ava. Victor Vratch ett aabody’s leavins an aat
s screich, “Be quaet Victor Vratch, yon wis a dredfu soun tae be
war twa bricht beads. Victor Vratch luikit doori at his hudderie
9 matches

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