Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

walkit	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	11.5	7.2	16.6	9.9	40.7	41.3	0
Number of occurrences	37	14	11	1	7	4	0
Number of authors	19	8	7	1	1	2

Occurrences of walkit 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

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
hay haed feinisht, her mither walkit awa doun the stair an inti th on page 24

2 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
and walkit alang aside him. on page 41

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
quiet, as ye wuid expect. He walkit taewards the din, realisin th on page 109

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ah.. nah! The kinshen wid hae walkit tae Alyth an back afore noo." on page 91

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
fs o ceilidhs, fae whaur fowk walkit mony a mile hame, aa tak us r on page 62

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
station in the mids o’t an walkit the mile hame.
1 matches

Duncan, Robert Peeweep, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Lumphinnans, poetry
he walkit the Peeweep Road
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Beatrice’s new freins walkit for three days, sclimin intae
e fae him, an he cud easy hae walkit awa. Bill saw him leukin up a
He walkit wi Guzul whan they set aff ag
he tane Derriakin aside. They walkit up tae the lip o the col an s
him tak her be the erm, an he walkit wi her tae the tap o the gair
5 matches

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
As he walkit alang, he saw a licht shinin.
1 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
polite tae the faeries as he walkit bye. He should aye say hullo on page 84

5 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
if he'd been hardy He wid o walkit up the stairs Syne the button on page 15

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
so een day he walkit intae toon on page 163

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
guid fettle whin e cam in. E walkit richt past iz an
1 matches

Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
It wis at then that ma mither walkit through the gate intae the ga
1 matches

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
pushed doon wee his finger. A walkit in wi ma poke o chips and tel
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
says on that moniment ye’v walkit past a thoosand times in yer
1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
he wis still so feart that he walkit straight intae some buddy che
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
wis a sad peerie lass as shö walkit doon da middle an windered fo on page 10
is head, ill-naitered-wye, an walkit a coarn faster. on page 31
an efter a meenit or twa shö walkit on ageen, on for whaar da Mai on page 66
ck: shö raise, scunnered, an walkit awa; da Dormoose neibit aff w on page 76
is aboot a fit high: dan shö walkit doon da peerie passage: an da on page 77
Also on pages 80, 93
7 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
i hed ae photo o Tammy, (whae walkit wi the help o crutches), is h
huil wi. The Pairkhill bairns walkit
Haugh, hevin walkit owre the Girnwud hill an doun
3 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
ough me, like she wis blin. I walkit her, slaw, back tae her bed.
1 matches