Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'merch'

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Use in varieties of Scots

merch	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	13.6	45	11
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	155.7	31	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of merch in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
the desk, tae fill them in in Merch! on page 88

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
When me feet will du a bridal merch. on page 102

1 matches

Shetland

Sutherland, Stella Half a Twalmont, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
Da searchin caald o Merch
1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
o. My first pieces o official merch for da community dats teen ov (2019) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
nt re-sattled ilkie year ower Merch an April an Mey, fin he veesi
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
r tusks an thegither they’d merch aff tae deefenin applause. Oh
unes tee them Syne aff he’d merch wi his cart tae the monke hoo
2 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
rown, an read bi Tam Fleming. Merch on page 12

1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
ft. But it wesna ti be, an in Merch 1833, Hogg sent the publisher on page 116

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
it document were leitit i the Merch nummer o the Scots on page 8

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
wavin the ither paw, "is the Merch Hare's hoose. Go whitever wey on page 63
lked oaf in the direction the Merch Hare wis sposed tae live. "Ah on page 64
fore she saw the hoose ae the Merch Hare: she thought it must be on page 65
in front ae the hoose, an the Merch Hare an the Hatter wir hivvin on page 66
ork oot whit it is?" said the Merch Hare. on page 67
Also on pages 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 109, 110, 122
31 matches

General Central

White, Ian Nimmo Lallans 102 - Ooergless, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
it minds me o the merch o time on page 46

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
steel sodgers merch atour the earth nou on page 77

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
in the stour and merch at the same time, and wi her
1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
s the place tae get yer Scots merch in Glesca! #supportsmabusines(2020)