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Use in varieties of Scots

acht Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.6 4 3 0 5.8 41.3 0
Number of occurrences158 2 0 1 4 0
Number of authors8 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of acht 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

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
as he went oot tae the fitba acht oors aby on page 39

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Sae she is,' said Mr Wonka. 'Acht weel, there's no muckle we ca on page 168

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Short o ma gleg acht, ill-setten gangs on page 44
Gang hooly, caum, acht legs unraivelt steer on page 45

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Short o ma gleg acht, ill-setten gangs on page 59
Gang hooly, caum, acht legs unraivelt steer on page 60

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
And Robert the Bruce, acht, he was juist hertless, on page 123

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
t by the lowan ferlie o life! Acht, hou he lippent tae lowp inti on page 17

1 matches

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
acht hunner year is't syne oor fol on page 26

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
aeFoggie Or a wis beddit half acht estreen(2020) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
but a göd-döin een; an acht ta awn. on page 100

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@Historic_Ally @ScotNational Acht, they were baith discouraged (2020) search twitter
@Ulster_Scots @scotslanguage Acht hauf an oor an yer heized min(2020) search twitter
@joemcgurk1983 @AngelaGraham8 Acht, jist richt no sappy(2020) search twitter
@HurchinHome Acht, it's jist a wee sint smirr, (2020) search twitter