Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

broch	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	27.4	13.6	85	0	23.2	0	4.4
Number of occurrences	89	27	57	0	4	0	1
Number of authors	30	14	11		4		1

Occurrences of broch in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
The burgh an broch, the brae an loch; the wine; on page 32

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ma mind that she cam fae the Broch in the furst place, an' as sh on page 18

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ast o whaur the remains o the broch o Hurley Hawkin are standin y on page 15

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
glens up anent Glenelg near a broch I ken. Thare is also a door i on page ix
Canto Keenin in a Broch on page 141
Whan he went tae see the broch on page 142

5 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
in common uiss (Glesga or The Broch) shuid be kenspeckle wi the S on page 13

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
rang. Furby it wul luik lik a broch abune the heid o Jesus." He d on page 44

1 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Bi ilka broch an dun A swikkit daith on page 87

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
A michty broch tae save me on page 97

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
an the sudden deidwecht o him broch the three o uis creshin tae t on page 17

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ctit airts is the Buchan. The Broch. Peterheid. Buckie. MacDuff.
that linked Peterheid an the Broch wi Dyce, or some new configur
situation is mirrored by the Broch an Aiberdeen.
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
irds sic as ‘loch’ and ‘broch’ and place nemmes sic as �
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
ek ringed his heid lik a muin-broch sae bricht;
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
An ootlin hingin ablo a gowd broch,
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
as dreich, trauchle, thocht, broch, brocht and eicht, and it is
as Burgheid or, mair aft, The Broch. In Gaelic, the place is crie
Gaelic, the place is cried Am Broch. It is straichtforrit fur a S
c speiker tae flit atween The Broch and Am Broch, dependin which
and Am Broch, dependin which tongue o Scot
6 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
oric roon my cousins frae the broch (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
an he mairrit a quine fae the Broch, at'd a lot o siller, so they on page 35

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
il. We offen wurket aff o thi Broch en eih winter an got sum good on page 20
ayweis lyket wurken aff o thi Broch. An thi Broch feeshermin wis on page 50
et abudy up an heeded fur thi Broch, abudy wis feyn an cosy nay c on page 51
aw landed wer catche's en thi Broch Market. Noo eence abudy wis s on page 52
n, tyme tae sect sayl fur thi Broch, fur thi weenter feishen. So on page 55
Also on pages 56, 57, 60, 61
23 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fit dae ye think o' I'Broch? on page 141

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
an Braemar in the west an the Broch in the east. An it wisna New on page 104

1 matches

Uri, Antonia North East filmmakker feart for the futur o Doric, (Doric Future 2019) Doric, blog
areas sic as Peterheid an the Broch.
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ctor, he wis pit doon tae the Broch tae see a
rs for a wifie doon aboot the Broch somewye. Jonsar wis jist taki
it. Tae Jonsars richt wis the Broch, Peterhead an he wis sure he
iv a sister that bides in the Broch." Jonsar Eck
wi the stuff an come tae the Broch wi you an
8 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Broch, waukin doon the street hand
ck hid promised tae be in the Broch at ten o'clock wi a
Jonsar held awa doon tae the Broch. (It wis
fae the wifie fae the Broch. "Oh aye" she laughs. "My pho
Jonsar Eck went doon tae the Broch wi her firewid. Jonsar Eck ji
11 matches

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
hen I was just a wee loon, at broch academy
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
mam’s cooncil house in the Broch, thoosands o miles awa.
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ard the number 69 bus fae the Broch tae St Combs tae bide wi Grun
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ng trees, and the sands o the Broch beach, as ghostly as the aul
rs ever were fan I bid in the Broch.
see sand twirling up aff the Broch beach, dancing across the lan
3 matches

Findlater, Mark , (no publisher recorded 2022) Doric - Troup, government
Garioch, Formartine, the Broch, Bloo Toon and Turra
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
er side o' fit? River Don? E' Broch? Fit aboot a wee beerana? #Ge(2016) search twitter
Ye awa tae rob The Bunk o Broch ma loon?(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
nions voices had been tae the Broch an heard braid doric!(2015) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Moon halo wurds: broch, bruch, cock's ee, fauld, gow (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
starboard da sam, da hooses o Broch.
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
aar, sin he spuilied da helly broch o Troy.
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
beach an Unst an da Scatness Broch but decided ta bide hame in c
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
we call dem, still inside da Broch waitin tae fledge.(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha sailor knows a broch on tha mune on page 24

1 matches