A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example sonsie

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

choke Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8 7.5 7.5 0 0 10.3 22.1
Number of occurrences2615 5 0 0 1 5
Number of authors20 12 5 1 2

Occurrences of choke 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
d up his heidBrandy noo-Don't choke him-How ye daein, wee man? Wh on page 39

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
heid-Gie him a brandy-dinnae choke him nou-- on page 37

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
em all those crumbs made them choke and die and infected them, br on page 36

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ch ye till ye cannae move, or choke ye till yer blue. on page 34

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
h is it's inevitable; we will choke when oor big moment comes alo on page 23
seemed as if he wis aboot tae choke even jist speakin his name. " on page 34
This compels me tae choke oan ma beer. "You?" ah ask "S on page 132
er" ah tell him. As ah almost choke oan a Dorito. on page 176

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
s case, ah hope they bastarts choke, on page 68

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
I'd choke on it. on page 34

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
h'm offski, wee man, afore Ah choke." on page 9

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
tae choke yin anither on page 80

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
chin, chip, chitter, choice, choke, chop, chose, chow, chuck, ch
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ot another few lines that wid choke a fuckin elephant. Cunts.
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
ah’m no sure how ah dinnae choke oan him.
1 matches

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Iss place isnae big enuch for the baith o us , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
aa'll swallah ye, choke, on page 78

1 matches

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
e liked tae gag, ye liked tae choke! on page 19

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
the inhabitants choke on page 19

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the freezin watters rose tae choke the life oot o them.
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
uder92 @siferry8 Yas let them choke on some quavers https://t.co/(2020) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
eis heid-Brandy noo - Dinnae choke on page 37

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
nae tist thirs, an the weeyin choke't an had tae bae hut a slap o on page 29
haes heid up-Brandy nooDimnae choke 'im-How wus it, oul fella? Wh on page 39
it, fur a minute ir twa, sabs choke't haes voice. "Same es if hae on page 98
n baegun, in a voice sometims choke't wi sabs, tae sing this: on page 106

4 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
So as naw tae choke the rest o them before the th
1 matches

Web Analytics