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 ablow

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

Use in varieties of Scots

gutters Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 1 12 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences112 8 0 0 0 1
Number of authors7 2 4 1

Occurrences of gutters 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

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
boot tae plowter in throu the gutters whan A seen a wee copper weer on page 22

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
id see him sliding down intae gutters via a thin slice in a drain.
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Icicles hingin fae the frozen gutters; ice plaistered tae the waa. on page 29

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ch Place, it sweeled doon the gutters, it turned the cassies near b
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ish guts fit drappit frae the gutters' knives. The weemin wir booed
k. He plytered on, by lauchin gutters an fish porters. The sang gae
trition larries. The fish the gutters rived apairt war speecially b
an easier made a feel o. The gutters, tho, luikit oot fur Jed, as
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he trenches and some sotter o gutters they proved tae be. It wiz a
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol1 gutters awye!(2013) search twitter

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
, up ta tha oxters in glar an gutters tha day! Gye hanny tae hay a (2021) twitter link