A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of hour in Corpus

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
hunterin journey through rush hour traffic. Traffic is heavy n i on page 44

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
at least three quarters o an hour afore Mr. MacNeil yaised the on page 43

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ch, hertless Three! In siccan hour, on page 5
been rinnin for aboot hauf-an-hour, an were dried oot again, the on page 26
irches, sae that, gin hauf-an-hour had gaed by, there were nae a on page 44

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Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'd be doun in anither quarter hour. on page 37

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ta¢ himsel oot on the hill, hour efter hour, till he cuid mais on page 22
s happen?' For the neist hauf-hour John poured his hert oot tae on page 29
th an courage at the appyntit hour of her great travail.' Isabel on page 43
. O gie me the grace for this hour.' on page 46
echoed back an forrit for an hour, then dwined awa tae an eerie on page 51
Also on pages 53, 59, 60, 69
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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Yi maun win tae the noust yin hour afore hie tide. Eneuch watter on page 14

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
e universe in th' space o' an hour on page 49

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ll, ah'm oan yin ae they zero-hour contracts, Ken, the hings whe on page 28
d. Ah'll lit her go haime, an hour early." on page 32
Aboot an hour later Alana comes and tells u on page 84
kely been pit oan hold fur an hour and hus hud tae sit and liste on page 124
oot here fur at least half an hour until ma name is finally cawe on page 125
Also on pages 137, 143, 175
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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
een fae the wee lassie sittin hour efter hour in the muckle ermc on page 9
irlin and birlin fur aboot an hour. 'Ah doubt it'll be lowse the on page 30
met the wee ragabash hauf an hour ago and her faither's kent he on page 81
Fur the neist hour, Matilda kept practisin, and on page 207
etherin in the kitchen fur an hour or so mair, then, at six o'cl on page 226
Also on pages 227
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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
nscription proclaimin a prood hour on page 191

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
cht whan he said, 'cometh the hour, cometh the man', but a leade on page 58

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
r and there wis only aboot an hour or so o daylicht when he went on page 38
iberdeen. Normally their twal-hour shift wis hard enough bit the on page 48
, richt tae the en o the twal-hour shift whan Thrawn Tam, Frank on page 49
The hour grew late, the tryst was lain on page 113

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ae space fur the past half an hour an that's not like you. Sorry on page 48
churnin fur the past half an hour, an ah'd been that busy think on page 91
need tae be up the road in an hour. Aye, said Chris, Yi no gaunn on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
s aa Opencast wi their twelve hour shifts, on page 71

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
l toast my dear land's 'Onest hour' on page 32

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
uncomfortable fur a guid few hour then it wis ower. on page xix
'It's been open fur an hour,' she replies. on page 7
'Shall we stay for another hour and then make a move?' David on page 12
she'll gie me strength in ma hour o need. on page 48
wait fur a guid two or three hour before we wur called in, and on page 57

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
must hae sat here half an hour on page 34

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Why dae ye roam this plashy hour on page 5
For greetin, nae blank hour tae murn on page 12
Spined virr afore his lest hour struck on page 15
For I tae had ma wee bit hour on page 73

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
n it's a snaw wind, yon snell hour afore the daw. Thon's the nea on page 47

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
waiting to be told on our one hour guided tour!" on page 9

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McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
fell ower, three times in an hour, on page 29

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McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
t can be done in less than an hour." on page 114

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
a seilie day, ay, the hour a luckie ane on page 17

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ng the vulgar, than one short hour will effect, if in the posses on page 69

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An malisons I caa upon the hour on page 42
curse upon the meinit, day an hour, on page 44

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
aither the day [Stap] nor the hour. Fower linguistic segments ca on page 136

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Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
eague. He had spent his lunch hour typin up the minutes o the De on page 37

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
ut I want her here within the hour, do
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Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
hen he had jumlit a full lang hour,
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ht of the day, evin at the 12 hour, ane, and 2 of the clok, and
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
‘Child of a fierce hour’, you wir forced
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
t tae the bus station hauf an hour early no expectin much, but m
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ince fae his phone in hauf an hour.
An hour goes by. Then twae, three.
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
It feels lik hardly an hour later when the alarum sterts
Hauf an hour later, wur met bi wur guide,
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A've been here for near on an hour.
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
for the beach, aboot hauf an hour away on the train. The seasid
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t his Rolex watch. ‘. . .an hour an a half ago.’
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
toapped wance - the quickest hour ay ma life - then worked oan
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
otors flyin alang in the rush hour traffic. Ah cannae bring mase
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
every night for aboot hauf an hour.
roond tae yer granny's for an hour. See yous later.'
and a bypass that took us an hour tae get roond, at the endy it
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Fir an hour urr so he’s paroled the str
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
but at this hour o' my death,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e came right up to me half an hour ago and said - ” He tucked
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Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
there, but for the next half hour we battered them. Cameron and
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
It’s been a straight hour ah’ve been sittin glued tae
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
This things deid in about an hour.(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
ck5 Guid tae have a daft half hour Paul... ???? (2023) twitter link

@ionafyfe tweeted
butteries they can make in an hour. #GBBO(2020) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
@ClydeFC An hour tae push....?? https://t.co/m(2019) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
tually going to waste half an hour of my life going through the (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
as? The cleaners who spend an hour on buses (incubation tubes on (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
nable to then waiting half an hour for the next train fae duke s (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ouglas4Moray It'll be another hour o' Dougie starin at a revolvi(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
of the said road in the rush hour m8 as part o a protest agains (2020) twitter link

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
cat for the lest quarter o an hour (an tholin it weel eneuch, ye on page 9
"The hour hes come," the Horsefaal said on page 54
e ees't tae dee't for haaf an hour ilkie day. Fegs, files I hae on page 68

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
orrison. Call back in half an hour. We’ll be finished by then�
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
s greenhoose for mair than an hour in somethin o a trance – ev
he pulled at a thirty mile an hour speed limit sign that support
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
bled doun byre. Efter half an hour he stairted tae mak oot the a
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Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
A carried on fishing an hour went by nothing then suddenly
eventually landed it took one hour and half tae take in this one
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
twa that almost fitted but an hour o the needle and she'd hiv th
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Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
s tae say,”S’this amateur hour?” Still anaw we hop up onta
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The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
�re charging is £80. £80 an hour! That’s the kind of pey ye
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
id a’bidy dee wi their extra hour in flechie?(2018) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
making strides in. Barely an hour between the two cities by roa (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
luBorder Gid through Haddo an hour ago tattie crisp packets appe(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
ad2 set up efter mare than an hour!!!(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
the tractor at twenty mile an hour, and no at aal oot o place in
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Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
I'm just spent an hour or two yarning wi a lovely 90

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Spent an hour on Wii Fit a Monday, an am st (2020) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
gin oot wi flowers for a half hour is lik a spa treatment to me.(2019) search twitter
A good haul fae half an hour treasure huntin. Happy solsti(2014) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Och, cruel threi! In sie an hour, on page 5
ey hed bin rinnin fur hauf an hour or sae, an were gie dry agin, on page 26
sae that, b' th end o hauf an hour or sae, there were nae airche on page 91

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@StuartPoet tweeted
to've spent a Sunday morning hour writing the only poem about s(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An he wrocht fur anither half hour. on page 8
ang place fur nearhan half an hour!!" on page 10
Ye cud mak a guid scran in an hour, on page 15
So whut aboot takin thon hour, on page 16

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Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Near a thousand an hour
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Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
’ tae Jamie, if only for an hour,
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