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

respond Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 10.1 4.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2420 3 0 0 1 0
Number of authors16 12 3 1

Occurrences of respond 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

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
back. Wan fir wan. She dosnae respond. Fuck. Too far. Retreat. on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e naeboady quite sure how tae respond. In the back ae on page 31
"What, did yae jist say" ah respond in a state ae shock. on page 64
Before ah kin respond she cloacks Alana standin in on page 83
re...Tae watch Cinderella" ah respond, utterly beaten. on page 137
peechless and before ah could respond. Ma mum came tae the door "Wh on page 197

5 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
in England fowk cin, an will, respond tae alternatives tae the neo- on page 9
eadership o the pairty dinnae respond near enough tae the wishes o on page 10

2 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
Thaim thit respond maun be aware thit the Scots
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
an, that she wisna feared tae respond tae my witness. I thank Ye fo
1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
ill think, but ma body didnae respond tae whit I wis telling it tae
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Weel ye felt ma love respond.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Respond tae rhythms, strong an’ fle
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tae touch him. He felt hissel respond. His body pu’ed towart her.
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ent an whit wey Scotland shid respond. For the noo, here’s ma tho
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
promptin Adam McNaughton tae respond in sang:
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ah respond wae an approvin noad and he b
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
He’s itchin tae respond but Craiyg gits in first and
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
air that the covid virus will respond tae us wavin a white flag whi(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
ng @gaelicbingo That's how ye respond when ye've nae energy... Weel(2018) search twitter

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Had Ah felt mair able tae respond in kind, on page 24

1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
And fan she disna respond, tae ma mither I turnit and s
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
n an aa. Bairns at schuil aye respond weel tae them. (2020) twitter link

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
. add their insult tae me, ma respond is twa fingers salute https:/ (2021) twitter link