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Use in varieties of Scots

sichts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.7 15.6 16.4 0 11.6 10.3 26.6
Number of occurrences5131 11 0 2 1 6
Number of authors32 17 8 1 1 5

Occurrences of sichts in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e tak ma mind frae the grisly sichts and soonds an smells o the fe on page 60

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an the sichts gausie on page 46

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
saumon sichts, fae biggin coonsil hooses on page 21
lects whit they want in their sichts. Sae let's get oot yonner, mi on page 77

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
in cuid prepare thaim for the sichts they saw. Hauf-a-dizzen horse on page 53

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
he tennis ba'. Keep it in yer sichts. See, it's a new way o life w on page

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Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
Sic a glimmer o derk sichts on page 19

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
concerns the sichts an souns on page 173

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
An aye mind, settin yer sichts low micht avoid disappyntment on page 154

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Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
he man tae a T.) Jack set his sichts on a fu record o the Scottis on page 59

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
With sichts and soonds lik these the hear on page 16

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ab tae see ane o the sorriest sichts iver seen-nae rats tae chase on page x
eth wis yet cursed wi the Twa Sichts on page 33

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
gat nae chance. Ah' ve set ma sichts oan gettin intae the toap Eng on page 44

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Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ein the saisons, uised wi the sichts, souns, smells an aa. Thair h on page 21

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
k. Alang the wey there's guid sichts o Ben Lomond, the rigs o Arra on page 65

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
t ruise, i the hinnerend, his sichts is steivelie on himsel: the a on page 116

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Wi sichts an soonds lik these the hert
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
k o facts, feegurs, soonds an sichts o awthing adae wi the sea. It
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
Nice. Tho the temperature an sichts there wis gey different
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
sempler days o lang syne. Sic sichts! The orange pumpkins unner si
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
o icy blue an green spectres; sichts tae catch the een whaur e’e
e green, yellae. Braithtakkin sichts roond ilka bend. In pairts, m
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
s stappit fou wi hert brakkin sichts. Puir sowels wi naewhaur tae
Sic sichts war thirlt tae ma mither’s
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Offerings or irksome sichts
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hap on a bink) an pyntin oot sichts on the wey but the Big Brithe
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
e’d me a chance tae see the sichts. Ah cud tak’ ma time cus ev
n kept ma ee’s open fer the sichts an sounds o the Hare Krishna,
2 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
But oh, the sichts an souns that Jamie's een an on page 43

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"... ye'r nae jist the best o sichts te waaken up tull." on page 12
t Ah meent wis, dinna set yer sichts ower hich. Fit wye div ye nae on page 48

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah look aroon, takkin in the sichts an souns o Aiberdeen: sinlich on page 43

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ase aawye; there'll be fearfu sichts an signs comin oot o e hivven on page 115

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an narra their sichts till they target for blame on page 26

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Een o the first sichts I hiv seen.
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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
oor feet. My, bit ye see some sichts in Edinbro! Sittin on e girss
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
n a doctor and used tae seein sichts like this he felt the hot tea
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Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
€™s burnt intae her hert. The sichts are there: ‘The ferm wis re
It tells o the souns, tastes, sichts an smells o the ferm, frae th
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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
sichts an soonds, constancy an chang on page 34
fae waddered end-o-saison sichts. Autumn, on page 39

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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
n) aw around mei; thaim byous sichts o new life i the affin. Whit
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
o the past, in exile frae the sichts an sounds o modren life. She on page 49

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Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Sitch sichts an soons fae lang ago on page 13

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha sichts ye see stick wi ye on page 15
Maun ceevilisation thole sic sichts on page 51

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
dïffrent pairts, an fleysum sichts, an pooerfu signs frae haiven on page 105

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@the_gellick tweeted
r here but they dae! Wunnerfu sichts... (2014) twitter link

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