A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of soond in Corpus

Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
'The soond o the waves is like the soond on page 3
ht I woke up tae hear an unco soond ootby. It wis a kinna grunchi on page 9
There wis a soond aff amang the craigs, that gi on page 60
t there cam a muckle wheeplin soond fae ootby. The wheeplin grew on page 74

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
irst, an then, if ah like the soond ae bein whoever-it-is, ah'll on page 20
! Moan help me oot ae this!" (Soond ae mair broken gless.) on page 37
umblin ae cart-wheels, an the soond ae quite a few voices aw talk on page 38
faces. Thir wis the soond ae mony fitsteps, an Alice lo on page 78
oice has a timid an tremulous soond." on page 103

5 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
an, stairtin at the soond o deith on page 6
An the soond o the siren is raikin the waw on page 12
the hail maks nae soond on the windae. on page 16
Howpfu, tho ma greetin's the soond o a blowsterie windae, on page 20
Ye soond like ye swallaed a clood. on page 66

6 matches

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
ell like yon? He'd forgot its soond awready! An noo its orra jowe on page 136

1 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
grim, no trustin ma voice tae soond as solid as I howped I seemed on page 55
There wis nae soond but the lappin o the watter a on page 56

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
e rins inunner a brig dividin soond, on page 17
An sleeps in soond o beautiful rain. on page 24

3 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
yon planet. I dinna like tae soond like a kirk meenister. But th on page 24
ou o sunlicht. I will ken the soond o a step that winna be like t on page 68
. An I will luve tae list the soond o the wind in the corn.' on page 69
he stanes wi a licht metallic soond. on page 83
He lowsed frae me wi fient a soond. Whan I made up wi him, he wi on page 88
Also on pages 91, 93
7 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
his question brocht forth the soond o silence. on page 8

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ld watter tap. Alan heard the soond o rinnin watter. on page 36

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
efter,' he shoutit abune the soond o the baund. on page 27

1 matches

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
wis like the soond o daith. on page 61

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hen?' She managed tae make it soond like ma da wis a big-league c on page 1

7 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
ugh disaster. Ah dout it maun soond kind o relevant tae them, Sco on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
t him she did, but she didnae soond awfie convinced. on page 6

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
jist a lug tae hear the soond o thon crisp on page 70
o life. Nae couthie bells soond owre the port on page 77

2 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
ir leid; they lippend tae the soond an muisic o wirds an speilit on page vii
auf-misglimmit wurds whan the soond or the concept seemit tae caa on page viii

3 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
Sea they cry it, ave the very soond o' the name chills yer banes. on page 16

3 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
ew vyce. Draps o dew echo the soond o the tide turn are baith ebb on page 7

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Made tae soond aw saft and sappy on page 5
There cam an awfie crunchin soond. on page 19

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
st shrugged it oaf: "It'll be soond. Ah'll lit her go haime, an h on page 32
few sincere laughs tae a deid soond ae nuttin. on page 56
best tae imitate the familiar soond ae they determined polis cunt on page 145
"Soond" ah tell him "That's gid" on page 184
he school. A few teachers wur soond but maist ae thum seemed tae on page 196

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
The Soond and the Fury by William Faulk on page 12
ock her lugs tae the gruesome soond o the dreided box. She kept o on page 32
ah'll try tae help ye. 'That soond aw richt?' on page 84
tae the T'V set and turnt the soond doon, but left the picture on on page 88
still scunnered at lossin the soond on the TV. on page 90
Also on pages 111, 160, 168, 225
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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ly in the face o onie norie o soond finance. Governments arenae i on page 36

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
eid,' she says. Thir wisnae a soond in the room. It wis as quiet on page 76

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
the aye-gaun sook-sooksookin soond o the pipes as they did their on page 75
hey aw won ower here safe and soond. They are wunnerfu warkers. T on page 81
econd efter, a michty rummlin soond cam fae inside it, and the ha on page 104
f disappeart, and a whudderin soond taen its place; and then a gi on page 105
The soond gaed on, it widnae stap. on page 115
Also on pages 122, 126, 138, 164
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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
doon her thrapple. A sizzlin soond, the kind ye get if ye haud a on page 41
There wis a sort o scrumpin soond, and dauds o plaister and cem on page 46
chookie. There wis a sizzlin soond and the reek cleared awa. on page 55
t said. Then an unco whistlin soond cam oot o its neb. on page 90
A muckle hissin soond wis dirlin fae aboon their he on page 98

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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
In the evenin, and the soond o lauchter passin by. on page 131

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ain Scots voice. Hoo daes it soond whan ye say a phrase or sente on page 7
ron) haes a 'thrappleclearin' soond that we hear clearly in the w on page 17
r o letters that represents a soond: on page 18
with the 'nd', e.g. haund and soond, and haundit and soondit. Ent on page 19
e or sentences alood. Daes it soond like something ye wad say? Or on page 33
Also on pages 36, 48, 62, 64
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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
if Pooh's Neuk didna soond better, which it does, for it on page 8
id Pooh, and tried tae mak it soond Doolsome and Waefu. 'I thocht on page 22
wis a stramash, and a rippin soond, and a jurmummled boorach o a on page 67
There wis a skelterin soond... syne mair silence. on page 109
in a glisk he made a wheeplin soond... and an oo-soond...because on page 116
Also on pages 126
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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
And the soond o girnin, spite and pain on page 21
lured by a soond they'd never heard. on page 29

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ocht he heard - a peerie wee soond, a saft reeshle, as if a body on page 12
s heid glegly tae listen. The soond he heard noo wis the maist fr on page 16
es ticht. Then they heard the soond o a door openin. The door wis on page 66
close, Mr Tod could hear the soond o her pechin. Keekin through on page 67
bin at aw. There wis jist the soond o gnawin and chawin as the be on page 76

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
in a vyce that wis meant tae soond aw cheery. "Yer new hame." on page 19
wirk aroond the hoose disnae soond that bad." on page 64
The soond o fitsteps comin up the stair on page 128

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
water gushes oot o me at the soond o the tannoy. on page xv

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
soond asleep. on page 12

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
"Aweel, Airchie," A tried tae soond juist aff-the-luif, "what fet on page 125

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ity-joukin gallusness. As the soond o defiance agin nairrae-nebbi on page 4

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
He enjoys the soond o his fitsteps in the cool sp on page 9

1 matches

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
i the soond-pruifed attic on page 133

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
es oot fir me; and when she's soond, on page 18

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
be chawin on somethin and the soond o their crunchin filled the y on page 34

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
Then cam a muckle roarin soond. on page 77

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
wee bit gurgle, but it didnae soond richt. on page 100

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Soond shift on page 49

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
er o findin ae spellin for ae soond, sin mony gaitherins o wirds on page 56

3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
This micht no soond muckle o a thrait bit the rid on page 17

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
fowk knottin thairsels at the soond o 'Your-anus' cawed awa thair
1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
but aye soond in her heid - scansed the tw
land wi a licht nickerin soond, like that o thae widden
the soond o his vyce.
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
but still it didnae like the soond o't.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
time A micht watch it wi the soond turnt aff.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
Scots speakers is forcin the soond o thair ain Scots language in
"Och, that disnae soond awfu guid Tam. Hiv ye been ta
2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
mum lauchin. A laigh, couthie soond. ‘Here,’ seyd Annie, takk
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
speakin here aboot fowk that soond guid Scots speakers tae ither
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Mary stelled it the meowin soond comin fae the fit o the brukk
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
y readin Scots wad thocht tae soond "round" the English wey, an l
g ither than mind folk no tae soond things the English wey. Lorim
juist for mindin folk no tae soond it like in English: that kin
s tae mak the spellin fit the soond as near as can be, an mibbie
ein ae letter the neebor o ae soond an vice versa.
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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
"Aweel, Airchie," I tried tae soond juist aff-the-luif, "what fet
ie's lug an maks a Prrrrrrrpt soond that gars him back awà fae h
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
me, "Excuize me!" A uizes the soond o her vyce tae juidge her pos
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
n, tho, is ti gar the langage soond grand, and this haes gart som
1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
rst. Time ah went up, she wis soond asleep. Aside her oan the bed
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
necessar ti mak the ‘ch’ soond obvious, e’en tho words lik
ive dialects, an the ‘ch’ soond no uised ava bi youngers in s
ends ti think on the ‘oa’ soond in words like ‘shoap’ an
’ as a characteristic Scots soond (an pronunciations like ‘sh
ialects at disna mak the same soond disteenction as English still
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e throu this. Help her throu, soond o body, mind an sowel, an sav
in it wis juist him tryin tae soond a wee pawky pootches. I dinna
2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ed (spelt g, but no a ‘g’ soond), ruised, etc. It disna sae m
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
object here descrived daesna soond like ony prattick we ken aboo
an the ‘crescent’ daesna soond like ony aircraft that belang
maist definite sichtings that soond faur mair akin tae the descrp
but it is weel seen that the soond wis that fremmit tae them tha
that the war a shairp bumming soond comin fae the craft alang wi
5 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ubblyjock wis imitative o the soond made by the turkey.
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
nscots o oor pairliament, yon soond-pruif impediments tae the voi
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
"Keep Oot" signs an the anely soond the bizz o hungert midges. Fo
1 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ike a fake, like am tryin tae soond less intelligent (because edu
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e'en staun the blate idea an soond o Braid Scots is challengin f
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
uncle tellin us the sweeshin soond o oor sticks could bring a fu
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
st’? This is an oot-o-doors soond an licht shaw that comes inta
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
fowk still hing on tae at the soond o thair ain language. They aw
1 matches

Lawrenson, Dorothy Ranch Road 12, San Marcos, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Fife, poetry
sookin the sweeshin soond
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
nth, I ettled no tae hear the soond o its braith an shauchlin hoo
aw, an wis jist follaein the soond o her rinnin feet. But as sui
2 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
Kat heard a whirrin soond an saw that a leash wis stert
heard anither whirrin, birlin soond an a pair o fantoosh rollersk
Anither whirrin soond cam fae Doug’s foreheid an
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
deckchyres dotted aboot. The soond o the wind gurled in the back
s wather forecast, an tae the soond o the melodeon-box playin o F
ase. We sattelt doon, tae the soond o the rain, then a flaucht o
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
This michtnae soond like the cantie-est o tales,
made the Frisian poetry scene soond. I wanted tae unnerstaund hou
c' the Scots poetry scene wad soond tae an inqueesitive veesitor
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
, the castle an crofts. There soond effecks frae coat hingers, cl
rm, athoot, Ah howp, makin it soond artifeecial. Besides, the cha
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
the warm August mornin an the soond o the kirk bells gleddent her
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
movie, there’d be a squelch soond-effect, but it wis mair like
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ye soond oot the bits
soond the wey ye'd say it.
2 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ollie gree’d, but she didna soond ower shuir.
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
an Greek words, an wantin tae soond a bittie mair formal we’d w
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
, weaver o dreams an aw-roond soond lad an freind o The Sair Fech
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
eppit on paper, electronic or soond/video kisties sent tae onie o
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
The furst soond wis the prehistoric cawin o a
The soond o Allan’s voice focussed hi
Bit it wis too late noo. The soond o teeth rippin throu skin her
3 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
“An ah’m peyin ye wi the soond o money.”
1 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
There was a law dunderie soond. Moa lueked at him.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
while afore Geordie heard the soond o shauchlin feet than the doo
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
kenable phonological (accent/soond) featurs, set oot in contrast
as mair or less ae lang vowel soond. Tak tent o the twa-syllable
ation – sae ‘kirk’ will soond like it has ae lang vowel in
The fricative ‘ch’ soond is anither kenable featur o S
tent that, whaur the ‘ch’ soond in SSE is limitit tae wirds t
6 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
filum, there’d be a squelch soond-effect, but it’s mair like
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
The fricative soond ‘-ch’, aye present in Mod
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
r binks an pits a lug tae the soond speaker acause thay hae sic a
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
rson taen the ship intae Deer Soond hopin tae ride oot the storm.

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
The waff o ma braith, the soond o ma leid,
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
re A wis endit we hird a braw soond
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ah ask him. Tryin ma best tae soond impressed. ‘’Well, ah’l
��’So, how does two minutes soond?’’
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
he kenable fricative “ch” soond that lowps tae mind whan thin
This means that this soond is gey easy fur speikers o Sc
phonetic symbol fur “ch”) soond in their inventory.
This applies tae the [x] soond makkit efter whit are kent as
loch) as weel as tae the [ç] soond (an allophone) makkit efter s
8 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ewrds the exit. An unmissable soond ae wumen chattin awey kin be
‘’Aye, that’s soond’’ ah tell her ‘’No as
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@billykayscot tweeted
so chree with the guttural ch soond.(2020) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
genocide. But aye, go aff. Ye soond hysterical. (2021) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
festivals an shows o licht an soond are haud at the 'Grand Place' on page 13

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
erself intil a baa an sleepit soond. on page 84

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
na realise hoo pathetic I’d soond.
stance, I can hear a chirring soond – either Andrew’s helicop
2 matches

Harper, Edith The Wye Athin Chynges, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric, poetry
Nae soond bit the saft sough o the sea.
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
run. McDougal woke up tae the soond o haimers haimerin awa at the
1 matches

TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
tae mak ye raist, ts'e wye ah soond, ah dinna lee
tae mak ye raist, ts'e wye ah soond, ah dinna lee
tae mak ye raist, ts'e wye ah soond, ah dinna lee
3 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ir heid. I've listened till i soond o @Wattiejwattie gingin till (2019) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
at 12 up in that chapel. The soond, the smell, the atmo, the foo(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
hy, i.e. words dinna afttimes soond the wye they're scrievit. Sco (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The night when thir sleepan soond in thir bed on page 27

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
A funny kind o skrekan soond, on page 40

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
e kitcheen cam an aafal funny soond. on page 12
that hid died o fright at the soond. on page 17
side when sheu haard an unkan soond. on page 35
d pick them up bit sheu didna soond aafal keen. on page 58
keen stick. Tap! Tap! cam the soond o his staff. on page 61
Also on pages 81
6 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
wi this soond, deus sheu ken whar sheu is. on page 3
whit wis missan an tirled the soond o her pod tae injine. "-so it on page 44
wi fock on a aerly ship. The soond thay mak taegither is wyld. A on page 127

3 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
d you write 'place', when the soond in the middle is nither an 'a on page 8

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Ye soond warse or the Tongue o Westerb on page 12
The soond o an ott field blowan in a hu on page 94

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Ebb o The Riv, Lurno o The Soond, Sandi Sand on page 11
The echoan soond o the sea on page 17
Hauntan soond o distant whaups on page 34
The night when thir sleepan soond in thir bed on page 152

5 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ae Davie, an I dinna like the soond o things oot there in France' on page 37

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
bonnier and on-mannan wi ilk soond. on page 58

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
y nearby on the margin o Eday Soond, like a granite boulder. Migr
1 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
he wid moothed hid, lovan the soond
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
etir paer aywis merks the sam soond, as notid in the gyd beelo. A
1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Hit wis a winderfil sicht. Da soond o dir voices wis heard i da w on page 53

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
wis wint ta mak a fine sweet soond dat browt freends tae his doo on page 5

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
it he says da waas an rüf is soond, an he's a joiner, so he'll j on page 8

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
I doot nae soond cam oot, on page 26
is guardit Switha Soond, keepit da keys. on page 27
an soond, mak hit ta da gyo. Wha's on page 34

3 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Kynda sjetlin soond, sæ 'Ja.' on page 27

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
2 Phonology: da soond system o Shaetlan on page 22
monophthong is a single vowel soond, whaaras a diphthong is whin on page 23
Da soond ø is weel-kent an gyaan naew on page 24
t plaesses, an dat affects da soond at's maed. Wi stops da air is on page 25
dem is /θ/ fir da voiceless soond in think (/θɪŋk/) and /ð/ on page 27
Also on pages 32, 56, 87, 100, 105, 107
21 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
trowe da Sooth Soond aa da wye on page 28
is Mt Fuji abön da Soond; on page 42
nda gied owre him; he medna a soond on page 67

3 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
intae da soond. Willie pulled aff a lump o t
1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Sang Oda Post War Exiles, (Shetland For Wirds 2003) Shetland, poetry
Across da Soond o Papa
Across da Soond fae Papa.
2 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
, sae he led him ower an fell soond asleep.
1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
ch o his voice, ‘Dey're ida Soond! Dey're comin in apo da Saand
1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
. Hit wis aal so paecefil, no soond, no guns firin, no men shouti
me an Hunter an Baabie. Not a soond did we mak or utter.
2 matches

Ritch, Paolo A Remembrance Day, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, poetry
Duntin trow da soond.
1 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
wear, hearin da saft, swishin soond o da waves wis aboo tae send
k doon, machtless. Da fitstep soond I wis hearin wis gittin loode
2 matches

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ir first bite it made dem faa soond asleep!
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
his sources, bit ta me dey aa soond laek contradictions in terms.
systematic ta dui wi Shaetlan soond oot o da question afore dey c
Dis micht soond very progressive in a fitnot
n dialects says wi a ‘aa’ soond an some wi a ‘aw’ soond.
an some wi a ‘aw’ soond. Bit I duina write a dooble A
9 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
rds or expressions at look or soond seemlar or jüst da sam, but
diffrent languages at happen soond very alæk.

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
Da soond ø is weel-kent an gyaan naew
ain ancestors o Shætlan. Dis soond isna fun aa dat affen aroond
Da soond /ø/ can be spellt wi "ö". E

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
similar wirds (some at could soond da sam but hae very different

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
whit wirds startit wi da 'i' soond an he says "idder" an I expla

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
oonds but dis was a different soond when she spoke aboot da "büd

Nicholson, Hannah Da Wye At I Spaek, (self-published 2021) Shetland - Brae, poetry
Maks you soond uneducated, or waar.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ysfort wis anchored in Bressa Soond. Da press gang aff her wir us
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
opened up under da strain. Da soond wis deafenin. We waatched in
Sleep soond,
2 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
hts o Bressa wis mirlin on da Soond. Shö tocht aboot her midder.
oooo' as she cam in da Bressa Soond. Da bairns wis on a amp ta pi
2 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
such a thing existed but they soond lik a good idea!(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
toon dastreen and woke tae da soond o someeen spewin on da paveme(2013) search twitter
e get to sleep but enjoyin da soond o da Virkie Pool waders and d(2013) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
waittergate. A dinnae want ti soond juidgemental or condemnatory,
1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
She wis sleepin soond come mornin, whan I heezed ma
lat them ken ye’re sauf an soond?”
2 matches

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
id awfi popular bit it didnae soond right) Div ee mind o' the Red
1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
ithers pancake “ just doesni soond right. #pancakeday(2019) search twitter
ylyall @lyall_hibees Haha. Ee soond like kirsty(2018) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
lach95 @dgplacenames Nah that soond gey unnatural an orra Ah jalo(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Tha soond oo hoofs apon tha roof, on page 18
Hear tha soond an hauld them dear on page 20
Yarns in lug alike thay soond on page 34
Fae soond an luk tha same, on page 35

4 matches

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
Tha Feardie Geng laked tha soond o thon! They luve haein a bit
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
"purists"? "Tullyard" doesnae soond Ulster Scots tae me! I jalous (2014) twitter link
iedrennan - it's a quare aul soond, the Lambeg - I aye mind hae (2014) twitter link
Soond advice, sur! https://t.co/qug (2014) twitter link