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Use in varieties of Scots

tocht Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words52.7 2.6 0 0 953.2 0 0
Number of occurrences1695 0 0 164 0 0
Number of authors13 2 11

Occurrences of tocht in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Self-tocht lad o pairts, whase education on page 18
Ah tocht his Picts tae kill an slay, on page 92
The boys she tocht hae aa nou grown Scots men, on page 129

3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
cs: spellin juist haes tae be tocht conform tae the soonds o thei
ame the wey bairns isna juist tocht English in Scottish schuils n
2 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
An tocht da boadie bit a paepir-kaesin on page 14

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
der, "an whit ös is a book," tocht Alice, "athoot picters or con on page 7
"Weel," tocht Alice tae hersel, "efter a fa on page 9
rie mootie gold key, an Alice tocht richt awey at dis micht belan on page 11
en if me head wid geng trow," tocht poor Alice, "hit widna be muc on page 12
her face brichtened up at da tocht at shö wis da richt size noo on page 13
Also on pages 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 46, 51, 52, 53, 55, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 74, 76, 78, 80, 83, 85, 86, 87, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 98, 103, 104, 109, 110, 112, 114, 115, 119, 125
82 matches

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
Tirli-Wirli tocht ill apön Grottie-Buckie, an on page 15

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
id he wis kinda simple, bit I tocht he wis just been ower muckle on page 1
his airm aboot a lass, an da tocht a layin him doon wi ane, an a on page 2
ta spread dir wings, an shü tocht at ony kind a lightsomeness w on page 4
ot yun Swedish channels, an I tocht it maybe wisna da language he on page 5
mairry" as fokk pat it. We aa tocht ill aboot her whin dey moved on page 11
Also on pages 13, 14, 15, 25, 27, 29, 30, 33, 40, 46, 47, 48, 52, 55, 58, 60, 63, 74, 78
40 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Tocht-du dy poems a heicher kind o on page 19

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
ltie Prattle's birse up. Shui tocht, "Whit wye sood I anse yun il on page 35

6 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ks fokk idda community hae da tocht at dir ain language is "no sa on page 9
naems Yell, Unst an Fetlar is tocht tae be pre-Norse, bit idder a on page 15

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
an touch da hert-holl at we tocht intact: on page 21
etin an gowlin whinivver shö tocht on on page 66
whin you tocht better o luikin up or hostin. on page 86

3 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
stressin idder folk. Ah'm aye tocht der wis anyoch grief aboot, w
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
poored hit in onywye. Dat, he tocht, luikin aroond him, wis aboot
1 matches

De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
a tocht himsel on some green suddern
1 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
relieved an braaly prood, he tocht he wid hed fir hame. Dat ment
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
k wi his freends. Bit da gods tocht ill aboot him -
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
T-O-C-H-T as ‘towt’ or ‘tocht’ accordin tae dir ain diale
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
ed a lucky fit or not. If sho tocht dey wir lucky an sho wis layi
dan dat wis fine, bit if sho tocht dey wir unlucky and dey cam i

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
I niver tocht dis Hamefarin wid come wi wir
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
done a better job as I first tocht.”
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
him. Much o da woods has been tocht oot tae mind wis o him. Da
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Gaein back tae schul is a tocht. An exciting een for some an
ed ower pittin wir bairns but tocht hit wis for da best. Wi moder
set me doon aside da fire an tocht aboot whit a fine opportunity
3 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
arly pairted wi my money, den tocht dat Meenie’s no really a t-
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
tocking,” said Pepper, as I tocht aboot dippin my claa intae da
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
is tae faat. Dey laekly niver tocht tae ax a trow.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ear. Hiv you heard da laek? I tocht she’d hiv hed enoch hilarit
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
s is laek naethin idder. So I tocht an interview wi a frog wid be
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
wis mirlin on da Soond. Shö tocht aboot her midder. Wid shö be
tions 'll tak me in?' Smootie tocht tae hersel. Shö fan a peerie
ot dem.' Or sae Smootie's mam tocht.
da cattery an da vet Smootie tocht at shö wid tak a turn up da
ö got fatter an fatter. Shö tocht dat yon vet business wis weel
8 matches

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