Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

towt	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	13	2	0	0	220.9	0	0
Number of occurrences	42	4	0	0	38	0	0
Number of authors	12	3			9

Occurrences of towt in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ny mair o your saund-kelpie?' towt daft Annie. on page 59

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
n you get loast in the derk,' towt daft Annie, gaein iz a prod i on page 22

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An gowk notes towt the misgrown fruit on page 81

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
r aiblins wes jist ettlin tae towt his frein. But Dante wesna di
1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Da Göd Man towt dat Adie wid need some-ean ta on page 5
t oot o haand. So da Göd Man towt dat he wid hae ta pit an end on page 7
is gittin aafil blinnd bit he towt dat da voice he heard wis Jac on page 11
t king. So Samuel gied, an he towt dat it wid be da owldest boy on page 23
dey saa him comin, an Goliath towt hit wis joost a piece o nonse on page 24
Also on pages 33, 59, 81, 83, 87, 103, 105, 113, 115, 123, 127, 129, 131, 17
24 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
y. Whin I jimp, hit needs nae towt - lik a fyshermen castin a f
en da jimp again, bit I jöst towt, 'Ta Hell wi it!' I landet in
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De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
nnies an cloots. Weel noo, he towt, Granny’s pheesic is broon,
1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
ta see you.’ An my Loard, I towt, lookin at wir Peter, what is
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
me at a better time, or so he towt. Last night, (an every night
1 matches

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ple an green crystals. Joahny towt it was goin to be da best cav
1 matches

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

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
nison Road in Dundee I mean I towt my opinion o da place couldna (2020) twitter link
is week is crazy ?? you wid a towt it wis da only place in Shetl (2020) twitter link
Towt I wid try a grain a Welsh on (2020) twitter link
escrossing Yeah i immediately towt o u when i read dis (2020) twitter link
Towt I wid gie german on duolingo (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
wirk and I canna get rid o da towt o' doin a Katy Perry/Roar/jun(2014) search twitter