A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wechty Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 6.6 6 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences2013 4 0 0 0 3
Number of authors10 6 2 2

Occurrences of wechty in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'It's nae use. She's a wechty wumman. She's got muscles lik on page 209

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
nd in order tae jouk gettin a wechty dunch in the kist, I dooked a on page 94
a Surprise.' He hoasted in a wechty kind o wey, and stertit ower: on page 154

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
lliam Motherwell is the maist wechty gaitherer o Scots sangs o the on page 69

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
n an pechin. Laundin dunts wi wechty shuin. Noo it wis Ella's tirn on page 67

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
t the lock an buited apen the wechty door whit stottert aff the ja on page 17

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
o sindry sizes claucht in its wechty gravity. Forder oot fae Jubit
is acause oor Sun is fouthy o wechty elements sic as gowd an urani
that maks the atmosphere that wechty that it wad be like gauin ala
aboot wis tore apairt wi the wechty gravity o michty Jubiter an d
rawn in aboot throu Jubiter's wechty gravity.
5 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
, the’r the ither, nae less wechty, darg o wirkin oot juist whit
1 matches

Doric

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Frae morning ti nicht I trail wechty dracchts, trail secks o shull on page 26

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ick blaik hair pued back in a wechty pleat near as thick as a shel
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
r tae buy a currant bap. Wi a wechty clunk, a 5Op fell doon aside
ddy, as syne as it wis growin wechty, he stoppit.
2 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
In wechty books, a despert power: on page 40

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Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
Grace heerd a wile crack an a wechty dunt. Frichtit, she gien a sp
fe’s droondit boadie liftit wechty tae tha tap an, wi a heft, Jo
2 matches

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