Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'arch'

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Use in varieties of Scots

arch	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	4	13	9
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	35.2	1	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.1	2	1
WCE - West Central	9.2	2	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	4.6	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	31.4	1	1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of arch in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
vin; for ee thing, du sees da arch at I hae ta geng trow nixt, w on page 85
oer or sae, dey wir soarro an arch ta be seen, an every last pla on page 93

2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
alive: for instance, air's e arch A've got till go through next on page 81

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
er hochs and walked ablow the arch o the wee brigg. There wisna
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e cellar. She showed them the arch he came oot o and left throug
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
rae ane o Soutar's poems, The Arch , "As the day is broken on the
aphy, Auld Wife's Sang an The Arch .
2 matches

West Central

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
nding on, there wis a towerin arch , wi the keystane at the tap (
shed by an avalanche o broken arch and chunks o the waw. They we
2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
osite erm ower the heid in an arch an streitch the ither doon th
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n see the troops hidin in the arch, pishin their self laughin. T on page 34

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ive: fur instance, thur's the arch A hae tae go through nixt waa on page 84

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
tourists gaun throu the Black Arch. on page 58

1 matches