Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bat'

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Use in varieties of Scots

bat	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	15.9	53	30
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	17.4	3	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	105.5	3	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	21	2	2
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	12.2	5	4
WCE - West Central	17.8	4	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	61.5	12	4
AYR - Ayrshire	42.7	4	2
LAL - General Central	9.2	7	6
SEA - South East (Borders)	48.4	4	2
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	94.2	3	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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bat in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Fur he caa'd her a dozey owld bat. on page 2

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ta say, but du micht eatch a bat, an dat's aafil laek a moose, on page 10
Plinkin, plinkin ting o bat on page 72

3 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ichened, but ee micht catch a bat, an at's awful lek a moose, e on page 10
'Twinkle, twinkle, peedie bat! on page 68

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
loon, Ah'm nae sic a daft aul bat noo, am Ah.' Andra wis lyin i on page 84

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
wis ettlin tae play a stracht bat, but Sandy kept sendin doon t on page 58

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
some kinda lung jandies aff a bat , and a tattie wrapped in tinf
1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
ansmogrify, divven ye. Ah'm a bat, no a cat. on page 40

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
He is as blun as a bat on page 105

1 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
be gettin me inside that auld bat's hoose... rides wi the deil, on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
'da thoat ah'd ate the fuckin Bat massel." on page 53

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
in in the back seat an didnae bat an eyelid. on page 81

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
a thoat ah’d ate the fuckin Bat massel. It’s actually boggi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Coorse the Rev didnae bat an ee afore he reponed, "Funn
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ar fae the German class lik a bat ootae hell. She wis in fur it on page 20
aid,. Cause you're no a blind bat lik her. on page 62
lik she's jist stepped oot a bat mobile nen should she. Ah rem on page 103

3 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
ar fae the German class lik a bat ootae hell. She wis in fur it
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
r, hike, bit ye might catch a bat, an that's kindae the same hi on page 10
'Twinkle, twinkle, totey bat, on page 70
em executit, straight aff the bat. (It wis this last argument t on page 86

4 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Frae Li Bat on page 43

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ont wae an aluminium baseball bat. They stop their stampede n s on page 21
the front brandishin a bakey bat n they aw know he's the tap k on page 45
nzie is standin firm, wae his bat in his hand again, n aw ae us on page 46
entered armed with a baseball bat, and attacked six other boys, on page 55

5 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
r fowk are fell awaur o thair bat on page 28

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
wdin the sword like a basebaw bat. The tangerine sails through on page 174

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
I dout, but ye micht catch a bat, an that's gey like a mous, y on page 10

2 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
Kyle folk aw ken me an dinnae bat the winker o an ee when they on page 21
lourd, braisse bound cricket bat that split open the heids o h on page 23

2 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
teroids back intae space wi a bat made o a tree trunk. An that' on page 19

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
The Bampot Bat's a brammer, on page 16

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
the lark, The bawkie and the bat , The heather bleet, the mire
we winna coont the baukie or bat as a
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
opes, playit at roonders wi a bat an baw; peevers wi an empty b
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
The #Scots for bat is flitter-moose! https://t.c(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
RexChapman Ye probably widnae bat an ee if they wur white. Dinn(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th air, but ee micht catch a bat, an that's awfy lik a moose, on page 10
'Winky, Winky, teensy bat! on page 70

3 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ah hear the washerman's bat on page 34

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
ve it hingin fae the wa. We'd bat yin on page 93

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
ll yae, but yae micht catch a bat, an that's wile lik a moose, on page 10
'Twenkle, Twenkle, toty bat! on page 71

3 matches