Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'branch'

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Use in varieties of Scots

branch	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	15.4	51	34
ORK - Orkney	29.8	3	2
SHD - Shetland	29.1	5	4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	35.2	1	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	13.1	4	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.4	1	1
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	1
GLA - Glasgow	25.6	5	4
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	13.1	10	7
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	69.7	5	3
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)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster	30	3	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of branch 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
vulture hid sat on a sycamore branch, lukkan doon wi malevolent ey on page 16

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e wis afore. That evening wir branch o the WRI wis gaan tae the ne on page 14

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
xplainable: habble a sycamore branch on page 58

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
da Cheshire-Cat sittin apo da branch o a tree twartree yairds awa. on page 63
s da Cat ageen, sittin apo da branch o a tree. on page 66

2 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
s time it cam back wi a bit o branch in its neb. A start later he on page 7

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
brave," shü said simply, "ta branch oot on my ain. Weemin didna d on page 49

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
s laekli Celtic an fae da sam branch as Welsh. on page 13

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
wis e Cat again, sittan on a branch o a tree. on page 62

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
As he cocked on the branch o the hazel tree. on page 22

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
o icy snaa, a craa on a gean branch abeen them opened an shut its
the governess car, watchin a branch trail its fingers inno the wa
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ilkie branch , an a gowd star on tap.”
1 matches

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
pair that got merried in the branch o’ Starbucks at Holburn Jun
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
laid till it's dowp wi a birk-branch, bit it wis a dashed thrawn c on page 51

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
as he wis on hackin aff every branch wi a wee saw he'd got fae som on page 118

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
a bit boring since the local branch of the hunt saboteurs disband
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah wis made Branch Secretary, that's something on page 80

1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ive. Maybe it wis a nail or a branch ."
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
it up a great lump o a broken branch like a club an wis comin hell on page 79

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e barrel in the fork o’ the branch o’ the bush, ahint which, A
A recovered ma piece frae the branch , pit it back tae haf’ cock,
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
heshire-Cat sittin oan a tree branch a couple ae yards away. on page 62
the Cat again, sittin oan the branch ae a tree. on page 65

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
zitgaun?" I offer a wee olive branch generally 'ae the back seat. on page 3

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
A virus is a deidly branch o something hanf alive, or no on page 132

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
The wee moose jumped up oan a branch ae the tree. on page 25

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
otic the better, were anither branch o the collectin mania that ow on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Ymir's skull oan the tapmaist branch o Yggdrasil, whar it formit t on page 14

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
ts of the rain clinging tae a branch, I long to haud on tae that m on page 3

3 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Sloth, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Or tae shoogle up the branch , or stey pit?
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
eHT have you heard of Spencer Branch....https://t.co/BupqHxqylC (I(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
er view, ye shudnae be in ony branch o law enforcement. https://t.(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Wis in the Falkirkshire branch o the Range yesterday and the(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
speaker at Alba International branch meeting noon. Loads tae tell (2022) twitter link
e, and also our International Branch Convener Daniel Jack. They ha (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
was th Cat agin, sittin oan a branch o a tree. on page 64

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
s, secretaries, chairs an the branch organisers, Supporters, fit-s on page 77

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
'were extirpated root an branch'. on page 47

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
, Scots in its richtfu an ain branch as it ocht tae be ???????????(2020)
shuid hae, shuid hae a muckle branch m(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
amang the trees, a wee shairp branch jest ower hir heid made hir l on page 41
he Cheshire-Cat sittin on the branch o a tree a wheen o yerds awa. on page 62
the Cat agane, sittin on the branch o a tree. on page 65

3 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
el cords, allowin the sun tae branch ower the fluir an cast leaves on page 47

1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
on tae stairt an Ulster Scots branch o your pairty (Oorsels Alane) (2014) twitter link
Ulster Scots branch o Sinn Fein (Oorsels Alane) c (2014) twitter link
A gansh wi a branch... https://t.co/yDP4aw2OoN (2015) twitter link