A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'bridge'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of bridge in Corpus

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Dykes o fattie cutties an a bridge made oot o kale on page 91

1 matches

Shetland

Mid Northern A

Aberdeen

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@rbm1895 Fit aboot e Bridge Street stairs? ????(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the fact Thatcher managed tae bridge the divide between Leith and on page 88

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
noo standin on the wee cement bridge that Neilly had faa'n aff. I on page 73

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A shinin bridge we see
1 matches

Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
wee minibus and want tae the bridge, whir a wiz gonnae jump aff e
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e janny's office in the South Bridge Education Centre (Infirmary S
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
the OT, Sanctuary Time an The Bridge.
n Scots in this pamphlet, The Bridge, A've read as bein a metaphor
A bridge can brak
I wes a bridge but naebody sa I wes.
4 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
caucht him full square on the bridge o the nose. That wis the end
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
m Wallace’s heid oan London Bridge. History’s ma fave subject
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
Wallace’s napper oan London Bridge. History’s ma fave subject
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ve got them on the Kincardine bridge for the Weegies ??(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@AlanRutherford1 best that bridge hus ever looked n only 5 mins (2021) twitter link
hub but you kin pop ower the bridge n watch rosyth ammys play ffs (2020) twitter link
a wis bob the builder in the bridge ower the river kwai n oo dun (2021) twitter link
game - oh what a super cool bridge lol (2020) twitter link
hile the good auld kincardine bridge will fly the flag - while la (2020) twitter link
and 5 other occurrences.

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
noble heid, pykt atour London Bridge, on page 128

1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
the Meadows an doon George IV Bridge tae the Central Library. A fa
est Road an’ hung aroon the bridge lookin’ doon tae the Grassm
2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
See, a wis ower the bridge thair pickin’ ma berries
1 matches

Dundee

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Pandit. “We’ll cross that bridge some rainy day, hmm?” She l
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
gonnae lie, Watter under the bridge, though, right. He wis only t on page 75

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Cross like a bridge tae God or the Magellanics, on page 7
We fund at last a last bridge yet hale, a rainbow wan on page 11

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the Gorbals an walkin oer the bridge tae the Gallowgate fur a swal
ts - an head oer the wee fit bridge tae Glesga Green.
rest ay the troops ur aff the bridge, oot ay sight, maist probably
3 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he Portland Street suspension bridge. It’s the maste troublesome
the city, zigzags tiwards the bridge hawdin a polystyrene boax ae
scan ae the othha side ae the bridge…then behind, an hae swoops.
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
eet, passin under the railway bridge, the Parkheid Forge shoppin c
1 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
Is a brig a juist wee bridge or ony bridge at aw? @billyka (2020) twitter link

Ayrshire

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ere's so much blood ablaw the bridge it's swept the hing away. on page 48

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
uk/perthshire/aberfeldy/wades-bridge.html) that wis biggit in 1733 on page 65

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
Drochaid – the ridge of the bridge’.
1 matches

@fourmenterian tweeted
The bridge is doon in Brigadoon #ScotRio(2015)

@MartinBroon tweeted
there wuz 2 of Us jacking the bridge down after the speed build an(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
ner whit yer opinion o Ackley Bridge is? Ah'm white, so no in the (2020)

South East (Borders)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identi on page 84

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)