A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'broad'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of broad in Corpus

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
ltural memory - as weel as a broad spread o ither pieces, many o on page 1

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ttie-faces flachteran past in broad daylight, though folk doon in
reless, oot on the streets in broad daylight, no even dressed in
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Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
€“ are aal conducted in rich, broad Orcadian or Shaetlan.
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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Tae A Selfie (a "broad Scots" poem inspired by the w(2014)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
, hard-wirkin, gweed-hairtit, broad-spoken an canny. An he's thra on page 7
All this stuff written in the broad Scots." The wifie's pincil sc on page 8
es, Ah listened te them spik: broad es ye like; twa retired fairm on page 10
she wis a bit o a dog, en?" A broad grin wis spreadin ower Stevie on page 57

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Och! C'mon," he said, a broad grin spreadin ower his face. on page 32

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
eachers tae, ‘engage with a broad range of increasingly complex
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
64 @KirstySNP I'm wirkin on i Broad Hill ti ging wi it. https://t(2019)
C Iss is ace. I'm wirkin on i Broad Hill. Maybe we can di a jint (2019)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
fussled Jeems, lookin at the broad blade, ten fit wide if it wis on page 87

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General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
gby pickin i'floories up on i'Broad Hill on page 115

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@_DawnLeslie tweeted
. I could have). If you’re ‘broad-hipped’ then I dread to thin(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ry tae roll the eggs doon the broad hill. Wobbly nae doobt ??(2017)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
se. A've nae time for aw thon broad Scots rubbish. A've spoken Fi
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
De broad Scotch and de Irish brogue
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West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Till River Lugar, deep an broad, Lies afore thaim. on page 33
The Greenock boy whaes broad guttural brogue on page 61

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
had wee skinny ankles an big broad feet an he packed her toes in
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
d floatin through it cam this broad Yorkshire voice: 'Christ, an on page 72
ery by armit an maskit men in broad daylicht an the toun wis ofte on page 104

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d stories aboot Hsien’s ... broad-minditness - bit aiblins she
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ah walk doon the airy and broad Duke Street. Makin ma wey pas
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Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rises again suddenly, it’s broad wing span magnificent, their
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General Central

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
good laugh tae. She had this broad smile on er face wi er false on page 46

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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
l have to make your work less broad,
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Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
se an fall ay his chest. It's broad, ehs chest, n ah see the ches
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Facebook link ( 2017) Central
skets, pistols, basket-swords broad-swords, dirks, targes, and th

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
sh as Scots, Lowland Scots or Broad Scots. In Scots itsel, it is
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@jack_capener tweeted
r and symbolism, although the broad Scots lyrics would probably p(2018)
5492332 An example of purely "broad" Scots speech: Aye, yon chiel(2018)

@IshbelMcF tweeted
ans a community of fowk, mair broad than fowk what cannae hear, w(2019)

South East (Borders)

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Folk wi a broad intellectual horizon on page 49

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Broad nose, the shape o Gallowa. A on page 201

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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
™s the no richter, then, in a broad Scouse accent, he replies ‘
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Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)

East Antrim (Larne)

General Ulster