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The word 'catcht'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
catchtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.43821
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central 137.6 3 1
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 295.5 9 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of catcht in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Whit will. The speed at's noo catcht up wi thaim. on page 123

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
at wis screamin, catcht her on page 26

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
d some wye tae stop Afore I'm catcht upon the hop on page 15

3 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e e wumman, seein att she wis catcht, cam shakkin an faain doon af on page 94

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
it, catchin it ivery time. I catcht ma braith mony a time thinkin
o e chiels mist e club an it catcht me on e side o ma heid, knock
2 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
en a lang wyte; an, nae doot, catcht the caal for aa ma tribble.' on page 89

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
the cliff edge an a win that catcht in his teeth wi caal as he hu
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ang the tar's sweet scent had catcht on page 8

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
een o eese days, ee micht be catcht in a grin.' on page 83

1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
or thon, forgettin far I am, catcht wi a gust o farrach.
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
dies. Gin a body-snatcher wis catcht he wad be for a clatterin; ma
t, an the guilty twa war suin catcht an pit tae trail.
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
d dee nae lang efter the Japs catcht us.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
y. Yin ae they days he'll get catcht. In an oot the gairdens, poli on page 1

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ye'd shairly catcht me,
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
But then, ye say, whit if ye catcht the cauld, on page 107

1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
ir o a gype. Bit he thinks he catcht the LNM! ?? https://t.co/ikWz(2020)

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
I catcht ahaud o him an widna lowse hi on page 6

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
him. The dugs haed suddently catcht sicht o them, and it wis but
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
He catcht the arcin aiple instinctiveli
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
sabel, wee Jennet's sherp een catcht sicht o horses comin doun owe on page 46

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
ll pit ye in the jyle gin yer catcht pauchlin neeps.' on page 22

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
back an wunnert whit baist oo catcht. It leukit like a ratton. It on page 80

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
TB wis sae smittle, he niver catcht it fae her.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
aboot wi thair guns. They’d catcht neethur hide nor hair o her,
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ers, brushed oot the curls an catcht the mahogonie tints the Bruni on page 18
d leuk away, affrontit tae be catcht starin, on page 21
leukt up ower his saxophin an catcht hir ee. Maisie cried the nixt on page 24
Maisie walkt on an catcht up wi Sally, who had stapt in on page 27
Nor did Alfie, who was aye catcht atween curiositie an fear as on page 32
Also on pages 33, 35, 39
9 matches

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