A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'echt'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
echtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus39.312644
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 52.3 16 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen 47.4 4 2
DOR - General Northern 132.9 30 6
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 38.4 15 5
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 30.7 23 12
SEA - South East (Borders) 62.4 5 3
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 2 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 307.4 6 3
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster 56.2 4 3
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 54.5 3 1

Occurrences of echt 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.

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
in trees noo, an at wan sixty echt I failed again. Ginger wis st
in me third jimp at wan sixty echt, I axed fur da bar ta be rais
boanny jimper, bit wan sixty echt wis her limit. Shö wan da co
3 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ay...ay... fairly. Aboot half echt. Ah'Il see ye, en. Cheerio!" on page 53
ht," guffawed Muggie, "bit it echt poun a ticket he fairly saa y on page 59
it Ah can fin the smell o im. Echt ear later, Ah mairret a fairm on page 67

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ove Nursin Home. She's ninety-echt an the aulest bodie in the pl on page 44

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
t tuik ye intae the toon some echt mile aff in the wast. Minnie'
on eyn, stibble tae stibble, echt shaves tae a stook, set north
ule that foreneen. The missin echt war frae fairms tae the wast
Hotel in the hairt o the toon echt mile awa. They hid nae son ta
fts an makk the skyty journey echt mile inno the toon tae her Gr
9 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Ganesh, a bonnie quinie aroon echt year auld, genteel an fair sk
bairnie, fa wisna a year ower echt, bit Miss Vining maned an squ
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
his father in the ragstore he echt at Crichie so he vrocht awa g
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Echt oors fae noo wha kens whit ch
til he meisured, I reckon, echt fuit,
2 matches

Aberdeen

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Whit a ferlie - echt lines birlin intil ma heid on page 139

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"We'll come tae the castle at echt the morn's morn." An awa he w on page 90

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
Ah wid hae been aboot echt or nine year aal at the time,
1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
e King’s. It’s aboot half-echt an the loons an quines are ta
1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
-backit camel: ee can gae fir echt days athoot a drink - which on page 40

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
y nummer atween ane an twinty-echt.' on page 8

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
ECHT DAYS A WIK on page 92

12 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
oung Andrew. Andrew wis aboot echt or nine year auld an
echt poun, filled the ten bags o s
as I aye dee. I'll be ere at echt o clock sharp." Stanley
oor new hoose. Noo be ere at echt an dinna be
uchter Glen aboot quarter tae echt, expectin tae see a hive o ac
11 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Echt inch o sna fin we div rise,
socht echt poun the strainer. Tae his su
2 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
ept till aboot twa oors afore echt o clock and the fear was at i
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
me in the legends slot at the Echt Show as I play the accordion (2016)
ndy! Phones me asking tae the Echt Show the day, maybe dee some (2016)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
it wis near eneuch ten efter echt. We got wir graith thegither on page 86

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
the back, the tap windaes wis echt flairs up. Tae ease thaim, he on page 26

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
the mair hermless. 'It's the ECHT ye've got ti bewaur o, son,' on page 69
'But it is. That is ECHT aa richt, Ah'm tellin ye. An on page 73
gither. The folk cuid see the ECHT aa richt, unner the pompous, on page 75
's nae real, freend, it's nae ECHT.'' on page 78

7 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
in Ian wis back on the job at echt a.m. sherp. He had been blyth on page 97

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
e layin. Mind an get thare at echt sherp. I'll breing ye yer tui on page 59

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
CHEPTIR ECHT
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
but echt or nine'll dae me fine,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
be she'll be rowt up like the echt day clock, an that'll mak her
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n there nou bein an order fer echt insteid o thirteen; anither n on page 120

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
it wis they were chairged wi echt separate counts o armit robbe on page 107

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Beatrice Varshini, twinty-echt an risin fast, wis the newly-
ird. Say she’s aboot twinty-echt. Ower auld for maist o the fe
oop in for thair evenin meal. Echt o thaim were the same pheesic
d cairry an wis awa, lea’in echt Auld People tae jyne the rank
4 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
nkin watter wadna last scarce echt days. on page 11
at will be aboot twenty afore echt this even. An ye will see hou on page 40
Twenty-twa an sax mak twenty-echt. I haena time tae licht it ag on page 45
It wis nou the echt day efter my brakdoun in the on page 76

4 matches

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Echty-Echt on page 36

1 matches

Briggs, Susi Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Wi nine muckle een and echt hairy legs, on page 12

4 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Seeven, echt, on page 34

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
He haed ti be there sherp at echt ilka momin an he cuidna snaik on page 65

3 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Echt on page 28

1 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
nt - raxin ayont the yin tae echt Publications we hae pitten ou on page 46

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Echt o the poems here hes Africa a on page 91

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
fae us sae it takes jist ower echt meenits for licht tae traivel
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Yokin time wis echt o’clock, but the new hires
i physical labour ava, forbye echt oor o’t
, nor wi staundin on concrete echt oor ilka day. Mair nor
3 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
an Nae sae bad as some years. Echt was the maist. I nivver wanti(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ree, fower, fev, six, seeven, echt, nine, ten, eleeven, twelve".(2020)

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
t in French frae he wis about echt or nine year auld, an wis bil
1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
The ferm houss haes echt or nyne chaumers.
Juist the seivin or echt sterns
2 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
at Wullie Murray deyd on the Echt Juin, 1941; whan Geordie
. Mattha’s Gospel, chaipter echt-an-twuntie, verses nynteen an
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
it's echt or hauf past echt on page 15

2 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
kle scrievit tradeetion forby echt hunner year syne. An seen as (2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Gillen, Charles Fifty Nine, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
Bak in fifty echt or nine,
Bak in fifty echt or nine.
2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The bitter wakkenin o ninety-echt: on page 1

1 matches

Drennan, William Yin Tae A Hunner, (Ullans Press 2004) Ulster, poetry
Seiven echt an nine
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Fae tha red-coats in ninety-echt? on page 20

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Pit me in mine o Ninetie-Echt, on page 1
fowks gaed tha ither wie, Tae Echt Mile Brig. on page 10
uid feed. He wus wok up aroon echt o'clock, by tha music frae Co on page 17
inks an a bit o crack. It wus echt o'clock, an the' wur aa richt on page 23

4 matches

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
It had echt shinin een
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Echt an twuntie days is aa. on page 7
Dissydents twuntie-echt percentit. on page 61

2 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
der thrie hunner an seiventie echt cud bae added tae the sax hun on page 36
-Scots. Tourism Airlan hosted echt tap on page 63

2 matches

DfC Press Offys Hargey sets oot Owersettin Hub, (Depairtment fur Commonities 2021) Ulster, government
eirins atween six at nicht an echt in tha moarnin Munday til Fri
1 matches

Robinson, Philip , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
talgia frae a lang while bak, echt year oul an watchin tha build
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
le plaised. Whan tha wean wus echt day oul thair wus a guid turn on page 71
Echt days on, whan tha wean wus ci on page 72
Yin day, aboot echt days eftèr he haed sayed the on page 86

3 matches

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