A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'inch'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of inch in Corpus

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
he Holm of Papay. A good half inch of pure white fat on them and (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
it three, mibbes fower gin an inch. An e mouser on him, jist lik
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
wiz three inches high an each inch stood for ae pairt o the Holy
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
lay still and daurna move an inch. He didna want tae kittle aa
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
n the richt side knockin iver inch o breath fae ma. There wiz ma
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
hersel she’d licht the last inch o cannle so she could read th
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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
de, ten fit wide if it wis an inch. "It's baith," mummelt Chairl on page 87

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
the aise, she wes jist three inch o heicht, an nou here she wes on page 29

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
e rain smackit doon like nine-inch nails oot a bucket. on page 118

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Twa or three inch o sna tae be seen,
Echt inch o sna fin we div rise,
Ere's twa inch o sna fin we div rise
feet square, made up o three inch
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ower eleevin inch lang an weyin in at a hauf pu
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The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
ookin up the twa barrels o 15 inch cruiser guns and I kent in th
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(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
his lugs wi a saxteenth o an inch tae spare. The gless dingit t on page 26

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
The blae-green haze o the inch sypit the lift. on page 24

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
runch, dunch, French, glunch, inch, Inchmakenneth, launch, pinch
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
owel o the leid. Dree oot the inch when ye hae tholed the span!
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Fleemin, Sandy Koan, (sandyfleming.org 2005) Central - East Lothian, poetry
A wee five-inch bamboo Hemmi slide rule.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
n the aichteen hunners, on an inch wi a licht-hoose. She will th
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West Central

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
en her a totty phial, only an inch ana hauf lang, wi attar o ros
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
is airms no fur movin even an inch. He's properly grittin his te on page 13
ah can see that every square inch ae the walls are covered in m on page 104

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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ds, ah see there’s aboot an inch left in the bottom ay it. It
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
gear ah brought. Gie cunts an inch, an they take a fuckin mile,
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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
d an raxed forrit his haun an inch or twa abune the blankets. Je on page 76

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General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
ollar - warning me within an inch of my life what would happen on page 3

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
He wis nae mair than an inch lang. on page 152

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
up the wey ... up, up, up ... inch by inch... langer and langer on page 44

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
mphie trummle? Did he grue As inch by inch he warsled through on page 139

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
He jeed himsel an inch or twa forrit and stapped. on page 11

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Thai huntit ivvery inch o the raw, howkin amang stane on page 69

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
e butter she put on it wis an inch thick an that is without a wu on page 46

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
But she, niver shiftin an inch, her een open, no fashed
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ryin frae is muckle’s a wan inch gaup in ane tae three inch in
gaup in ane tae three inch in anither. Syne, thai hooses
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Jane Austen cryed her “two-inch square of ivory”. Ilka deta
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@Chazzbat tweeted
t puu'd an eebroo thit wis an inch lang oot ma foreheid! It wis (2020)

South East (Borders)

Donegal (East Donegal)

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

East Antrim (Larne)