A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'punched'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
punchedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62218
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 24.4 10 6
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of punched in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"At's aa muscle." He punched a han against is girth. "Div on page 20

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
throwe the driver’s door an punched ma fair in the richt side kno
1 matches

General Northern

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
Thir'll be holes punched in the plesterboard
1 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
y lip is still sare fae fan u punched ma iday. #tosser(2013)

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
rages. Mr Gowanlock hed aince punched Kevin Brodie's big brither sq on page 85

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
shouts so she'd hear me. Sam punched me, so ah punched him back an on page 7

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ride his mum intae battle. Ah punched in ma pin, and ma balance ae on page 25
alm doon. Honestly, ah coulda punched his cunt in. Right there, and on page 55

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Joey punched the machine. Hughie paid up a on page 37

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an punched it on the snoot,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
alm doon. Honestly, ah coulda punched his cunt in. Right there, and
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
, he gazed at the ragged hole punched through the centre ae his pal
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
. He gowps at the raggit hole punched through his palm, a look ae w
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nae see the funny side an she punched me on the airm anen she stamp on page 169

1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
idnae dae it. This child then punched Jim in the face, giggled, the
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
bit at the ilk saicont, Guzul punched her in the wame. She bent owe
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ou one of the young wans that punched fuck out ae Big Si?' on page 26

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
go aboot a year ago an McDade punched his cunt in, ever since he’
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
And wi her nieve, she punched the waw. on page 6

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
the bedclaes! Jings, Ah jist punched im back an says, 'Stoap it yo on page 46

1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
Wi holes all punched in the sides and top, what wa
1 matches

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