A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'roch'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of roch in Corpus

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
dle o naewye an the place wis roch bi n '°s standards. on page 55
er face, mynin aboot the affa roch gairden she'd seen earlier at on page 88

2 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
"Ye're a roch spoken hizzy. In ither wirds, on page 94

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an her sinse o humour wis as roch an near the been as ivver. on page 74

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
time Jock e Baptist cam tae e roch cuntra tae preach. He telt th on page 9
a bi the ill speerit intill e roch cuntra tae be tempit bi e dei on page 10
Speerit, an he bade oot i the roch cuntra till e day he came tae on page 81
k, Zechariah's loon oot i the roch cuntra. An he gaed aa roon e on page 83
'A vice roarin i the roch cuntra: on page 84
Also on pages 85, 87, 91, 93, 94, 100
15 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
die can bide ere, an in sic a roch pairt o Toon, tee." on page 20
"Ah canna believe at a roch quine like Rhoda wid eyn up b on page 23

2 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
a wee change hoose on a dark, roch nicht, on page 5
Thi fleer wis made o richt roch steen, on page 22

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Minnie's hair wis as thick an roch as Tibby's tail. Her jaw wis
hed bi scythe or plooshare, a roch rickle o nettles, steens, bri
cuttit, an dowpit doon in the roch jobby stibble o the sheared p
steep rain ruttit roadie worn roch bi the hooves o kye an horse
e wis a nochtie placie, a wee roch patch in the itherwise gleami
14 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
vin it like a hare-lip, wis a roch roadie giein easy doungaun fu
grummle an pykit her wye ower roch steens ben the gap tae the we
in that walloped the waves up roch like a dragon's teeth. O a su
aist o't, bit he wis in fur a roch fylie – an micht need a fai
4 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
e nicht Addy chynged. He wis roch wi me. Caa’ed me names I’
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
weemin, roch brogues fur men, an fite trai
war roch as buckies. Noo Birkie didna
2 matches

Aberdeen

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
er adee he steppit across the roch granite slabs o the slip at t
brae, he hadna kent jist foo roch it had gotten. A houlin o win
el for damp an felt something roch kind atween his fingers so ha
he verra near could feel its roch cement steen blocks against h
4 matches

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
7, mair than 8,000 fowk slept roch on Princes Street Gairdens, r
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ilk roch cast slab wis set: a fist o r on page 39

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Fae the North roch raw win dis blaw,
roch). Now "I'll away and let you
Roch Meg stannin ere, grinnin fae
ken it wis a ladies choice" (Roch Meg wis nae lady) said Jonsar
Roch Meg looked at Jonsar an smile
17 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Roch an warm bit affa affa saft.
Ere's a warm feelin in yon roch blast,
Roch North win the hale day dis bl
somtimes things got a wee bit roch.
A roch win for the day at least it's
9 matches

@cligeey tweeted
nzie A splash nae doric bit a roch measurement(2020)
@muddy_40 It wis a Roch windy light shoory day the co(2020)

North East Central

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Taks the roch track Pitcruvie-wey, Balcormo on page 15
Auncient an roch as wis your Governal, on page 39

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Wi a roch weet coat
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
r feit ti hain thaim frae the roch glidders o
gey roch wi the tuimin out!”
in the saft plasteik agin the roch glidders. The Blak K’nicht
vit willie flakes fur waws. A roch brat ower-hingit the
4 matches

Dundee

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
. The decorements wes a whein roch bot whan the Quene sein it sh on page 46

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
A fell roch cheil, this Polyphème on page 98

1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ivin glens as dour, dreich an roch that Victorians juist a hunne
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
they rowed ilka chute intae a roch kip, wund the lines roon it,
fund thaim aye stravaigin in roch kintra. But than they had a t
ontae him whaur the grun wis roch. Late in the mornin, Tad caut
t in the nicht or stumblet on roch grun, she wad fin yin or bait
tendit for trampin miles ower roch grun. Maist fowk here had sma
9 matches

Glasgow

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
naething forby jaggie peaks o roch. on page 63

1 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
ice! Eurydice! - a soun that roch it gars me hink on page 55

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
Wi aa this roch wye, its sair on page 30

1 matches

Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ruel lassie are melled wi the roch sounin stops o ! and 'th' and on page 62

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
A mixter roch, a maxter strang. on page 15

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
said, takkin her face in his roch haunds. "If I wis you, I'd tr on page 49
itchen. They listened tae the roch, radge laughter o Coont Olaf on page 52
Coont Olaf laughed a roch, croupit laugh. "Yer sister's on page 97

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
roon the roch ploued field o hajany airbase on page 10

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
We can tryst wi this roch and rich reality wioot ower-c on page 4

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
historical backgrund tae this roch an birsie kintra is at www.tr on page 65

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
He didnae apologeese for the roch and auld-farrant naitur o the on page 69

1 matches

Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
kt awa fae the windae tae his roch luikin wife fir a mintie. “
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
an tellin roch stories an jokes. It wadna be
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
Symbol stane o roch sandstane wi the cairvit figu
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
for Scotland. The inclusion o roch skectches an concept airt is
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
what the likes of "mair nor a roch win blawin" (2018)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
wi a virus kennt tae be unco roch. Wha few amang is hisna daen (2020)

South West (Galloway)