A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'sight'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of sight in Corpus

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
s but only Maggie comes intae sight, dragged oot, followed be the on page 23

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
d. Sheu alwis gaed eum at the sight o wan o them." on page 15
Hids no a sight tae see. on page 40
side-e-weys as Tam sank oot o sight on page 79

3 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ered bit, then, - fur whit a sight - on page 12
Oh, whit a sight fur poor, sore eyes and whit on page 30
tae keep, me wage is cheust a sight. on page 39
door - no light wis there in sight. on page 40
He hates the sight o Billy and he pits Gran on t on page 55
Also on pages 56, 74
8 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Martian style, gappan at the sight. on page 4
a stark straik ower the lip o sight, whither o no tae say, "Aye, on page 53

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in ossigar, a Godless sight on page 10

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Catchan sight o the tradesman-turned-missio on page 17
he sat, deid, within sight o the promeesed land: on page 30

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thoo really aer a boanny sight on page 116
ble them doon, tae me chist a sight on page 142

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ate, but there wasna a map in sight. Whit could he o been thinkan
street. For some reason, the sight o the cat seemed tae amuse hi
2 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
d geed oot sae far, they lost sight o't in the far ocean. An than
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
for da sail ta come back inta sight. Dö your ain wark, look ta d
1 matches

Sutherland, Stella Midder, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
touch, taste, scent, hearin, sight,
1 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Da trow’s een widened at da sight o it and turned his heed tae
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
wis 1803, an aabody faered da sight o a press gang ship. Da press
a broo til I hed his hoose in sight. Whit a gluff I got when I sa
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ra. Tankfully da knowe wis in sight.
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ing struck with love at first sight. Lovely photos. https://t.co/(2020)
roft wi my dad. Love at first sight ??(2016)
Casino catching sight of his first Pallas's warbler(2018)
ds fae my door is this cheery sight. https://t.co/ShlG34ZDXb(2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ening of Clairvoyance, Second Sight and Transfiguration. on page 59

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
mither. It wiz love at first sight. She bosied him and fuspert â
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
My knees gave a buckle at the sight as I imagined aitin them and
the place. My last conscious sight wiz some o the pricks standin
2 matches

South Northern

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
g noise as it’s flung oot o sight, awa owre the tap o ma hoose.
The helicopter’s nae wye in sight.
u could have something a damn sight better further south in a cit
een and shaks his heid at the sight o ma.
licopter flees onwards, oot o sight. I look back doon at the grey
5 matches

General Northern

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
it promptly disappeared frae sight. Naebody wid be daft enough t on page 45

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Buridehoose is a sight fur saire eyes, likes. It wil
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
oay suddenly comes to and the sight ae me in ma operatin gear. Ar
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ee bollick naked - a bonnie sight nae doot lol (2020) twitter link
@robertmdaws a sight a luv tae c on a sunday morni (2021) twitter link

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ddy the creeps A much scarier sight ye’ll never huv seen.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hore again, now get out of my sight.' He glared at the wee, curly on page 53

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
in. Oddly, by the time ah git sight ae the hing Bruce isnae waiti
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
The open gate n freedom is in sight. A polis meat wagon screams u on page 47

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
t oot. Nae scones or bacon in sight. Da wis thanking them all and on page 42

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
hetic look on her coupon. The sight ae her, pale as a ghost, wid on page 22

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
hing up the stair an oot mah sight, Sammy,' mah granny says tae on page 171

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
e no tell me erza gruffalo in sight!" on page 15

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
wiz pure ages ago but whit a sight tae see." on page 4
a big shadow - a real scary sight. on page 26

2 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in pr
p but she passt fae ma line o sight, leavin’ the loon still lyi
ulatit how she zippt up oot o sight an closed the velcro seals oa
s niver tae adjust the line o sight o ony camera in the burgh wit
r an hers. She passt on oot o sight. Ah guesst tae screen 11 then
5 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ops ur aff the bridge, oot ay sight, maist probably stridin acroa
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
unts who were disappearin fae sight.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ootch doon in the seat oot ay sight.
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
'Don't let him oot yer sight.'
ll you sumpn, the team wins a sight mair often since there's lass
2 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
A hit a total riddy at the sight ae a wummin wi enormous bazon
1 matches

General Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Tam Kellas gets sight o him, sortin out his counter on page 72

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
lin Scots wi Inglis spellins (sight insteid o sicht etc.), nor fo on page 56

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
killed, dear God, a terrible sight, men greetin an shoutin in th on page 43

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
; and when it vanished out of sight, there were two great cracks
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
especially one affecting the sight, as in the phrase to cast (th
e back views is a hell o’ a sight better than some front views,
2 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
ift a prophecie an the Second Sight an travel the Ways thit the e
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
You’re a sight fur sore eyes, hen.
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
tions online noo.. It's a far sight easier, than phoning, or trai (2023) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
e men. No a woman or bairn in sight. (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
see that in museum! Gruesome sight, Ahm tellin ye!(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
ut lay's in staere tis oot oo sight. on page 28
Wi sight, an smell, an sure oo fut on page 48

3 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
An' a' sae sudden ower my sight, The spectral forms come glam (2018) twitter link