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The word 'souchs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
souchsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12720
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of souchs in Corpus

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General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
sh strings it's the tirl that souchs the tuin tirl o mornin tirl o on page 3
it maks vowels, consonants, souchs on page 75

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
m anidder o thon dowie little souchs, an iss time the peer Midgie on page 44

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
through the lift as the wind souchs aff the glens like wind fae a
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
We're gliffed bi reid-het souchs til unnerstan on page 33

1 matches

Lawrenson, Dorothy Ranch Road 12, San Marcos, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Fife, poetry
The blacktap souchs
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
o Scots language uiss an the souchs an expairience o its uisage i
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
breath and loud gruntlin and souchs o "That's the gemme! Rub it r on page 52

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Souchs in yer lug 'Howp nae tae bide on page 216

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Souchs in yer lug 'Howp nae tae bide on page 149

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Whan the day souchs on page 5
Whan the day souchs on page 8

2 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Sweeter yet will blaw its souchs,
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Like the wind that souchs and shaks yon pines. on page 127

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ble o rattons, an she sabs an souchs an hideous grains o my fellow on page 31
e his breist. Twa last gentle souchs, an he wis awa. on page 76

2 matches

General Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
souchs in the breeze; an rairs in a on page 9

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
vers, aa dialects, registers, souchs and spellins are acceptable a on page 8

1 matches

Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ture thraws up ensaumples and souchs o MacDiarmid's treisured medi on page 60
e; registers o leid and their souchs o intonation kyth and flaw li on page 62

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
or in the naked wuid the wind souchs keen, on page 33

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
onty. Motherwell's poleetical souchs were gey leeberal at the affg on page 69

2 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
her chist, listened tae her souchs, spiered a question o
souchs, causin a pictur o the toun o
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
an the back End saur souchs cannilie; on page 34

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
y as the nicht draps doon tae souchs an gey quait bourochs oot the on page 77

1 matches

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