A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'tocher'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tocherOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82613
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 26.3 20 8
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tocher in Corpus

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General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
for tocher an fan ... Naa dinna say't. on page 26

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
raucht, teuch, thocht, ticht, tocher, trauchle, wecht, wricht, wro
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
intrist an went hame Shuggie Tocher dun the same An’ Jazza goat
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
weel providit for, afore ony tocher wis laid oot for a waddin. on page 80

2 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
nae maitter whither tocher o pauper or king. on page 100

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
that wis the tocher aff ma ain faither on page 83

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
In hamely warks, ma tocher bien on page 18

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
rae naethin, he kens that his tocher is wantin, an dwinin on page 43

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
thinkin on hou tae haunle the tocher o source material. on page 69

2 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Burns left us on monie a bit tocher frae thon fowk makar Kennawha on page 4

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
wk tradeition, especially the tocher o Scots sang. Thirty year syn on page 56

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
64. The want o tocher for Scots-leid projects an wa
ibutors felt that this want o tocher an want o research could be a
attitude. Gaelic gets tocher direct fae the Scots Executiv
e Education Depairtment while tocher for Scots comes throu the Sco
c receives a greater amoont o tocher nor
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