A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'tunnel'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of tunnel in Corpus

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
I waander up ower tawards Da Tunnel. Dat's no a name you'll fin o on page 92
irkin on what dey christened. Tunnel, an da sense a acheivement wh on page 93
I gude up troo Da Tunnel, promisin mysel I wid aye tel on page 94

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Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Dan Joahny and Jeamie fun a tunnel and dey startit tae craal tro
followed da peerie trow in da tunnel tae…
�� so dey gied troo da middle tunnel. Dere dey fun a graet big box
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Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
teryaggle ran aff tae da tree tunnel. As she ran up an doon skirli
a time tae read aboot da tree tunnel. A group o young fokk planted
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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
t-holl went straicht on lek a tunnel for a peedie way, an then dip on page 8

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
. “I wint tae luik doon yer tunnel fur engines.”
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
inti a cameraman. comin oot i tunnel and knocket him ower! @JohnMc(2020)

Aberdeen

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
oose. It felt mair like a win tunnel aenoo an there alang at the h
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General Northern

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
time the corridor felt like a tunnel o doom and hell was at the it
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(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'The canal tunnel,' the DI explained. 'That's w on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
in straight taewards thum wae tunnel vision his boays soon turn st on page 182

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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
rivals, England, crept up the tunnel behind us, ah could feel the
we hivny even walked oot the tunnel yet. The rival team never eve
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West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A tunnel linking up, faur doun ablow, on page 82

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Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
mption that matched the manic tunnel vision an never-endin push, f on page 3

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
In a secret tunnel under the under cellar, on page 43

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Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
n went away through the Clyde Tunnel, which, as ma mammy pointed o
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
oer; vacant. He’s goat that tunnel vision thing gaun oan, unwill
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
otestations, just that blind, tunnel vision again.
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Ayrshire

General Central

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
they were wheeched intae the tunnel o brichtly coloured lichts. on page 5

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Mr Tod sleeked up the dark tunnel tae the mooth o his hole. He on page 11
an tae faw fae the roof o the tunnel. on page 17
The tunnel stertit tae grow langer and l on page 18
raxed tae the end o the tods' tunnel. They were aw gey wabbit and on page 20
Doon in the tunnel the tods cooried, luggin in t on page 23
Also on pages 31, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 46, 49, 50, 56, 57, 58, 72, 79
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
warld’s langest unnerwatter tunnel ablo a million gallon indoor
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
the Can, Throu the Fermer’s Tunnel; that last ane cairit forfeit
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
ae be skooshin alang a muckle tunnel, its sides made o lichts o aw
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@g_hibby tweeted
dwinecoolers It's like a wind tunnel up that end Rob, and wide ope (2023) twitter link

@fairpechtoot tweeted
ine tae. Gonnae huv tae dig a tunnel ahint a poster, Shawshank sty(2016)

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
udnae watch the Sky Arts in a tunnel! (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
ore the river gauns under the tunnel, where the new Heart o' Hawic
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@jamie_ginger tweeted
be nay light at the end o the tunnel. #COVID19 #gettingsickofit #2(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
@Tam__Jardine The only tunnel is ahin his lugs.(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

East Antrim (Larne)