A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'attack'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of attack in Corpus

Orkney

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
al and syntactic interference attack its very roots." In idder wir
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ke he was gaun te hae a hairt attack as the train hissed till a ha on page 40

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
k is loon said it wis a hairt attack. At's hairdly ony winner, lik on page 15

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
eeps across the North Sea tae attack German convoys aff the coast
d Norway. She tellt ma on one attack they’d came under heavy fir
2 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
id wiz the man fa planned the attack, Patrick Macgonnalie.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
he thought it would invite an attack on Dunottar was his first or (2018)

Aberdeen

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
bobby gaed on the attack. He hid a look at the licence
e bush. Jonsar Eck went intae attack again sayin,
2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
k and focus on possession and attack - the rest play longer, figh (2022) twitter link
urn the game over, you canÂ’t attack wi oot the ba. First signing (2022) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
min. Ayel be spearheedin the attack we that the day(2020)
gie lbw is defensive fear but attack boost https://t.co/GGkS57Tqyf(2020)

@cligeey tweeted
nion the folks that go on the attack are coorse though(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Fittie & just aboot hid heart attack seeing this https://t.co/VYna(2016)

North East Central

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ah thoat ah wis huvin a hert attack right there and then. So, ah on page 25
ly yin fish supper fae a hert attack, that right, aye?" then he pr on page 108
n focused on Leith's impendin attack. on page 110

3 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Gin ye survive the mass attack,
Bit neebors, wise tae the attack,
2 matches

Hawkins, Rudi None Shall Rest Easy, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central - Stirling, prose
he sun began tae rise. So the attack was called aff an we turned r
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
nimals living there that cuid attack them. Aa at yince there wis a
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
on wanst said, is tae coonter attack. Matilda's mervellous gleg mi on page 35
Honey said. 'If ye hud a hert attack and hud tae get the doctor, t on page 93

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
'Rottweiler Reid' Wha'd suin attack! on page 213

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e the lavvies died ae a heart attack this mornin; his funeral's th on page 101
nt roon an said, Sumdy should attack her wi a bar a soap. on page 169

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
This spurious attack oan ma guid name, on page 36
Barclay Brithers surprise attack, on page 46

2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
nt roon an said, Sumdy should attack her wi a bar a soap man.
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an thir plan wiz attack. on page 42
because it wiz a full-on attack, on page 46

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A bad attack of dropsey!
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
raither nor bauchle a serious attack.
awaur o the posseebility o an attack, they wad hae tae regaird it
The attack had went accordin tae plan. T
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
st aboot ready tae hae a hert attack wae the wey he clutches at hi
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e pack' ae circlin wolves tae attack. They're hesitant. A'm six fo on page 42
is swollen over awready. The attack relents after a couple ae min on page 43
he's goin tae take an asthma attack. 'That cunt spent PE lessons on page 46
ations are the reason for his attack, I am sure. on page 54

5 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
dy died, pal. She had a heart attack this morning: on page 40

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
wife who said she wis gonnae attack the manager and they closed t on page 6
Steven hud some kind ae heart attack on Saturday night. Ah dunno w on page 9

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
For we are Scotland that ye attack on page 143

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
e takin tent o when the oxter attack wad happen, they were on tent on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Thorkel gaitherit a hird tae attack, bit Brusi interceedit an rec on page 14

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ed self-defence as a means ae attack, on page 48

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
While the attack agin the Gaclic Ieid is weel on page 60

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Wi an equal attack on the publican's digestion, on page 72

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Bit neebors, wise tae the attack, on page 62

1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
Personal identity is under attack from every front. An social m
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
emouth are crackin tae watch. attack as a team, defend as a team, (2015)

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Ma favourite robots wis Panic Attack an Killertron! https://t.co/L(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
rtishead, Teardrop by Massive Attack, You Should See Me in a Crown(2020)

South East (Borders)

South West (Galloway)