Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'checked'

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Use in varieties of Scots

checked	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	25.9	86	28
ORK - Orkney	49.7	5	3
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	105.5	3	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	16.3	5	2
MNB - Mid Northern B	111.9	1	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	113.5	44	3
WCE - West Central	22.2	5	3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	24.8	4	1
GLA - Glasgow	20.1	4	3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	10.5	8	6
SEA - South East (Borders)	24.2	2	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)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of checked in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And thoo aalways checked I wis safely home when I ower on page 63

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
r tae mates who werena there, checked himsael on page 30

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Imagean a broon, checked worsit cot, on page 101
I checked the basket, then the path on page 105

3 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
she stood watchan them, an he checked hissell suddenly: e ithers lo on page 75
ay "A wance tasted-" but soon checked hersel, an sade "No, never") on page 95
often seen them at dinn-" she checked hersel at wance. on page 98

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
iz unreal an fin I got hame I checked oot the bodywork tae see if t
ads cleared the earth awa and checked the coffin wiz still in ae bi
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
hem up aifter Mistress Gordon checked them and was tellt whar the s
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@aberdeentaxi1 Jist checked oot i window. Nihin happenin (2019)
@NatalieAHood Hiv ye checked oot i vidjo...fit a hoot!(2020)

Mid Northern B

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
but they took him aff tae be checked oot as weel.
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
checked tae see if he hid candles, ji
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
e teen intae the Drama room I checked the wee treasure door but het
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
the box for SNP, thank God I checked that my vote didnt mistakenly(2019)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Traber o orte-Verlag kindlie checked pruifs o the German texts. on page 5

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
in the cells, jist till they checked oot oor story, they said. on page 28

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
_Pacey @pele_anderson av jist checked so a doo noo - done a tour w (2021) twitter link
@DicaculusManiac it wisnae a checked brother lol - it wis rudi kl (2020) twitter link
the cheeky wee fecker wae the checked shirt lol (2021) twitter link
nfollowed me // automatically checked by https://t.co/swk4DY0qhT (2020) twitter link
followed me // automatically checked by https://t.co/swk4DY0qhT (2021) twitter link
and 37 other occurrences.

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
it didny work. Bein nebby, Ah checked the label oot for some ingred on page 102

2 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
e hoose so the polis went and checked it oot. They foond Carol’s
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
@NoseNicky Whatever mate! Checked out your profile, pretty sure (2021) twitter link
o bein pyin attention? Huv ye checked oot thu tories back cataloag? (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ae dae the verra thing he had checked Beatrice for, an seem tae end
ae dae the verra thing he had checked Beatrice for, an seem tae end
ow that you’d normally have checked it after a journey. So don’
sayed. “I haven’t checked my e-mail for eight months. M
4 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
tae dae: wance or twice she'd checked oot the book her sister wis r on page 7
she stood watchin them, an he checked himsel: the ithers looked roo on page 77

2 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah checked the Catty Facebook page the n on page 5

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
He sais when he checked the map it looked straight fo
1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ddin wirsels for the fecht. I checked an re-checked the straps on m on page 56

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
awfie daupit wey. The ithers checked her rochly, and they went oot on page 6

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
nt a cairn o field stanes. He checked the coulter wis rinnin free o on page 17

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
the example o a bairn gettin checked either by parent or
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
on the moor an in the mornin checked aw roond tae see if thur wis

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
r for a wee read efter he had checked the ledgers. William an James
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
@JeffBrazier .....just double checked.....and yep! I'm following yo(2018)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
he stood watchin thum, an hei checked hisel suddenly: th ithers loo on page 77
say "Ah yince tasted - " but checked hersel gie quick, an said "Nu on page 97

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
’ Doctor Laidlaw tae get me checked oot. A panicked, but she said
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
sed bae hir freen, Sally. She checked the reflection o hir smile, a on page 18

1 matches