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Use in varieties of Scots

birr Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 8.2 6 0 17.4 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2416 4 0 3 1 0
Number of authors11 7 1 2 1

Occurrences of birr in Corpus

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Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
thesome ploy. Aa ye need is a birr in yer hert for the sangs an on page 56

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
wa score year syne, her young birr bleezed wi feck on page 8
O cauldrife birr but drum-fu quaich on page 15
The kythin thocht got birr, wis cled in fack. on page 23
alang dim streets, wi birr depletit on page 41

4 matches

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
or the ceity, the life an the birr, forby the lan needin less fo on page 21

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
s tae the competeetion an the birr, imagination an humour shawn
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
tae dae it an he walcomed sic birr for the'r nae gretter body o
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
te that taen place wi an unco birr frae baith the maimbers an th
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
he douchtna skair hiz secrie birr wi hiz ibone wardar, or he
er o puir fowk ti crie airt o birr an mense. Thon qualities wes
2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
an aye leevin but aye chyngin birr that uphauds oor cultur. Aa t
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
t times like thunder cam’ a birr,
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
’s radio seemed ti echo the birr an touk
time that day thare wis nae birr an touk frae the wireless, ju
2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rou the schuil an aye gaed wi birr to Former Pupils’ Meetings.
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
rafters garrin the hale kirk birr wi soon. At least the rain wi
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ey kent fu weel – the verra birr o the cosmos itsel – frae t
s o the quarry! Guidit bi the birr, they sent a probe throwe the
ss wi a love o jewels intae a birr o excitement. Uncle Jeems hea
3 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ieched da Moose, juist atil a birr. "Wid du laek cats if du wis on page 22

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
oiceless: if yir vocal coards birr whin you say a consonant, he' on page 25

2 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
wurk til, an it wis wi gryte birr at him, i
1 matches

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