A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

birsay Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4.1 0 39.7 0 0 0
Number of occurrences128 0 4 0 0 0
Number of authors4 2 2

Occurrences of birsay in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
e saison in his graun haa oan Birsay. An aside him wis Jarl Gilli on page 14

6 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
cDiarmid, Bob Shankland, Lord Birsay and James Mair alang wi twa p on page 46

2 matches

Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in the Hillside o Birsay. on page 9
bi the shore in Birsay. on page 10

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
You tak your leave o Birsay fur there's so much tae enjoy on page 37
Ah'm a ferman man fae Birsay and me needs are very few. on page 47

2 matches

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