Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hairdly	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	17.5	13.4	34.7	29.8	0	0	17.7
Number of occurrences	56	26	23	3	0	0	4
Number of authors	11	5	1	2			3

Occurrences of hairdly 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.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
irtit tae think that thir wis hairdly anythin impossible. on page 12

1 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
As for masel, I can hairdly mind whit I did. I mind fendi on page 59

3 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
o meenits, the animals could hairdly credit their guid fortune. Th on page 6

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
lit tae pouer structures that hairdly recognise the verra existance on page 15
lear: UKIP, even the day, his hairdly onie pairliamentary represent on page 48
presentation fae Scotland are hairdly tae be seen. That this echoes on page 49
an particklar geography, it's hairdly onie wunner that mair siller on page 126
flung ontae the scrap heap wi hairdly a thocht. This is the wey o t on page 147

5 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
no even a happy beginnin, and hairdly ony happy things inatween, fo on page 1
iked tae bite things. She wis hairdly mair than a babbie, and wee e on page 4
re that heart-sair they could hairdly lift their heids aff their be on page 12
ea o a guid time. Mr. Poe wis hairdly ever at hame, cause he wis ow on page 13
y tossed and turned aw nicht, hairdly gettin a wink o sleep atween on page 17
Also on pages 20, 30, 52, 65, 113, 138
11 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Ye can hairdly hunt a squirrel, on page 32

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
ittin richt here in the back, hairdly touched? Let me no owerstate
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
er ills mair tae the fore its hairdly surprisin that emergency serv
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
e be mair coorse than fine an hairdly abuin ma guidman’s cornflak
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
weed powk wi the preen. "Ye'r hairdly Mel Gibson yersel first thing on page 12
aff noo, an the fack at she'd hairdly bin oot o the lavvy hidna hel on page 46
Ronnie cud hairdly haud in is excitemint es he r on page 54
"Gweed Goad, Ah wid hairdly hiv kent im," said Gladys. "A on page 75
in it the neuks o'is moo. "Ah hairdly kent ye masel. Ah nearly didn on page 84

6 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
reveal a wee reed bikini aat hairdly happit onythin. on page 11
vee..." It wis as dark he cud hairdly see a fit in front o him - d on page 12
id, an a swallt shiner he cud hairdly see oota. He lookit ower te J on page 17
spreadin ower his face. "It's hairdly the eyn o the warld, is't? Ye on page 32
re's folk millin aboot bit Ah hairdly notice them - ma heid's ower on page 43
Also on pages 46, 62, 78, 86
9 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"It's hairdly oan, ye ken, Doris: dishin oo on page 8
ilky month fir somethin Ah'm hairdly gettin ony gweed o," protesti on page 12
d it wis a hairt attack. At's hairdly ony winner, like ~ Norman wis on page 15
s firivwver. An, onywye, it's hairdly likely ony o the faimly'li bi on page 16
ndas war stannin open, ye cud hairdly git breath fir the heat. An a on page 39
Also on pages 42
8 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
heust takkan twatree steps: a hairdly-human knitch o need, but waak on page 36

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
is a muckle baest o a man, wi hairdly any neck, bit he haed a crack
usually hunt at night an are hairdly ivver seen in daylight, there
2 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
A can hairdly unnerstaun a wurd, on page 24

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
haim yins ye get nooadays wud hairdly dae ye mair on page 15

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
okin tae redd you oot o it. I hairdly unnerstaun ocht the Scotchies (2014) twitter link
sheuch oot o it: a body could hairdly unnerstaun them ava. #UlsterS (2014) twitter link