A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sharn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 2.1 38.4 9.9 0 10.9 0
Number of occurrences304 24 1 0 1 0
Number of authors17 4 11 1 1

Occurrences of sharn in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
geois managerialism, echo the sharn that spews fae the mooths o d on page 37

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ht intil't wi muckle niffer o sharn an perfume, her pullin her ha
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
hir dowp i the sharn, an the cannie beiss wes keik
1 matches

@Sinethugcat tweeted
it we're up tae wir queets in sharn!?? (2021) twitter link

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
r Mains fell deed drunk intae sharn pit, an droont. An him wi nae on page 84

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
He trail't aboot in dubs an sharn Hans blae, files, wi the caul on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Sharn!" He pyntit it the clarty wal on page 29
ed coos and the sharp stink o sharn. An efter Ah'd tired masel oo on page 88

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
her inside, the sharp stink o sharn an strang an the breath o the on page 91

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
e sense, ye ootsized dollop o sharn-" on page 89

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
within a sniff o gweed honest sharn. The darg wis hard, the oors
snaa an her sheen shone like sharn on a weet lea rig. Sae Minnie
r, tae dicht awa ony skirps o sharn or fool strae...fur the beast
at. His buits war shinin like sharn, ye cud see yer face in the t
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Baxter skytit on a bannock o sharn, an brocht doon Mysie
1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
a fairm foe sale ca’d east sharn neuk
En ken ess East sharn neuk turned oot a big success
En left east sharn neuk in Davie’s hans

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
ferm wis the stank o girse, o sharn, o violets
s: ‘…the stank o girse, o sharn, o violets.’ Sheena disnae
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
pie sna' in abidy loses their sharn.(2016) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
e ging tae the watterie fur a sharn aifter the NHS kindly sent me(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
q bleezin loon wearin Eau de Sharn.(2019) search twitter

@glenlivetloon tweeted
na really see muckle in i y o sharn bree nooadays! Weel, nae in P(2015) search twitter
nary We aey hid a wee burn of sharn bree rinning oot o the midden(2015) search twitter
onary Er wis aey a wee burn o sharn bree rinning oot o i midden o(2015) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ter bein up tae yer oxters in sharn.(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
his shoes were aal clarted wi sharn. on page 42

1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
breeks aa smoort wi mulk and sharn. on page 133

1 matches

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