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Use in varieties of Scots

shirts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 11.3 3 29.8 5.8 0 13.3
Number of occurrences3122 2 3 1 0 3
Number of authors24 17 2 2 1 2

Occurrences of shirts 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

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
denotit by thair clan t-shirts an curlers on page 52

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Scotland. Shair, there were T-shirts an posters an badges, but mai on page 106

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
o gecin as he had tae get his shirts specially made it wuidnae dae on page 63

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
regijo. Yican even get school shirts that've got it writ on them. on page 51
w yir 'Tregijo jumpers an yir shirts, she said, Thir no worth a ch on page 52

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An then the shirts frae aff oor backs they'll ra on page 42

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ld spot his white hair, smart shirts, and blue jeans a mile aff. on page 27

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
bow-ties an Sunday shirts on page 53

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ile hanging out his tent-like shirts, she’d seen Nichols through
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ma bag ae pants, socks and t-shirts?! Richt enough, only an Irish
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Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
ah've syne grown ooty, Accies shirts o bygaun days. But in every p
rget it. Fellas wi the tour t-shirts fae afore the first album. Fo
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rent oor company logo ontae T-shirts wi the iron.
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
sual leisure troosers an polo shirts oan, a size too small, bein t
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ame doon in bikinis wi’ tee-shirts over the top. The lesson went
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
es under oxters, ties undone, shirts an blouses unbuttoned under a
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Facebook link ( 2017) Central
Ane lot in red T shirts wur the redcoats ithers in bl

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
do up. Some auld shorts and T-shirts. I’d be in heaven.(2020) search twitter

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
state o some o yer faither's shirts, they wiz scary eneuch!(2019) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
Las day tae get 15% aff! T-shirts, hats, masks an even stickers(2020) search twitter
tae buy fer chrismas! Bags, T-shirts, mugs etc! Hunners tae choose(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ad nae socks, shorts, ties or shirts left she said: "Ach, ye micht(2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
still weirin their groupie t-shirts wuvven in Asian swyte shops.
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The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
pack it in because the stripy shirts they hiv tae weer made her lo
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
we might as weel get twa new shirts and semmits while wir there" on page 46
Wi wir short shirts and skinny white pinions, we on page 61

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Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
se, flogging Twatt mugs and t-shirts tae ignorant punters. Aal o t
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Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
Dressed in t-shirts an shorts an sandshun, we hea
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
in thon big baisket o pressed shirts? Did ye think that I might li on page 29

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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
i new breeks, shune, simmets, shirts, twathie gansies, a jecket, a on page 19
tér buits, dunchers, tairtan shirts ~ fur fairmin thon's tha tick on page 21

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