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Use in varieties of Scots

smirr Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.9 16 6.4 0 11.6 32.8 4.4
Number of occurrences4030 4 0 2 3 1
Number of authors28 19 4 2 2 1

Occurrences of smirr in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
icht plump o rain and a licht smirr. If she'd raxed oot tae touch on page 7

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Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
estlan wind that scatters the smirr agin the wa. on page 18

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Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
a souch o pain, a seasonless smirr on the gless. on page 55

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
with outbreaks of smirr, the occasional hoolie, on page 8
dreich smirr hoyed down from on page 10
whaur noo slype only wings an smirr, on page 31
Nae smirr can mak me wetter than the dr on page 34
Nae smirr can mak me watter than the dr on page 40
Also on pages 65, 77
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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
the foul deed cuid be dune, a smirr o rain cam ower that dampened on page 45

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
whaur nowt but smirr croons a castlehill on page 33

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
he feels a smirr o rain on page 22

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
our. Suddently, fae oot o its smirr and reek a laverock rose heic on page 17

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ts, a jaiket tae haud aff the smirr an ure, a bit piece an a flas on page 65

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McCallum, Andrew Lallans 73 - Ecce Homo, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
tae a blaewort-fu lift an the smirr o the sun; on page 71

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
gansey, an glentit throu the smirr o rain ootbye. on page 18

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
n unco hie. Syne, it cam on a smirr o rain an Ian got a fricht wh on page 58

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Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
k an the view disappeart in a smirr o static an a spider wab o cr
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
tae fill the office air wi a smirr, mair caller nor the air cond
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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
ld, dreich nicht. There wis a smirr o rain that nicht, and ma kil
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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
s fawen on oor streets like a smirr o punctuation, a cauld stream
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
eternally amidst the stourie smirr o Ideas whase Time Has Yet Ta
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in cloud, piercin through the smirr, creatin a fragmented rainbow
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Lawrenson, Dorothy Ranch Road 12, San Marcos, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Fife, poetry
through the smirr – the gloamin
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Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
d whaur Scots wirds sic as “smirr”, “caller”, “haar”
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Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
with outbreaks of smirr, the occasional hoolie,
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Paterson, Stuart A. Breenge, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central, poetry
dreich smirr hoyed down from
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Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
t was leiden; an a conteenwal smirr haed the winscreen wipers whe on page 30

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e smaar – a mixter-maxter o smirr an haar, thon purple smog tha
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
in in the sky an a wee bittie smirr blawin in the wund that
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
The day's SMIRR https://t.co/Hy8wvvMhxa (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Klieir abøn smirr an doavrin ært. on page 18

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
nor da parsley, a smirr o runkled green. on page 30

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Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
On the pagoda the smirr o rain gethers
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@StuartPoet tweeted
me Acht, it's jist a wee sint smirr, ye'll no get droukit(2020) search twitter
The day's smirr's the morn's whisky ????(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Intae tha Ulster smirr. on page 22

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