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Use in varieties of Scots

squirrel Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.9 16 4.8 0 0 21.9 35.4
Number of occurrences4330 3 0 0 2 8
Number of authors13 9 2 1 1

Occurrences of squirrel in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ALOGUE OF THE PEACOCK AND THE SQUIRREL on page 31
Squirrel: on page 32

4 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
contain in mah cheeks like a squirrel. Well, until jist before ah g on page 2

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
t skinklin een. He wis like a squirrel in the glegness o his movemen on page 67
hute. There! Look! Watch that squirrel nearest tae us! I doot he's g on page 126
laikit auld hamster! I want a squirrel!' on page 127
oon lichtnin, and ilka singil squirrel aroond the table taen a fleei on page 128
And Squirrel Nutkin, Pighing Bland, on page 159

17 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
The New Squirrel Airmy will ride intae toun. on page 5

2 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

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
thir's a squirrel up a tree, crouse and cantie on page 16

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 58 - twa poems bi George Hardie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Hamilton, poetry
SQUIRREL on page 41

2 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
lba Aw fank you! A seen a wee squirrel oan ma walk an a jus hud tae (2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
@DavyGavin1 A squirrel has mair brains ?? (2022) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ie. It wis aboot the size o a squirrel, bit lang an lean far a squir
, bit lang an lean far a squirrel wis biggit like a teacosy. It
2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
moo funcy a dunce Quine? Thon squirrel dunce is a belter, roond the (2015) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
slanguage has no word for red squirrel. None needed I think? @ScotsD(2020) search twitter
Youngest of the red squirrel garden clan cuttin aboot and (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2001) Ulster, weans
A squirrel come up tae him. Hae sed, “
The squirrel sed, “Dinnae greet, weefla.
ak the goat go hame’” The squirrel run intae the wudds. Hae run
goat wudnae go hame. Then the squirrel stairtet tae greet.
hat ir yae greetin aboot, wee squirrel?”
8 matches

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