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Use in varieties of Scots

urge Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 11.7 0 19.9 0 10.9 0
Number of occurrences2522 0 2 0 1 0
Number of authors13 10 2 1

Occurrences of urge in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the urge to girn and to haiver and ble on page 8

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
erstandably, eh? that initial urge tae react becomes somewhat di on page 96
ce but suddenly ah've goat an urge tae smash this cunt aboot the on page 146

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
aw o a sudden he had a strang urge tae dae somethin aboot her. S on page 12

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
t's no cracked. Ah resist the urge tae bite ma nails. on page 4
ah dinnae know. Ah resist the urge tae double-check their meanin on page 23
English group. Ah resist the urge tae hug Harry. Ah cannae look on page 51

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
other in years. Ah resist the urge tae roll ma eyes. Sandra does on page 5
dded, this time, resistin the urge tae grab ma cross fur luck. ' on page 59

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
swallae their nation's urge tae shoogle and fail on page 24

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
comment at ‘it is when this urge (ie, ti write in Scots) is in
1 matches

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
e spring o last year an I wid urge a new administration tae ster
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ah sais, tryin tae quell the urge tae take the thing aff him an
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah resist the urge tae say nae shit Sherlock. â€
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
r come sae close til him. The urge tae rax oot tae her wis while
erms; he had an unaccoontable urge tae cleek her braid o black h
Hsien aside her. She felt the urge tae lean agin him, tae be rea
3 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
cal’ left, wha lairgely aye urge for a reformed EU. Whit trend
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
ior meenister McWard whae’d urge him tae become the lion, tae

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
the urge to girn and to haiver and ble
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
k at us brings aboot a sudden urge fur me tae scrabble fur the e
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ah huv tae resist ma natural urge, eh? Which is tae curl up in
1 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I hid this urge tae tidy up on page 71

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
These writers hid a romantic urge tae record the last o things
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
is ae discreet subjeck. A wud urge the Border’s Cooncil, local
1 matches

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