A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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wirked Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.6 10.1 17.6 59.6 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3619 11 6 0 0 0
Number of authors12 5 4 3

Occurrences of wirked in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
rst neep-lantern, forby if it wirked A cuid shaw aw the big-yins A on page 22

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ersion A wrocht o Antigone. A wirked the classic themes anew, leav on page 40

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
The three o them had wirked up auld Major's teachins on page 6

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Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
. "Ye'l can tel me whan A hae wirked throu thon," he says, luikin on page 4

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
is bank in the city, whaur he wirked. His claes were nae guid for on page 7
ooder as he got mair and mair wirked up, "we'd no be here wi Coont on page 32
lt them that she kent Mr. Poe wirked doon the street, at Mintit Mo on page 62
d, "I've been gettin masel aw wirked up aboot how I'm daein wi the on page 74
comin up, and he hadnae even wirked oot whit Coont Olaf wis up ta on page 89
Also on pages 96, 100, 117, 121, 127, 129
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
mukkil rist thon nicht. Thai wirked ti finnd
alang o’m. The bangsters at wirked at Tornes
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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
r tae ken better hou the body wirked.
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Country chiel fa wirked the grun, on page 11

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
up aathin; aathin Ah've ivver wirked fir; ivvery dream Ah've iwer on page 89
lootin notion fir a chiel aat wirked the lan." An syne she'd titti on page 91

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
later, the computer buff hid wirked is magic an the problim wis s on page 50

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the stable. Fin Tarry McPhail wirked the horse, he gaed throw the
ner, a trauchle. Fin Jock Dow wirked the horse,tho, ye kent the od
me and gaen on the ferms he'd wirked on. Whyles, they'd gaen wi ma
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
'Twis a lang shot, bit it wirked. Jude Anderson wis flattered.
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Niver hid ony ship’s wheel wirked sae hard. The thunner
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Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
the sea, a fisher wi his weel-wirked erms, dipped in guts and scal
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
een up Portgordon wye. His da wirked in I garage. So yi can imagin(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Tegither they wirked hard tae mak a liveen oan the on page 9

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
e see Jock, his cousin, - he wirked in the quarry aal day. on page 16
Hid couldna wirked oot better if I'd hid the who on page 25
He wirked oot cheust hoo much I owed hi on page 43
Hid wirked oot as we planned hid - we h on page 60

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
sheu wirked the spectral refractors, pris on page 15

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