A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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wirks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.8 18.1 6.4 9.9 58.1 0 0
Number of occurrences4934 4 1 10 0 0
Number of authors21 12 3 1 5

Occurrences of wirks in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
swegian translations ae major wirks dae exist, but, thir a staun- on page vii

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
nae hae tae ken how the thing wirks. Aw we need tae dae is tae ke on page 3

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
s guid frien Angus Macmillan. Wirks as a Biomedical Scientist. on page 189

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
n is also a deed o worth that wirks. on page 17
Sympathetic that's hou it wirks on page 39

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
es uses in speech an hoo this wirks wi the wrutten word. on page 5
rlt tae hoo the Soothron leid wirks that tae write in oor Scots l on page 6
fae Soothron tae Scots rarely wirks acause Scots gremmar is sinde on page 7
rstaun a process, hoo a cheil wirks, or hoo parteeclar throupit i on page 9
rocessors like Microsoft Word wirks bi unnerlinin 'mispellt' word on page 40
Also on pages 42
6 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"The morra wirks for me," Judge Strauss said, on page 43

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
maistlins airtit at fowk that wirks in eddication an thaim that r on page 15

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Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
France uizes iss seestem. It wirks bi haein the votars uize ae P
Supplementarie Vote wirks in a sib wey. The first bodie
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
omes tae thir kin o folk that wirks wi bings o langage, it starts
e wey traditional orthography wirks. Some o this airgyment can be
d oot hou traditional spellin wirks, they juist lift a spellin, o
3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
frae the umquhyle alumeinium wirks. Thai harled it aff an dichti
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
le lang denner time. I ken he wirks late an aa, Faither, an while
I thank Ye, Faither, that Ye wirks throu me an that I’v accump
2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
institutes an versities, that wirks thegither on projects, an aff
tre for Exoplanet Science, an wirks alang wi the SETI Institute a
2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Forby thon, Second Life wirks as a pletform for like-myndit
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ays are important as dramatic wirks in their ain richt and as wir
in their ain richt and as wirks that rattelt the establishmen
ot-the-craw (gaed awaw). This wirks fortuitously as rhymin slang
were weel kent for their guid wirks in keepin puir bairns fed.
4 matches

Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
, it's tae live as a poet wha wirks in Scots - an sae it wis nae
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
e grips her hauns in his. She wirks a finger lowse for tae can si
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
thit wirks
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
That’s it. That’s foo it wirks. The rw micht as weill be on
oo a hydrogen peroxide engine wirks.”
2 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
Scots Hoose has wirks by ither authors anaw - like (2020) twitter link

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
The loccie wirks wis closin doon, an that mean on page 17

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Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
er if she's really happy. She wirks lang oors at the hospital and on page 43

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
o on, than...lut's see foo it wirks." on page 54

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ody's speerin fit ane anither wirks at: 'And what do you do?' she on page 31

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
o the Bu - or that lad that wirks at Skaill. on page 9

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Sho gadders oo an wirks wi a graet vand. on page 49

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ain. Ah'm dat blyde du still wirks wi da sheep, Jim." on page 62

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ineetial sketch o whit wye it wirks. Da on page 3
t a noun, whaaras determiners wirks oot on page 61
ely an substitutes da noun an wirks laek a pronoun: on page 67
essed wi da "dummy" there, at wirks laek an emty on page 87
tandirt English, hoosumivver, wirks wi relative pronouns, an on page 97
Also on pages 99
6 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
fur is second place.' An hit wirks. Du wad be surprised hoo joos
1 matches

@HazelTindall tweeted
in Shetlan. Shetland Forwirds wirks hard ta keep wir wirds an gra(2019) search twitter

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