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Use in varieties of Scots

wiry Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.6 1.5 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences107 1 0 2 0 0
Number of authors9 6 1 2

Occurrences of wiry in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ly Thrawn Tam, a strang, wee, wiry fellae fae the Hilltoun area on page 49
aw o them, there are aye wee wiry fellaes that cin keep up wi l on page 56

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
cause ma hair's dead thick an wiry, yi widnae be able tae find t on page 169

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
znae scaly, an iz whiskers no wiry. on page 20

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
hair’s blond an it’s dead wiry lik paki curls, yi widnae be
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
strang alang wi’t, wi thon wiry strenth o
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y aboot me ya clown. Ah’m a wiry cunt, fuckin thoroughbred, me
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ah winna wiry," insistit Donald. "Seein as on page 38

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ta gadder some boannie broon wiry girse, fur I wantit ta celebr on page 94

1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
nts, fur shö grew up lang an wiry, so at therteen I startet her
1 matches

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