girn | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 18.8 | 13.6 | 33 | 19.9 | 17.4 | 51.7 | 8.9 | |
Number of occurrences | 61 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
Number of authors | 30 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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 blether on page 8
aboot wather, jist girn. on page 16
t pey nae heed tae thaim whae girn on page 46
An moan an girn aboot their hair on page 49
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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
dae whit I hke wi. I shouldna girn, on page 12
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
and smiled a terrible, toothy girn as he heezed the screichin Su on page 47
1 matches
Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Tae girn or flyte. on page 78
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
er got drookit, but he didnae girn aboot it because sodgers didn on page 75
2 matches
Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
doon thon road. He gied a wee girn ... It wad mak a guid story t on page 16
1 matches
Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
awa. She didna girn aboot it, her time wis by: sh
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
The Denner Wifie's Girn (see page 8)
1 matches
Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
buik o hivvenly beins, an her girn wad lichtit up a pit shaft. B
1 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
some modren Scots enthusiasts girn for the auld lang syne whan t
1 matches
Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
cairt it as juist anither SNP girn? I jalouse the’r fowk like
1 matches
Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
x their natural span. I dinna girn mysel, sin I’m ane o the so
1 matches
Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
but the Inglis king took the girn that the Scots wis lichtin on
feed him for a week, but will girn aboot the want o meal. The sc
ns mair on drink thay shuidna girn aboot the want o meat. Fowk w
3 matches
Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Lat’s stairt we a wee girn o ma ain. Creative Scotland (
1 matches
Briggs, Susi O Rabbie, I hae seen the day, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Girn and scrieve o love nae mair
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Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
the urge to girn and to haiver and blether
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
er @DaveVallis I'll hae a wee girn an say it is a muckle fash th(2020) search twitter
@fairpechtoot tweeted
Only bampots will girn about BBCs poetic delight |(2017) search twitter
McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
A nae langer girn fir Yer tig on page 3
1 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
na keen on braes. Ye eesed te girn fin wi'd te ging uphill, so A on page 21
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ayed wad bide clear. Ye cudna girn if it derkened, ye jist got s
s Baxter, frae Lower Kilrogie girn tae her man. 'An button yer s
2 matches
Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
he wey you’d scrieve it, or girn far there’s a ‘f’ an yo
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
wiz. Noo it wiz a greet an a girn tae get yokit an michty but t
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
d inno her schulebag, she’d girn, “Oh I canna ging tae schul
osy wad reeshle her leaves an girn an wish
22. The Tale o Gracie Girn
Gracie Girn wis a wee quine wi the physog
wi teethache, Gracie Girn wis NIVER pleased. Fowk said
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@cligeey tweeted
@shooglie Nithing ti girn aboot(2020) search twitter
Hume, Caroline Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Moan, girn and pleep on page 126
1 matches
Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
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Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
the monkeys girn thair dule. on page 38
1 matches
Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
The monkeys girn dulesum abuin.
1 matches
Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
e fash o the “Scots Creenge Girn”, hae yersel ae leuk it Dr.
1 matches
Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
m A in thaur een, jest an oul girn wae very little schulin an o
1 matches