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Use in varieties of Scots

girns Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 5.7 3 9.9 11.6 0 13.3
Number of occurrences1911 2 1 2 0 3
Number of authors16 8 2 1 2 3

Occurrences of girns in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Oan paper as in whispers, girns or skreighs on page 23
Nae wee greets an girns atween quick dichts o breeks on page 77

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
recocious weans, aw toothless girns they on page 92

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
itricks at he jist cotched in girns." on page 42

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
on shite. He girns an wants, an ill-bred on page 54

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
torn-faced dochter, Deirdre, girns anent the drauchty auld hoose on page 128

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
An a quine girns 'I'm nae ettin ingins
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ur fell, an I heard its deein girns. Whan Theseus cam oot, pechin
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
the heepocrisy o bodies that girns aboot the dearth o meal, giei
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e diffrent noo, the fowk that girns maist aboot no bein able tae
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
'Ah'm richt affrontit,' she girns. But a meenit or twa later sh on page 76

1 matches

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
"Far hiv YOU been?" she girns at me
1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Anja Poosack, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Pussy girns and greets and pleeps -
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Cat guid on, "du sees, a dug girns whin he's tirn an wigs his ta on page 65

1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
, of coorse, aa dir pleeps an girns.
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
He girns aboot his guid wife's fowks, on page 43

1 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
sels an quat ectin tha gype!" girns Sadie. Wullie an tha weans ir on page 11

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
But fur aa me girns an whinges, on page 55

1 matches

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