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Use in varieties of Scots

hoors Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.3 10.3 31.7 39.7 11.6 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4920 21 4 2 1 1
Number of authors36 17 11 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of hoors in Corpus

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Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
but twa hoors an hauf a dizzen lairge wans on page 6

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
lgrim loons hae twa an a hauf hoors, nae maiz, fir thir haly onga on page 14

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
a man his tae wark long, long hoors, an' us wummen can dae little on page 12

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
east ae vigilateer onsite, 24 hoors a day, seeven days a week, in on page 103

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
ancy restaurants or heh-class hoors on page 49

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s as the normal darg wis twal hoors on an twal aff, bit there wer on page 47

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
whisky-wheesht bairns, child hoors an stervin day-labourers slee on page 9

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
thieves, hoors an ither scum, on page 37

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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
aw thi daylicht hoors ye will tend thaim,
’s you an me in thi wee sma hoors,
2 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Two hoors later, the hold music stops.
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
the hert o the bleeze. “... hoors ... hoormaisters ...” Twa m
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
back o’ me fer a couple of hoors. Sae she niver gie’d me the
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
laisterin’ grund for bluidy hoors! We didnae get within fower m
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
er staunin in the cauld fir 4 hoors we becam on guid terms an agr
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Briggs, Susi O Rabbie, I hae seen the day, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Ye treated me like yin o yer hoors
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
least an hoor, mair aften twa hoors. Aince it wis ower they then

@bigandymccoll tweeted
He hud me bending his ear fer hoors ?? https://t.co/ZJf2VRSDIN (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
crub yersel in the shower fur hoors efter any a that lot hiv been (2022) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
se of yer box room during the hoors of darkness, when ye're oot o on page 40

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Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
uld beet, bit I wid greet for hoors in the hoose. on page 58

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
oot the broth. It seemed like hoors afore I cwid get oot an fin I on page 10

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
catch their salmon ti the sma hoors, their reekin pipes deein uns on page 94

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
tt his spent aa his siller on hoors turns up, ye kill e fat calfi on page 107

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Riddell, Conor San Diego, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
lly got to ma hotel aboot ten hoors later than I expected. It wis
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Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
h, or staun at the guttin for hoors.
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
We spint hoors packin up a' wir loot
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
thon bleezing giepit festive hoors! #Respect(2015) search twitter
n’ doon mair times thi’n a hoors dra’wers #iamaceleb #ItsComi(2019) search twitter
Friday.. Bleezin’ swally’n hoors!! Puckly Sunties screppin’ i(2018) search twitter
like 'e day ye banana lovin' hoors? Whau's in need o' a roose up(2015) search twitter
Guid morn ya crabbit hoors, a moo fey o’ banana and a w(2019) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

@FaeFoggie tweeted
n up in i loft, its teen mi 7 hoors ti find it. 6 o' yon hoors we(2019) search twitter
Twa hoors ti ging. Let's see if we can (2019) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ar is an option tae pass some hoors! Better dig oot ma sheen(2018) search twitter
I’m coonting doon the hoors now till 12 o’clock fan the (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And I lurch back home, hoors later, feelan very, very good on page 39

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Hoors later I still hear yir touch, on page 19

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Peace, Courtney The 'Guid' Life, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
in a guid puckle o hoors ye'll be aff fae here,
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@peediepuss tweeted
o That can't have been bonny. Hoors o seas oot there yesterday(2020) search twitter

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
hoors late, the owld yow pantan an on page 21

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Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
d not heard dat in long. Noo, hoors later, although I know the ba

Southern

@cammyrudkin tweeted
TFI friday. 3 hoors work then up ti murrayfield f(2012) search twitter

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
him afore; maistly conthrairy hoors theirsels. Jaist dhrappin the on page 49

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