A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

kirn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 4.6 27.1 0 34.9 0 0
Number of occurrences339 18 0 6 0 0
Number of authors15 6 6 3

Occurrences of kirn in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
for ordinar amang the general kirn o humanity it wad be mair sur on page 134

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
'Jones used tae kirn it in wi oor feed, bytimes,' on page 6

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
A kirn o wee laddies haed been kicki on page 59
It tirnt oot tae be juist a kirn o creeshie auld men wi thair on page 60

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Then to the kirn he did stour,
Yet he wis cummerit with the kirn,
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hay lying in the swathe, the kirn to kirn, an the peats to big?
to kirn, an the peats to big? Glaikit
2 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
d a skailin o the unexpectit. Kirn it in wi the mixter-maxter o
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ae haud on gettin things in a kirn on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sticks - shiny an matt; some kirn she caaed concealer; eyeliner on page 83

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Aat's yon meze kirn an camel's pish, than." Morri on page 14
oosed as she waatched Elspeth kirn wi her sweet. on page 29

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
dy fur the evenin's milkin, a kirn o jobs like threidin a strae
t as yon? Sae in he cam, wi a kirn some cottar bairns at his tai
ar hoose on Steeny's parks. A kirn o fowk hid witnessed the acci
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
h! A junkie an a drooth – a kirn made bi the Earl o Hell as iv
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
kirn o girse an styew caad up bi t
He warssled his wye ooto the kirn an noticed the door o the kit
groaned as Mrs Scott pit up a kirn o sums on the blackboard. On
3 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
A kirn? Affa fine, but a bit o a kir(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@cattyish Dubs awye fit a kirn(2020) search twitter
@muddy_40 Aye fair kirn this morning(2020) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
fix this/ess Scots Wikipedia kirn/sotter/redd-up... ?????? http(2020) search twitter
Prof_Murdoch It wis a serious kirn. Dubs central. Hame noo wi yi(2019) search twitter

Shetland

Mundair, Raman Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
abön da white kirn o da sea on page 11

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
sed me ta shaa her foo ta mak kirn milk an butter. I did miss aa on page 9
sea. An dan da buttermilk, an kirn milk, an blaand, dir just nae on page 62

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Sun bricht apö kirn o tide ita da gyos; on page 36
brönnies, kirn mylk, saaft scones an tae. on page 63

2 matches

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