A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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quare Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words76 1.5 0 0 0 0 1075.5
Number of occurrences2463 0 0 0 0 243
Number of authors21 3 18

Occurrences of quare in Corpus

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Central

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
A quare eccentric view o the warld on page 36

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
ye’ve been gone a quare long time –
1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
the glens kens fou weel thon quare dowie feelin that hings ower
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
rae abuin the fire. "Ihon's a quare cup o tay, sae it is," said h on page 12
Daniel leukt bak, quare an dootful. "Say, 'How do you on page 13
nippit hir grandson's cheeks quare an haird. "Ihere's a boy wi c on page 15
a was affrontit. Ma da made a quare rair aboot it an went straigh on page 23
hon sister o mine is in fur a quare gunk. She'll need mair than M on page 27
Also on pages 36, 40, 41, 44, 56, 58
12 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
His quare roon gut weel lin't wae guid on page 51

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
oon-stairs! They'll think A'm quare an brev at hame! Heth, A wudn on page 9
ings tae heppen, but it seemt quare an dull an glaikit fur life t on page 14
et at yersel," said Alice, "a quare weelàss lik yae," (shae mich on page 17
uchess! Agh! Wull shae naw be quare an angry if A hae kept hir wa on page 18
waashin hir dial-an shae's a quare saft thing tae nurse-an shae' on page 22
Also on pages 33, 38, 43, 51, 59, 62, 67, 68, 74, 81, 84, 85, 88, 93, 94, 104, 124, 125
25 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
"Thon's a quare day," siz Wullie. "Richt, wea on page 6

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
t midnicht, a neebour heard a quare gulder fae tha cratur's hoose on page 14
Ye see quare things, an hear coorse soonds on page 15
It was a quare an unco shape for a stane on page 18
But here's a quare an unco thing on page 23
Tha colours quare an fine; on page 31
Also on pages 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 46, 49, 54, 56, 57
18 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
n Jesus cum tae lan, he fun a quare thrang o fowk fornent hïm, a on page 9
Ye'll be quare an gled whan he's boarn, on page 69
wus a heid tex man, an he wus quare an weel-aff. An he wus wantin on page 101
ut tha fowk wud dae. Keepin a quare clase ee on hïm, the' sent y on page 104
Thair'll be quare signs ïn tha sin an tha muin on page 105

5 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
But Ah'll be feelin quare an' dry, on page 14
Man, Ah had a quare notion o' Nancy; on page 21
But Ah'm quare'n gled he got it, on page 26
Man that's a quare drap this Burnquarter Wee Sti on page 30
Tryin' quare an' hard tae keep on page 35
Also on pages 42
6 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
mair nor fiftie, and life wus quare an gran. on page 3
Oul Frank he wus in quare guid foarm, as he pit tha mee on page 4
oses roon tha toon. Thair's a quare big fancie monument fur Elic on page 7
Tha hale thing is jist quare an reuch, on page 14
Jeannie had aye kep tha place quare an clean, bot Wullie didnae b on page 15
Also on pages 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30
23 matches

Hanna, Wendy Gaitherin’ Purdas!, (Facebook - Schomberg Society 2020) Ulster, poetry
Fill yer basket, quare and quick!
1 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
ch" tae mak the distance seem quare an wee, like ye near cud skit
herin aboot it. It'd gie ye a quare scunner at times tae hear the
leetical continuum think it a quare geg tae crack that Ulster-Sco
terature fae Ulster gies ye a quare sense o the "Scotchness" o th
at school. The leeterature's quare an important: it begunks the
5 matches

NewtonLass Tay, (newtonlass.blogspot.com 2011) Ulster - Newtownards, poetry
Tha hale thing is jist quare an reuch,
1 matches

Hume, David Aince the corncrake caa’ed, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
In a quare wee raa, walkin up thon lane
1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
y’s roller boots. It wud be quare an guid tae spend the day wi
on the brae. Jenny was rollin quare an quick. I cudnae run fast,
prightly on ma skin. It was a quare feelin sittin there in the sh
n in a loch. Och, they haed a quare time o it here in the ancient
land Grove. An it haed been a quare while since there was trouble
5 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
Takkin it doon wus a quare hannlin. John an Dan tuk inta
m, an noo it lukked set fur a quare stoarm. Tha beece wur riz an
haein thair mate, thur wus a quare brattle o thunner.
il her. “John, ye cud mak a quare wudden leg frae this thoarn t
4 matches

Drennan, William Yin Tae A Hunner, (Ullans Press 2004) Ulster, poetry
Hi, am I naw quare an nifty
1 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
Turn thon TV off". "She lot a quare yeuch(2020) search twitter
lenMark01 Och thank ye weel!. Quare an guid tae hear frae the mic(2020) search twitter
araniuk It’s wile guid hey!A quare shame this kind o lit isnae l(2020) search twitter
@marianna_patane Oh aye! Am quare an thran when it comes to tra(2020) search twitter

@fairfaaye tweeted
Often heard as “a quare gunk” meaning a great disapp(2020) search twitter
Thon's a quare day!??Unless, of course you'r(2020) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
King Billy. Hooaniver, it was quare crack an their colours are fi (2018) twitter link
wha gied the world a wheen o quare notions. (Then gie me the jis (2016) twitter link
#UlsterScots! We've aye been quare an prood o the crabbit oul ga (2016) twitter link
#UlsterScots: "We hae gied a quare lot o money for carnaptious b (2015) twitter link
llygellick, whaur I'm fae, is quare an haird tae fin on maps: a k (2014) twitter link
and 116 other occurrences.

@HurchinHome tweeted
Its a quare wattery one! Dinnae fash. Get(2020) search twitter

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ig Smoke the ither day. Got a quare gunk at folks no wearin masks(2020) search twitter
Fierce cauld the day, it wid quare founder you. An has any yin s(2020) search twitter
@Ultach1014 Aww nay snaw? Am quare scunnerd wit it?? https://t.c (2020) twitter link
@raiphsays Thons a quare rackitt Raiph!!! https://t.co (2021) twitter link
k @SgothanGeal Wheeker, I wus quare be-gunked when I think I wus (2021) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

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