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Use in varieties of Scots

sairie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 8.5 3 0 0 0 17.7
Number of occurrences2317 2 0 0 0 4
Number of authors8 6 1 2

Occurrences of sairie in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
e lauched again. Syne he grew sairie: on page 87

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
and Dowie Teeger, a Seik and Sairie Teeger, a Wee and Waefu Teege on page 104

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
wey ir ither. Barbar feiillit sairie fur'm an socht ti gie thaim a on page 46

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
. Than wi a sair strussil the sairie trewth cam til hir. The meira on page 2
it hir ti hir bed. Tittie wes sairie ti sei in the buikskelfs o th on page 8

3 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
"A'm awfu sairie" I apologeesed . . . but Aunt on page 118

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s kens, Bill Findlay dee'd, a sairie tinsal tae the Scottish theat on page 109

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
irties. Thon wes a curn o the sairie faks at Mirren leirit as shae
thocht, an A’m geyan sairie A didna hede thair warnishins
maist peitie-fu. Thai wes aw sairie
tilt doun an telt Grant o hir sairie anterkest. Thai
iz dewtie. Eftir, tho, he wes sairie an socht ti apologeise.
8 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
Man!’ She smiled. ‘A’m sairie, bit, aye. Me an aa. Noo ye
1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
he Fite Keing makin a slaa an sairie straachle up fae rib tae rib, on page 18
p an dowie souch. It wes fell Sairie, seeminly, an Ailice wad hae on page 39

2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"I'm sairie," said Esther, examinin the m on page 5
"Sairie. I wasnae weel." on page 54
"Sairie, dear," said Maisie. "I wasna on page 56

3 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
“Sairie,” Dorothy wis richt an thra
1 matches

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