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Use in varieties of Scots

shuirly Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.5 15.1 0 9.9 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences3430 0 1 3 0 0
Number of authors15 13 1 1

Occurrences of shuirly in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
she wunnert oot loud. "T maun shuirly be near the middle o the worl on page 9
Alison, for the question wis shuirly meant for her. on page 44

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
eid o nicht... an sodgers wad shuirly hae hemmert in the door wi th on page 29
hard wark raisin the rigs wad shuirly yield him a guid crap o tatti on page 50
as they grew aulder, they wad shuirly win throu till he reached his on page 63
e cuid efter they were wad - shuirly that wad be eneuch . . . But, on page 80

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
owk o thon days. We canna ken shuirly hou fowk wha cuidna screive m on page vii

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
On ony nicht shuirly, and ony kindred ghaist or st on page 21

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ge o Gleswegian as 'slang' is shuirly the bastart get o an edicatio on page 9

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
What's deid maun shuirly leeve some day. on page 39

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
wad the Sergeant say tae him? Shuirly he wadnae be puit on a chairg on page 17

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
n the side o oor mither tung. Shuirly the time's richt noo for aw S
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
eckle ongauns o thaim aw maun shuirly be the first official owerset
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
okin at Scots an ah'm thinkin shuirly it's the reid threid oot o th
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
the things that came to pass, shuirly we'd stairt tae mak the richt
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
tae fund oot whit! Slawly but shuirly, ah stairtit tae realise that
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
uglas Park on a Setturday) is shuirly an SNP conference meetin whau
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Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Weel, for an instance, it wad shuirly mean the UK government could,
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
in glorious vaultit canopies. Shuirly naitur’s ain awe-inspirin c
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
EU free trade agreement. That shuirly shaws the importance Europe p
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
IT is shuirly the dream o onybody that writ
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
aisin thair ain language maun shuirly be worth a shot.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
words, this publication maun shuirly succeed in giein a lift tae t
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
ind o mainers an no the best, shuirly, skailin oot the practices o
Mary Johnston’s voice will shuirly be haerd the mair o, as we se
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
ewey. I dinna ken hou, but we shuirly maun.”
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
k! Ay, Cameron wad come back! Shuirly, feres,’ Squaiker cries oot
ide and wheechin his tail, ‘shuirly the’r nane amang ye ’at w
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we hae that Scotia is weel an shuirly ayont ony doot ae internal co(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
but thinkan some wey yet hid shuirly is. on page 130

1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
y sood I no gaeng tae da Foy? Shuirly hit duisna maiter whit a body on page 35

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