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Use in varieties of Scots

stirrin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 4.1 4.5 0 0 20.7 13.3
Number of occurrences168 3 0 0 2 3
Number of authors13 7 3 1 2

Occurrences of stirrin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
cook wis leanin aer the fire, stirrin a big cauldron that looked li on page 58
e hint; bit the cook wis busy stirrin the soup, an didnae seem tae on page 60

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
n suit. That's whey he was ay stirrin it. Makin her look bad. Makin on page 1

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
y spoken aloud, felt somethin stirrin deep doon inside her. 'It's l on page 178

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
A stirrin wean. on page 200

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
han she wes ben the keiching, stirrin denty mixters in a
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Then jine an’ swell yon stirrin’ noise,
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
fae Kenny wis jist pure $$$$ stirrin o the highest order ! Ayeways (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
need a dicht The Lonach Men A stirrin sicht on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
region," said Gerald, finally stirrin himsel te spik. "Elspeth's br on page 28

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Bert Dugald, 'that Gloag wis stirrin fear.' on page 118

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
cook was leanin ower th fire, stirrin a muckle cauldron which seeme on page 57
hint; but th cook was busily stirrin th soup, an seemed no tae b' on page 59

2 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ook wus Jeanin ower the fire, stirrin a big cauldron that seemt tae on page 58
e hint; but the cook wus busy stirrin the soup, an didnae seem tae on page 60

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Keep stirrin aa tha time tae it biles an l on page 28

1 matches

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