A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

tirr Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.5 1.5 3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences53 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors3 1 2

Occurrences of tirr in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
meltit lava; she wis in sic a tirr that her een were glisterin. on page 125
The Trunchbull wis in sic a tirr that she'd taen a pure riddy on page 156
n afore the class, in a richt tirr. Her muckle bosie wis heavin on page 160

3 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ie ae nicht wis in spate I'll tirr doon tae the skin an throw ma on page 15

1 matches

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