A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

toorie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.3 1 16.4 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences142 11 0 0 1 0
Number of authors8 2 5 1

Occurrences of toorie in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
dle wi him an his spunks! Yer toorie's gallus, yer spikes feel she on page 4

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
l be in Inglis, wi Scots as a toorie on the tap. Maist o whit is s on page 56

1 matches

Doric

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
ing up til it, pit on a wooly toorie, watterpreef jaicket, an mak on page 37

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Here I stan toorie in han on page 96
See a toorie on page 187

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n her thrapple, hauled on her toorie an jaiket an set aff ootside.
eid croon, a sma reid spirkin toorie far Northies' bairns an puckl
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e tae hing this auld scarf an toorie on. I’m gettin a new set fr
clappit the toorie on tap o his heid.
2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
. I'll definitely be gettin a toorie and scarf seen. Jist ti keep (2020) search twitter
er iss. I canna find my ither toorie. https://t.co/Hjo4pRTCI8(2021) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@DeesideDon Sell ye a toorie min(2020) search twitter
It's affa hain ti weer a toorie in July(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@JMcL14 Toorie (2020) twitter link