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wirds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words273.4 246.7 193 586.3 993.9 237.7 66.4
Number of occurrences876480 128 59 171 23 15
Number of authors107 54 25 5 19 3 3

Occurrences of wirds in Corpus

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
etic spellins an coinages fir wirds where there's nae current con on page vi
r, bit thought they wir grand wirds tae say.) on page 9
le wis a paper label, wae the wirds "DRINK ME" printit oan it in on page 13
it a totey wee cake, wae the wirds "EAT ME" wrote oan it beautif on page 14
wfy hoarse an stringe, an the wirds didnae Seem tae come the wey on page 19
Also on pages 20, 27, 34, 38, 50, 55, 60, 61, 93, 94, 98, 102, 105, 120
22 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
gods withoot wirds on page 56

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
A moch that scaffs up wirds! Ah thocht it strynge tae hea on page 13
ou come it teuk five thoosand wirds tae say? on page 25
BEDE'S DEEIN WIRDS on page 46

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
eltit wi a lang raw o sweerie-wirds fae Paddy, cawin Archie a mak on page 22

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
yd. Whit made a total o fower wirds we'd spak atween us sae faur on page 27

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
wi a fantoosh paittern an the wirds, 'Albert Creerie's Fine Dundr on page 26

1 matches

McNeil, Andrew Lallans 58 - Carnegie’s Turning, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
No jist tinkering wi Freedom wirds on page 122

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t A wis raxin til wis tae gie wirds til a particular conception t on page 33
n they bide sister leids, sic wirds belang co-equally tae the bai on page 34
ht weel be Scots, jist as the wirds, verbal, hyperbole an ejacula on page 36

7 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
ary tae January, aw the haird wirds taen oot an glossed, aw the i on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
y the tune and the frst three wirds. In ma bairnheid ah had kent on page 6

5 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
than ony braw wirds we micht gab amang on page 13
In Scotland oor wirds on page 18
tavern than the Uni. Thir wirds ye scrievit on page 23
patter then began, wirds wee haun grenades on page 24
Wirds oan stanes no yit ma ain on page 41
Also on pages 42, 45, 52, 55, 77
12 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
end tae the soond an muisic o wirds an speilit wi the ambiguities on page vii

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
wirds fir vyces tint i' the wun on page 167

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Aa wirds are stanes, in a wey, on page 197

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
them fir aathin. I winna tyne wirds on sic mistaen nories, but et on page 56

1 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
is - faur mair nor juist the wirds an meanins thit occur anely i on page 59

5 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
The Food of the Scots (2007), Wirds an' Wark 'e Seasons Roon on a on page 5

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wunnerous his wirds that haesna learnt tae talk, on page 61
Uisin wirds like "algorithms" and declari on page 75
der, ye wunner, ye mebbe hear wirds still raw, on page 127

3 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Iona. The wirds spit frae his mooth lik a tel on page 4

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
r a ramasse o ma prattik. Tak wirds o onie aige ir frae onie airt on page 10
ti resaived Scots"; an Scots "wirds ar awreddies contened ben Ing on page 11

6 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
ain mishanters, lat me in twa wirds gie ye wittins o the lare o m on page 5

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ls" afore. She unnerstuid the wirds he wis sayin but still thocht on page 8
foreign phrases and fantoosh wirds. "Somethin tae dae wi trains? on page 65
the coupon. There's hunners o wirds for fowk like thon, but "blat on page 74
rse didnae even ken that mony wirds. In nae time at aw they'd pit on page 81
need tae look up some o these wirds." on page 87
Also on pages 137
6 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
A vernear says thir wirds back at him, Ay, life gauns o on page 125

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Sic wirds are rash. on page 21
Their wirds I'll nae forget. on page 22
: Say awa; an be free wi your wirds. on page 24
Ye need ti caum your wirds, ma dear. on page 25
Wirds, wirds - crying inti the air an dus on page 26
Also on pages 27, 32, 34, 35
29 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
coorse the distinctive Scots wirds. Sae the tendency is tae lea on page 9

7 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
e can juist aboot mak oot the wirds on page 22

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
a mixter-maxter o soonds and wirds, phonemes and morphemes, that on page 3

2 matches

Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
k tae the chiefs wae familiar wirds, in wiys they could unnerstau on page 11

1 matches

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
fe sum, sic as uisin the auld wirds an the plain speakin, that wi on page 21

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 1 - Ye’re Still Here? It’s Ower. Gang Hame., (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ture..." If ye dinnae ken the wirds, nod alang tae the tune. on page 24

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
-wringin guide tells us mair. Wirds hing heavy. on page 14

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
the somebody wid be, and thae wirds left him feelin gey feart. on page 96
us?" they murmured, and their wirds birled and belloched aroond i on page 108

3 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
forbye pit fine tunes tae the wirds o Angus poets like Violet Jac on page 77

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
trate the meanin or meanins o wirds. Then cuttin and pastin fae t on page 15
This text contains the wirds perteign and actournay and th on page 20

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
e she wis haein bother wi her wirds. "Ah'll gie ye ffrup'mff apei on page 69

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
it, an tae see that juist the wirds theirsels haes naethin awfu t on page 124

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ae room an lock the door! Or wirds tae that effeck - Ah haenna on page 56

6 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
...' he seyd efter aboot ten wirds. He'd lost taste fir the darg on page 18

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
end o a wide range o differin wirds. In East Lothian ther's Monkt
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
plattered wi biggin tairms an wirds an he herks back tae youthhei
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
noo aither. Bit he mindit the wirds.
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Takkin Burns wirds in the dictionar thegither in
l aspects o hochmagandy. Thir wirds are no that weel attestit in
, he has kept a huge nummer o wirds alive in the minds o Scots wh
3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ee the richt Scots soondins o wirds. We could leuk at this passag
cial diacritic for the "u" in wirds like "full", "bull" an "pull"
it haein little tae say anent wirds in the common Scots/English v
should be in the same cless o wirds as "fit", as fornenst wirds l
as "fit", as fornenst wirds like "guid", "buid", "shuin"
49 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
I vernear says thir wirds back at him, Ay, life gauns o
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
heir can be atween some Scots wirds, aither wi thae differs bein
ts that whiles Scots haes twa wirds whaur English juist haes ane.
, tho, will aften, in Burns's wirds, shudder at the niffer.
ilar irony's committit wi the wirds "last/lest": insteed o dingin
i a "i" (unassimilate foreign wirds like "macaroni" uphaud their
7 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
ae the group efter she'd haed wirds wi the richt fowk in her depa
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Wiouten wirds, Tammas onlukkit the duir an
bein dumpit ti the stot o the wirds bi hir neive, thus gates ti m
ur hirsell at hir brither’s wirds wes
cuidna finnd wirds bot Maistres Stein didna hae
rs wes smored bi thon cowshus wirds.
16 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
ype o minority leids no haein wirds fir ‘modren’ concepts –
that English ‘disnae hae’ wirds fir thae concepts aither: hel
2 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
Plans maun contain. In ither wirds, commitments ocht tae be stra
blishit airticles aboot Scots wirds in The Herald newspaper for t
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
aither, but thir wis his vera wirds, an that wis it startit.
shed she coud whiech awae the wirds, an Stuart hissel haudin his
2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
n Caledonian Cool. Its apenin wirds were, “’We’re gonna nee
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
n - ioun raither nor - ion in wirds lik commiseratioun an emendat
mair nor fifty per cent o the wirds i The Oxford English Dictiona
ain dialecks, but the muckle wirds frae Laitin an Greek. Sic wir
frae Laitin an Greek. Sic wirds ten tae be lang – they afte
French). It allood deifficult wirds simply tae be cairried ower f
9 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
spellin an rinnin thegither o wirds, baith Scots an Inglish, tae
ae a bare-banes ootwale o 850 wirds in an international lingua fr
6). Ane o thae anes, in ither wirds. The Basic Inglish Bible haes
icht” in a beuk o a million wirds wad tak that lang it’d nive
k ingang tae the meinin o the wirds in thair ain leid, no tae air
5 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
tae this vowel in ither Scots wirds. Auld Inglis feoht or, in Aul
There are mony wirds sic as fermer an fairmer or h
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Scotland. Thare no-staundart wirds o baith Scots an Irish oreegi
l haes the upper haund. Scots wirds is in fact fund athort the no
o coorse varies by region, an wirds o Irish oreegin micht coud be
aund, A hear few or nae Irish wirds no pairt o Lawland Scots (e.g
d oot that ither common Scots wirds isna uised, aither in Northre
9 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
But a play is naethin athoot wirds and whit wirds dae we finnd i
and whit wirds dae we finnd in the five play
g is the large nummer o Scots wirds that are daein awa fine in th
chap, redd, swank etc. – aw wirds aboot whilk there can be nae
A puckle o the wirds are worth o comment and A’l
5 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e howes o their feelins intae wirds.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
is weel wordy o MacDiarmid's wirds 'austerely intoxicating'.
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
oor orra relationship wi the wirds we uise, as individuals an as
antly moothin somebody else's wirds; wirds that, God bless 'em, m
; wirds that, God bless 'em, micht we
e the mooths o the bots, thae wirds are deid as ye like.
te it fae the proper, English wirds. But ye dinnae need tae pit y
6 matches

Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
wha care mair aboot the deid wirds than the spikkers wha gie tha
tae tell fowk aboot thaim, in wirds that were baith true tae the
2 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
t stairt turnin aw these guid wirds o oors intae deeds. Preach th
Gospel, the mannie says. Uise wirds if necessary. Weel, ye can ha
2 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
ommon launds an, thereby, the wirds we need tae describe them. In
a tea-towel. A sma haundfu o wirds - Hoose. Cauld. Fower. Waws.
Mind, mebbe wirds arnae aw they'r cracked up ta
3 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
is easy for me tae uise Scots wirds, wance ah'd lairnt thaim. An
e sense, tae be telt that the wirds ye uise like auld freends, wi
ye uise like auld freends, wirds that gie ye hert, wirds that
that gie ye hert, wirds that flow frae yer core when
red even tae think; that thae wirds ye love an uise ilkaday, eith
8 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
makkit up stew o cringewirthy wirds. Coorse, as a Scots enthusias
, Scots necessitats tae bring wirds fae sindry airts an times the
ational an literary medium wi wirds fae ilka Scottish dialects. N
a hunert years syne. In ither wirds, the problem wi Modren Scots
emotic' micht mean). In ither wirds, aabodie see ilk ither as a m
5 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
is - yin o mebbes a haunfu o wirds o antiquity a pickle o Scots
d reality. Scots wisnae fower wirds in an braw accent. It wis som
e unnerstaun the meanin o the wirds. Forby, it helped me tae unne
intae the Scots dictionar, an wirds sic as daurklins, drumly, glo
tae play wi whitever leids an wirds we like wioot fear o reprisal
7 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ae my post frae afore, Tap 10 wirds the Scots language haes gien
aes gien the warld. Ane o the wirds ben yon piece wis convene, th
mance’) lendwirds in Scots, wirds like ascend, authorise, cogni
aker, consíders thir Romance wirds tae be English, or at least S
Examples o wirds recordit in Scots afore Engli
9 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ts Renaissance cultur. Strang wirds. Thocht tae hae been componed
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Sellar spak his maist famous wirds: “Ach, she’s lived lang e
ter she wis deid, wi nae mair wirds spoken than thon abuin.
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
hiny white cairds wi seasonal wirds like ‘Bonnie Yule’ or ‘
micht hae mindit the scornfu wirds o ma granny whan she foond on
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
hamely fare taks a back seat. Wirds like fajita, pittabreid, nanb
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
stap tae sic activities. Her wirds hae pit the wind up the gemmk
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
? Is it just the sounds o the wirds, how they birl on yir tung th
19/9/14, they were the finest wirds yiv ever written. Thank you).
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
smattered an aw wi the Scots wirds 'baith' 'haunds' 'wursels' 'f
raid an equally rich reinge o wirds. It's like haein the areddy f
Migraasje - migration o wirds
Migraasje - migration o wirds vairsions in Scots and Shetla
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Migraasje - migration o wirds
amphlet Migraasje migration o wirds, no cause Scots an Frisians c
Migraasje migration o wirds is a walin o 19 owerset poems
Migraasje migration o wirds vairsions in Scots and Shetla
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
speakers, an so Ah huv yaised wirds frae ither airts fur the brai
1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
yer mither they was sayin bad wirds. She didnae like ye mixin wi
in wi thae fowk that said bad wirds.
2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
hoormaisters ...” Twa mair wirds tae ask hes gran aboot, Wulli
artime. Bit onyane yaisin the wirds Churchill an guid man in the
2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Sanct Hub’s, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
wi the wirds, JOHN KNOX HIS CHAIR kervit o
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
wi the soonds in wir wirds.
o the wirds,
An hauf ma wirds
wurnae even richt wirds,
the richt wirds,
20 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
the tuin and the first three wirds o. I haed kent the tuin i’
my dream. And mairower, the wirds o the sang cam back an-aa —
o the sang cam back an-aa — wirds, I dout, ’at wis sang by th
y uptaen the tuin and a wheen wirds, and as tae the gleg anes, si
e ah-bay-say, but couldna pit wirds thegither. Boxer couldna win
6 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s identity to Rongye?” The wirds wis haurd tae say. He felt hi
t. She had pickit up a hantle wirds fae thon awfu Stephen, an ken
her unnerstaunin some o thair wirds.
et her ee an repeatit the ilk wirds that Tad had sayed, as faur a
shuk her heid an repeatit the wirds ‘for eatin’ a wheen times
12 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
tae the census wi the muivin wirds, “it is, therefore, richt t
ivvverin mair nor 15 thoosant wirds. Noo these dinna aw line up p
2 matches

Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
and pittin doon jist a pickle wirds, images or sentences that com
1 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
Fur inspiration, mind o the wirds frae Escape by Rupert Holmes,
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Scots wirds – a screed!
1 matches

Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
. He’s no said in sae many wirds but ahve heard enough tae wor
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
includin: accent (phonology), wirds (vocabulary), grammar and syn
iom (seyins, specific yaise o wirds, etc).
n the middle and at the end o wirds are pronoonced. In English, o
e rhotic pronoonciation o the wirds ‘girl’ or ‘world’ in
lish speikers pronoonce Scots wirds that kythe in Scottish Stauna
13 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
Scots has monie wirds fur tae express the English
in collocations and compoond wirds forby.
in collocations and compoond wirds forby. Ye micht ding doon an
le. Syne there’s braw Scots wirds sic as ‘aye-bidin’; liter
nnerstaun the unnerlyin three wirds (especially the mair Scots fi
8 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
chiel choreyin credit fur her wirds. Poem 66 is ane elegy in fema
ious, whaurivver a wumman’s wirds are fund.
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
luve, which, in the poet’s wirds, truth shall pruive ‘sa far
d aince mair no jist Ruth’s wirds tae Naomi in the Auld Testame
can speir oot the roots o the wirds ‘Sapphic’ and ‘lesbian
r o ‘quh-’ at the stert o wirds that noo stert wi ‘wh-’:
Scots, is seen representit in wirds sic as ‘licht’, ‘hicht
6 matches

wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
me it micht mean simply a few wirds in thair vocabulary, tae ithe
rich dialect wi its byordinar wirds an expressions. Scrievit Scot
2 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Tae Ilka Scots Makar an Scriever, (twitter.com 2022) Central, poetry
Weel A've got twa wirds for tae skair wi sic loons:
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Ootby, (twitter 2022) Central, poetry
er kens nocht aboot whit thir wirds say
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Cantin ma wirds tae confabble an lear,
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Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
hert o this chaumer. They are wirds perfit fur debate sic as “s
or ayebydand land whaur Scots wirds sic as “smirr”, “caller
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
een sangs, tales, identities, wirds. Wi them has gaen ae mair fit
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
in o ilka sentence, forby the wirds yaised fur tae big it, are un
rby a kenable hantle o shared wirds, they can aft echo yin anithe
Monie wirds hae dootless stravaiged fae G
e maist kenspeckle o Scottish wirds sic as whisky (fae uisge-beat
rn, crag and sporran. Aw thir wirds come fae Gaelic, and are pair
17 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
A'm personally votin fur thae wirds. :)(2019) search twitter

@jack_capener tweeted
OorVyce @makforrit Awfie kind wirds, thank ye!(2019) search twitter
Nae wirds. https://t.co/XjlE7ERKe6(2019) search twitter
leids like English daes - aw wirds an thair variations are aye o(2019) search twitter
r wha’s alloued tae uise oor wirds, an for whit. That’s aw by w(2018) search twitter
StuartPoet A cannae pit intae wirds hou muckle it means tae me ta(2018) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
When ye rin oot o English wirds for hou radge the hale thing (2018) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Iona, ye've taen the wirds richt oot ma mooth! SNP large (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
years syne*; ¥ fernyear- new wirds tae(2020) search twitter
an the lairnin o it... forbye wirds for poilitcks an as thon is a(2020) search twitter
ot tae fin a Scots wirdbank o wirds for current environmental an (2020) search twitter
@TriciaMarwick Wyse wirds frae ae wyse wumman.(2020) search twitter
@MhairiHunter I hae nae wirds for the@!(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
language, only A ken hauf the wirds awready!!" (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
@molach95 Ah luik up Inglish wirds aa the time. Dis that mean Ah(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
Couple o sweery wirds in it, sae this is NSFWY (no (2021) twitter link
tae @makforrit's list o Scots wirds that share cognates wi wirds (2021) twitter link
help bairns yaise the #Scots wirds fir animals: https://t.co/kEc (2021) twitter link
ower the warld yaisin #Scots wirds withoot kennin! https://t.co/ (2021) twitter link
See the wirds here: https://t.co/CC889WmxeV (2020) twitter link
and 30 other occurrences.

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
tae the dizzen, but jist nae wirds ... weel that wis the ayeweys on page 84

3 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
Thase wirds cam baak tae Zander, as he st on page 30

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
t that aa love, an particular wirds that dinnae exist in ither fo on page 9
than tellin folk how we hink wirds should be spelt. Gled 0 at, c on page 10

2 matches

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
taly. We learned some Italian wirds an Carlo seen picked up aneuc on page 27
Wirds canna express that reunion an on page 29

3 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Aa come fae wirds, nae nummers, on page 33

2 matches

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - My Faither's Fowk, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
een glisk o thon wirds on page 36
a clamjafry a wirds, on page 38

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Bullied, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Yer an ugly dafty ... their wirds brocht pain on page 56

1 matches

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ure afore him, but he had nae wirds tae dae so. Donald seemed tae on page 77

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
's gaun te bi different." The wirds tummle oot. "Fit if Jamie dis on page 94

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
rite postcards nae doot Three wirds Jean hid written - Let pussy on page 15

1 matches

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
st: "trust the horse" - wise wirds. My nickname ower the trip wi on page 25

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Young anes' wirds an vyces - on page 6
there. Doric's mair then jist wirds an a wye o spikkin: it's an a on page 7
es Ah micht, Ah cudna fin the wirds te say fit Ah raelly thocht. on page 8
wifie in a puckle weel-chosen wirds. on page 9
aramel." Winnie regrettit the wirds es seen es they war oot o er on page 15
Also on pages 16, 25, 34, 65, 75, 78
14 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
a roch spoken hizzy. In ither wirds, ye wint rid o the lad?" on page 94

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Insteid o makkin up the wirds, on page 5
"Ye've a richt wye wi wirds," said Joyce sarcastically as on page 11
.' Donald's mither. in-laaw's wirds gid roon an roon inside his h on page 40
er it the wifie's sharp-edged wirds - a painfu echo fae the past on page 43
na ogle her assets.' Stevie's wirds jumpit te the front g Ronnie' on page 60
Also on pages 66, 78, 83, 89, 91, 92, 96
13 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
lt him aboot e starrie. Sae e wirds o e prophit, Jeremiah cam abo on page 8
areth. Iss wis tae fullfill e wirds o e prophits: 'He'll be ca'ed on page 9
r got up an they winnert at e wirds att cam oot o his moo. "Is is on page 86
is heart gies neen bit ill. E wirds att come oot o e moo, come re on page 90
tae catch him oot wi his ain wirds. on page 101
Also on pages 112, 115, 117, 120
9 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d, haudin up a han against is wirds, ma een fullin es Ah finally on page 18
appit er moo wi er han es the wirds cam tummlin oot. on page 22
then take it from there. The wirds Ronnie hid read earlier cam b on page 40

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
nae tongue, and there wir nae wirds she could spikk. He led her t on page 122

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
The cantrip-wirds sall haad ye ticht, on page 8
me like our byeuks, abies the wirds rins the idder gait: I ken aa on page 14
I haad it up til a gless the wirds ull aa ging the richt wye aga on page 20
ce cwid finn tae say, for the wirds o the aal sang war gyaan dirl on page 48
h! Och!" Jist as she said the wirds the breist-preen flew aipen, on page 67
Also on pages 82, 83, 95
9 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
the neebors' bairns kent twa wirds o the oaths that cam ooto ma on page 51

2 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
An mony war the weary wirds
But if ye speak the ancient wirds
2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
pokken for himsel an nae haen wirds pit in’s moo. A thocht it w
his mither an spootin oot the wirds she’d gien him tae say.
2 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
- even fan he didna ken the wirds! an ate his sweeties an crisp
1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
mar an a rich reenge o unique wirds, sufficiently fulfillin the r
ic focus on the development o wirds, leid awareness, an phonologi
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
a muckle green steen wi three wirds on't, 'Sgian o Sgian', that m
s weel if nae better than the wirds in the Haly Buik that he wis
e o't, I'm nae muckle eese wi wirds.'
an takkin a richt moofu o the wirds. He hid a pouerfu voice, Jock
rseman wis Cain, an the magic wirds that could reist a horse or c
12 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
aloused she wis meeved bi the wirds o the poem; sae raxxed his ai
llock cairt itsel, in her ain wirds
they cud jist makk oot these wirds: Natalie. May god forgive us
3 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
be winnert aat that a hantle wirds got misst oot in e process. F
A curn Scots wirds ye winna fin in es beuk fooiv
On th’ither haan there’s wirds here ye michtna expeck tae fi
3 matches

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
n the oomfort a pucklie Doric wirds can gie folk in a stressful s
1 matches

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
picture. She coouldn get ony wirds oot o her moo! I jist lookit
1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ildlife aroond us, is, in the wirds o Presly hersel, “our duty
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ply replied, wi his best kent wirds: “Aye, an fa’s feel ar yo
1 matches

Diansangu, Mae Doric, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
pot o cantrips, an pint wirds full a
smeddum an spit an stars. wirds at can fecht
wirds peeled aff the bones an wrung
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wirds:
wirds aboot washin machines that br
2 matches

Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
Back hame his mither’s wirds cam stuttin doon lik rain.
1 matches

Harper, Edith Soon Awa, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
a mind cam oot wi a the richt wirds
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Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
b, J.C. Milne, aa in the auld wirds, couthie, bonnie
orn, he drave the gaitherin o wirds on
ar Kynoch penned. Ye’ll see wirds on First Bus gaun by
i Buchan an Toulmin- hoards o wirds baith gleg an spry
An RGU pit online lists o wirds like hornygollach jist fur fo
7 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
rted fan the teacher said the wirds, those unknawinst beluvit wir
, those unknawinst beluvit wirds. And it stairted fan I repeat
and ma tongue o fine, gustie wirds will be pit awa in a wee box,
And I sit and I read the same wirds and the same sense, ower and
4 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
if nae bi usin it, an wi mair wirds than ye wid? https://t.co/BY9(2020) search twitter

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
yersel' in @BrewDogJames wi' wirds If thon giepit hoor @realDona(2015) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Wirds ah'll be had wi wifies choice(2018) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
rich source o Scots an Gaelic wirds fer bairns tae learn aboot la (2020) twitter link
hem A'm presenting tae. These wirds will be used by them when the (2020) twitter link
wird GADGIE. Ither traveller wirds that are seen as Banff wirds (2021) twitter link
A puckle handy wirds revived tae bambaze the fowk (2020) twitter link
ric_Ally A fair wheen o Scots wirds feature in Rebel Tongue https (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
irst, falteran steps - first wirds thoo said - on page 28
In ither wirds, you're stuck wi them so dinn on page 36
Yelled some wirds o nonsense and skipped back r on page 37
He means far more than wirds can say. on page 38
If he lets rip wi his swear wirds when the minister's aroond. on page 55
Also on pages 83
8 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
sno chaenged, nae more as the wirds on page 3
o pittan up wirds, o bidan, belongan, an waanti on page 8
The wirds is lood in thir peedie quaate on page 11
ustments: wha sits whar, whit wirds is needed, on page 16
Her faithers' credited wirds - first barman, on page 21
Also on pages 32, 72, 74, 76, 77, 84, 91, 95, 101, 128, 149, 152, 159
19 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
Whit wey d'ye spaell wirds in Orcadian? on page 8
title haes three good Orkney wirds: on page 9

6 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Yet the awld wirds on page 13
Wirds on page 125

5 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
and utteran wirds as saft as plinkers on page 58

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
thair wirds sweetchan tae marrae Darling
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
whit A want tae write wi this wirds, this tongue.
elpfully fatalistic – an in wirds ye miss hearan, yir wirk affe
guage, bit hid wisno aa aboot wirds at wir tint: hid wis affens a
3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
ir uissed tae hearin the teum wirds o public relations slidder sn
hir screed's final lines – wirds at jummled archaisms, contemp
firms intae a nyow aald leid, wirds pangit wi anxieties o cless a
ik the leid o govrenment, the wirds o the policie lench screed wi
ddrie or Sighthill accents an wirds, an whit leid policie cad gar
6 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
o the owld wirds, hoo they wir delivered.
e the North Isles in search o wirds for his dictionary o The Orkn
2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
bit tae drap a the daiälekt wirds an adopt Standard English voo
Engleesh, onlee yeusin Orkney wirds an speleens fir spesific merk
speleens fir spesific merkir wirds at sha the spaeker’s Orcadi
aivan. Bit hid cin introdyeus wirds an the thot o ritan Orkney la
an yeusan a thrang o Orcadian wirds an idyims, whethir or no hid
6 matches

@HJosephineGiles tweeted
@shaetlan_rose Ach, thee wirds is that kind, A'm reidan. Bly(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
gues baith ida grammar an ida wirds. Athin standard English you'l on page V
hö tocht dey wir fine graand wirds ta say.) on page 9
ttle but a paper label, wi da wirds "DRINK ME" printit aafil boan on page 12
n a peerie mootie cake, wi da wirds "AET ME" written boannie-wyes on page 14
am oot haerse an uncan, an da wirds didna come da sam as dey wir on page 19
Also on pages 20, 27, 34, 38, 51, 56, 61, 62, 95, 100, 104, 108, 123
20 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
his wirds ir on my tongue. on page 24
open my mooth du kens da very wirds A'll say. on page 47
Man, dunna haep up a bruck o wirds - tinkin dat da mair you say on page 93
wid condemn himsel wi his ain wirds. An dey wanted ta pit him tae on page 147

4 matches

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
dy wirds sae dry dey sift on page 14

3 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e oot da Christmas cairds, da wirds a Basil Anderson da Unst poet on page 1
fur da first time, in his ain wirds, aboot da accident at shatter on page 58

2 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
wie dis wirds: on page 13

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
s nyaagin fae shampsin muckle wirds; on page 35

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Wirds cam, took owre, shapit on page 19

11 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
A lok o wirds on page 27

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
is bi-/multilingual. In idder wirds: spaekin twa languages (or ma on page 19
faas oot o da mooth. In idder wirds, da phonemes isna da very par on page 22
dem (/dɛm/), aless inna sum wirds (laek ithoot 'without', prono on page 27
stresses, an langer strings o wirds haes different kinds o intona on page 28
ds espeecially inna da peerie wirds, so at de'll be twa forms fir on page 29
Also on pages 30, 36, 38, 39, 43, 44, 46, 51, 56, 61, 66, 69, 75, 77, 78, 80, 98, 99, 105, 107
60 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Celebrate in wirds on page 21
skilin fur laand: guid wirds on page 22
We scrit wir wirds ta mak connection on page 26
sharp calaphine, me wi blunt wirds - time on page 86
I savoured dy aerly wirds is dey cam, on page 107
Also on pages 108
12 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
ort, he listened as Charlie's wirds faded awey.
1 matches

De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
ct cantor for a chorus o göd wirds.
1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Pieriewys, (Shetland For Wirds 2005) Shetland, poetry
spaekin pieriemootie wirds
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Gaet-markers, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
da stert, dey wir a makkin o wirds.
an wirds for seekin hit whan lost; for
Some o da best wirds is for finnin
3 matches

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
wirds wrocht fae common treeds: we'
1 matches

Mainland, Jim Love (After Miroslav Holub), (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
A mird o wirds
1 matches

Irvine, Chloe Untitled Poem, (The Scotsman 2021) Shetland - Whalsay, poetry
Is I huy tu dyit up un lat du wirds oot,
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
His weel-meant wirds, sae he got a snippen sairin!
An ey wi saft an luckin wirds is vaamed him
"My bairn, whitten wirds is creipit dy teeth's grinnd?
3 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
da written standard. In idder wirds, ta caa a language a dialect
haetlan fock spaeks. In idder wirds, fae bein dialect fae a UK po
who were parked.’ In idder wirds, a singular verb wi a plural
for ‘who were.’ In idder wirds, da differs is onnly i da pro
haetlan, haes ony non-English wirds ithin him. Dis is no caase I
27 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
Linguistic "false freends" ir wirds or expressions at look or soo
istak. Aa dey ir is different wirds an expressions athin twa diff

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
s, only we haven't). In idder wirds, StE maks øs o da sam form f

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2017) Shetland
na maitter foo you spell your wirds; we aa spaek different an' di
t areas ö Shetlan' pronounce wirds different, so it follows dat
hae saekkan a rich tapesty ö wirds.

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
reminded just noo o comparin wirds wi pals fae Scandinavia an Ge
ee such discussion o similar wirds (some at could soond da sam b

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
n ice cream. I aksed him whit wirds startit wi da 'i' soond an he

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
in aside een. Yon’s da very wirds he said!” said Gutteryaggle
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
heard hit. Da moo at browt da wirds tae mi lugs wis D'bi Young An
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
a ‘right’ wird is, Shetland wirds irna ‘wrong’ an shouldna be (2021) twitter link

@HazelTindall tweeted
rwirds wirks hard ta keep wir wirds an grammar gyaain.(2019) search twitter
aracters need ta ös da richt wirds.(2020) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
nguage wis a lexicon o 'tabu' wirds, it cam fae de notion dat tae(2020) search twitter

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
(Heraclitus's wirds wir descreivit bi the auncien on page 215

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
wi the wirds o intromission an eleision,
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
Gey braw handsellin wirds in braid Scots leid, nae mait(2020) search twitter
nglish but wi a wheen o Scots wirds hoyed in sae yin even has a g(2020) search twitter
owa and doon by. An a wheen o wirds we lost are noo kistit an chy(2020) search twitter
e, a riddy is a beamer, baith wirds Ah grew up yaisin a lot. A bi(2020) search twitter
k roon Glesca area the noo wi wirds oot nae Scots dictionary, eve(2020) search twitter
and 16 other occurrences.

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ye git," said Esther, hurlin wirds intae the bak as she buttoned on page 1
in amangst the sourness o the wirds that had fell frae Esther McC on page 5
ompted Maisie. He echae'd the wirds in a whusper. on page 13
' Hughie chairged on, but his wirds wur met bae a quait Daniel. " on page 14
ore she had time tae plan hir wirds. It was too late tae stairt t on page 15
Also on pages 16, 20, 30, 36, 43, 45, 48
13 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
el if ye ken even twa'r three wirds, on page 44

1 matches

@Rosehill_girl tweeted
nk you for sharing, Angeline. Wirds wi’ hairt ?? (2020) twitter link

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