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The word 'airs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
airsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus123922
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 144.2 11 2
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of airs in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
outh scupperan conspiratorial airs, on page 5

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
fayther; "dinna give yerself airs! on page 47

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Fit aboot 'airs an graces'. Can it nae be abo (2020) twitter link

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae Doric, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
it’s fur tassies teemt o airs an graces,
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ddenty the wyres turn't o tae airs in her hanns, an she funn at on page 71
mo dosses o weed (at gart the airs steek fest in the watter waar on page 73
aarer or the bled o een o the airs gat steekit fest in the watte on page 74

6 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
rk hard an' hive nae need oO' airs an' graces like some.' on page 29

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
we nae airs or graces on page 116

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
is faither; "don't gie yersel airs! on page 49

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ou drivin wind an rain across Airs Moss tae Muirkirk; an led tha on page 26
, for in the month o June, on Airs Moss juist tae the west o the on page 40
ou lyin deep ablow the sod on Airs Moss, has declared an dischai on page 41
streitcht ayont the braidth o Airs Moss awa tae Wardlaw, Cairn T on page 50
, an we'll get awa across the Airs Moss afore the darkenin.' on page 60
Also on pages 64, 70, 72
9 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Or mufft airs in a mill-damheid on page 10

2 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
d Burns himsel hae ruisit the airs on page 51

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
tle throu the ravelings reuch airs on page 32

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
s are yaisin. Forby, the auld airs are modal or pentatonic an di on page 62

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
musin ye, an your wants, your airs. on page 31

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
airs o cannel-wuid, see, helmstock on page 19

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ae oral tradeetion, takkin in airs peelit tae the parteecular li on page 69

2 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
s faither; "dinnae gie yersel airs! on page 48

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
wi nae airs nor graces. on page 31

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
but owre fu' o' airs n' fairie graces, on page 53

1 matches

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
wi thir coortlie duds an thir airs on page 135

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
es fether; "dinnae gre yersel airs! on page 49

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ur aa his puir Jenny's fancie airs, the' didnae get hir ocht. Th on page 11

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
It was a relief tae drap the airs an graces that had come sae n on page 55

1 matches

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