Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'mirky'

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Use in varieties of Scots

mirky	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.5	18	12
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	21.9	2	1
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	10.1	4	1
WCE - West Central	4.6	1	1
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	6.6	5	3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)	102.5	2	2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of mirky in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Mad Geo, Hendry's Holes, Mirky Hole, Blaster Hole on page 11

1 matches

Shetland

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
waatir. Ivry minute da tick, mirky sea wis turnin coorser an coo
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
wadna like tae meet her on a mirky nicht,’ A says.
it in his pennywirth that the mirky waaters cam clair at laist. H
2 matches

General Northern

Templeton, Sheila Tales Fae The Doric Side - La Bella Rebelle, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
e are, in yer Jacobite white, mirky-mou on page 63

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ns tae the Kinnessburn, "what mirky this place is bi hou A mind i on page 125

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
s tae the Kínnessburn, "what mirky this place is bi hou I mind i
I canna believe it. It's that mirky an caller an weet."
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
because they're awfie blate, mirky craiturs. It's an ugsome gree on page 131

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e cin see there is a queer an mirky attachment tae the notion o ' on page 77

1 matches

General Central

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Till cam wan mirky Hallow's Eve on page 37

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
etland), an the commandos, is mirky, becis fowk canna see by the on page 110

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
e nation, throu makkin uiss o mirky chronicles, anent the Pechts on page 131

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
est. She led Hippomenes throu mirky burns fou o sherp stanes, an
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Fae screich o dawn, tae mirky gloamin on page 40

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Doon coul wat mirky pots, tae fill on page 1

1 matches