A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

birsie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 1.5 0 0 98.8 0 0
Number of occurrences203 0 0 17 0 0
Number of authors5 3 2

Occurrences of birsie in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ie slow and settin doon their birsie, bausie huifs wi great tent f on page 6

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Is he a birsie argy-bargyin type? Then we'll on page 118

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
al backgrund tae this roch an birsie kintra is at www.trossachs.fs on page 65

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
stikət/ (steekit), /bɪrsi/ (birsie) on page 23

1 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
yde o a guid freend. We coont Birsie da Hedgehog as een o wir best
Birsie aften comes alang for a yarn
better as a game o catchie wi Birsie. Hit’s surprisin hoo quick
Noo, wi aa dis aetin Birsie wis fairly fattened up an rea
“Does du hae tae hibernate, Birsie?” axed Gutteryaggle.
14 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
uced you tae wir guid freend, Birsie da hedgehog. Whit an onkerry
“I hoop Birsie wunna be yon raamished for da
2 matches

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