A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

burnie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 3.6 16.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences187 11 0 0 0 0
Number of authors7 4 3

Occurrences of burnie in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Ach, damn the burnie an the brae, on page 32
Bi the burnie's watters, skyrie-seelent? on page 72

2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 73 - Guest, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
I cam til a hoose bi a burnie's side, on page 61

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
all is Drizzle the Cloud, Wee Burnie, The Loch Ness Monster's Comi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
t of the Urn. They are By the burnie that feeds the muckle Dee, Be
s. Wi a rowein rhythm, By the burnie that feeds the muckle Dee tel
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
guys n good luck - b oan the burnie (2021) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Tales Fae The Doric Side - Kelpie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
the burnie gurgled by. on page 13

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ch wis slippen aw thi wuty up Burnie's Brae, An eence we got ower on page 20

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
wee green hedgikies raxin fae burnie tae burnie. on page 31
uaetlins an said "It's jist a burnie we hae tae lowp ower." Aabody on page 40
Queen's fyaakie ower a little burnie. The Queen streikit out her a on page 69
wes leeft tae drift doun the burnie as it hikit, or it snuived do on page 73
ere! An here acwally a little burnie! Atweel iss is the maist unco on page 75
Also on pages 100
9 matches

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