A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

curnie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.9 1.5 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences63 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors3 2 2

Occurrences of curnie in Corpus

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Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ng (auld anes, auld anes wi a curnie words an names chyngit for ou on page 129

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ear sensyne, me an Jenny an a curnie o
Whit we saw insteid wis a curnie fowk that the sense o thaim
2 matches

Doric

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
It wis a curnie o this an a haunfa o that her on page 20

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ht tae hersel, takin tent o a curnie chessmen doun i the chimley-n on page 15
"Och, gin ye please! There a curnie sintit rashes!" Ailice hoocht on page 73

2 matches

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