A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dire Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 3.1 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences96 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 5 3

Occurrences of dire in Corpus

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Central

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Inspired bi dire warnins afore the election an on page 49

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Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
han the cuddies o destruction dire. on page 81

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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
’ Tennis, amid threats o’ dire retribution, in Callum’s di
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
calmness and strength in such dire conditions wis truly a sight
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
d a got in free - its feckin dire (2020) twitter link
the hertz the noo - tbh its dire - ad rether watch sandys lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
you dee, dinna ging near the "Dire Mire" or you'll get stuck or on page 37

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e strae wi a loon cud hiv sic dire consequences. on page 65

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@cligeey tweeted
ms Switched aff at 10 minutes dire stuff(2020) search twitter

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