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Use in varieties of Scots

dirl Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.2 10.6 24 29.8 34.9 10.9 8.8
Number of occurrences4720 15 3 6 1 2
Number of authors28 12 8 2 3 1 2

Occurrences of dirl in Corpus

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Central

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
sledgehammer whanged, ayweys dirl. Eftir the blast on page 66

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
n the wee prince brak intae a dirl o lauchter that ill pleased m on page 16

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MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Each dirl of that graip intae stanes on page 61

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
dirl me back doon tae erd on page 51

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
up aside him, an the pair wad dirl inti a ballant an a great dea on page 74

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ar that gart the windae-panes dirl. 'Ow-w-w!' he skraiched. 'Din on page 26

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
Sae whit aboot this blob an dirl, on page 18

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Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
"Happie!" hir voss hed a dirl intilt lik muisik, freistie m on page 1

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
scart an nettles stang, whaur dirl on page 74

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
scart an nettles stang, whaur dirl on page 58

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
And as they dirl and dunner, on page 9

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
lls, see, an gar the gantrees dirl on page 27
thunner's dirl-dirlin, see, an mirksome's th on page 29

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
wrichts gars the Glesga vyces dirl in your lugs as gin ye war ri on page 127

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
er the brig wi a brattil an a dirl, the
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
fleg, an oor herts an heids a dirl but oh! hou we loed it aa!
day will get juist as guid a dirl fae their ain Halloweens as w
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
pipe. It gied oor heids a wee dirl tae ken we wad be gaein tae s
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
quaking-grass tae rattle and dirl. But Ailsa wis numb tae it aw
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Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
er cwid I wite" said Bob As a dirl gart im grit is teeth on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
, garrin the cups and sassers dirl. "Damn ye te hell, quine!" on page 65

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in the lug at made is falsers dirl. on page 42

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
sht wi masel for makkin sic a dirl. It wisnae a lood dirl, but i on page 80

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ilator's words makin his lugs dirl. "Time's up! Put down your pe on page 91

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
the heid that gaart mi harns dirl. on page 76

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
An the thunner dirl
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
a new pianie in the toon tae dirl an thump, thon auld moth-ette
nicht, bit the heat gart them dirl an itch aa the mair.
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
a been on her back that didna dirl."
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Diansangu, Mae Puddock Spittins, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
eens aat dirl fan
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
fine strang teeth, that dinna dirl.
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@cligeey tweeted
@KennethWatt A fair dirl n affa skitey in the weet min(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
A skirl, a dirl, an Eightsome Reel, on page 29

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ll. Sheu'd sneck the laser an dirl wi the new nummers: the thowt on page 30

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A skirl, a dirl, an Eightsome Reel on page 155

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
n Jesus cam in shö gied in a dirl ta clean an mak maet. Mary sh on page 117
feelin lat doon, he wis in a dirl o confusion. Maybe if he forc on page 145

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De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
f, laav, laand wia styooch, a dirl; on page 25

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Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
id!” said Gutteryaggle in a dirl.
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Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ns. Sometimes dey mak my head dirl but I wid niver be athoot dem
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Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
dirl i the wund like the swords
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
int. Hir voice echaed tae the dirl o the bell in a punctual chim on page 1

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An maks his auncient thythm dirl on page 33

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