A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ivir Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.6 5.8 25.6 0 52.3 0 13.3
Number of occurrences3911 16 0 9 0 3
Number of authors15 6 6 1 2

Occurrences of ivir in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh ivir will. on page 63
thi biggest person that eh've ivir been on page 65

3 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
nae pains shall ivir herm them. on page 97

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Wha's ivir nailed it doun on page 121

1 matches

Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ock wi nae hint that life had ivir had a grip thair.
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
en tae. “Heighmaist leevils ivir recordit.” “Owre fower
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
.” “That’s mare than we ivir managed!” wis ma tart reply
n’ prep in College than she ivir did at Moray Hoose! A used ta
aterial. A dinni think A’ve ivir seen sich grateffu’ relief
3 matches

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
An fit hope wis there noo oO ivir buying a hoose - the price t on page 18
her that wisna the wye they'd ivir lookit at een anither afore. on page 19

2 matches

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Seaforth Road, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
far nae scaffie would ivir dare tae go. on page 70

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
As big as they hid ivir seen, on page 8
For nivir again will ye ivir leave. on page 15

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I' biggest gype 'at ivir cam tae work here on page 97
But naebiddy ivir hears him on page 145
Ken 'is, ivir since I got hame on page 160
Ivir since 'at busie took ma quine on page 170
An nane o'' it is ivir spilt on page 189

7 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"Sae Pranny lived happy ivir efter an keepit aa the gowd t
1 matches

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@MichelleMone you ivir think o de'in mastectomy bras(2011) search twitter
n have had friggin toothache ivir since(2011) search twitter
@LouiseNicol1 fa ivir yer riggit x(2011) search twitter

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
d Eva - as boannie a lass as ivir der wis. Adie an Eva wir in l on page 5
at he wis da best king - dey ivir hed. on page 24
Wha-ivir dus an wants whit's richt. on page 31
Göd an naethin idder ivir befaas him. on page 49
d ta sit at da tap table. Wha-ivir pits demsels abön idders set on page 119
Also on pages 120, 139, 17
9 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ah wunner if she ivir met on page 22
Dae yae think he'll ivir lan'? on page 39

2 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tak pride in yer ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2009) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
wud lake tae forget that thae ivir did. Noo it gets waur if ye d
1 matches

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