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Use in varieties of Scots

moira Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words29.4 40.9 9.6 0 46.5 0 0
Number of occurrences9177 6 0 8 0 0
Number of authors8 4 3 1

Occurrences of moira in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
The Fermer's Guidwife, Moira on page 45
Moira: Guid Sir! Guid Sir! What's t on page 46
Moira: Wul ye cairrie a hantil gear on page 47
Moira: Ochone! Gin ye'r a lang whil on page 48

41 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
re wis Auld Billy an his wife Moira. He wis an alky an she wis an on page 61

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
MOIRA: Nah, it's no. It's jis hiber on page 59
MOIRA: (annoyed) Mebbe, but we hiv on page 60
MOIRA: Ye're gaun tae bake it? I th on page 61
MOIRA: Jist watch he disna burn. Ho on page 62
MOIRA: Oh? on page 63
Also on pages 64, 66, 67, 68
30 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
nae sew pockets on yir shroud Moira ????(2020) search twitter
t’s no doing it for you then Moira ????(2020) search twitter
ou’ve nae sense of adventure Moira ????(2020) search twitter
@BatesMoira Sorry Moira, but I hate being lumped inta(2020) search twitter

Doric

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
her neighbour oot the winda. Moira’s fair pittin on the weicht
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
at cuppa now,” she says. “Moira, in that store cupboard behin
Moira opens the door. She’s in th
I can’t see them,” says Moira, so she comes right in.
tted her in the belly, shoved Moira tae the side, an legged it, o
4 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
oot in the vicinity o’ Feel Moira, fa will nae hesitate tae kno
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
David Attenborough wis right, Moira tocht as shü trudged hame fa on page 27
Moira's sympathy waned. on page 29
Lucky rushed at Moira as shü cam in. Shü pickit h on page 30
Moira felt nervous waakin up dir pa on page 31
a spaek tae. Happy Christmas, Moira." on page 32

8 matches

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