Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pitmirk	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	2.8	3.1	4.5	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	9	6	3	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	6	5	1

Occurrences of pitmirk in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
sna takin tent: dour bings, a pitmirk on page 8

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ever, the boat shot intae the pitmirk tunnel, and aw the passengers on page 96
In pitmirk daurkness, lood and drear, on page 115

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
r. And the nicht wis black as pitmirk, sae it wis haird tae see wha on page 119

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
lintie, misca, midden, nyaff, pitmirk, poke, rowth, scart, semmit,
1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
an en a blacked oot intae th pitmirk.
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
heich ye cud staun up in the pitmirk cweel, like a brock or a rubb
ch, syne steppit oot inno the pitmirk cauld o a Mairtinmas nicht.
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Sings derklin, an in pitmirk widlan happit
1 matches