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Use in varieties of Scots

shairp Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.8 29.2 8 29.8 5.8 65.6 57.5
Number of occurrences8355 5 3 1 6 13
Number of authors32 21 4 1 1 1 4

Occurrences of shairp in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
or the bricht shairp watters on page 32

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Thir pick-shairp een. on page 71

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Whit his lang shairp white wallies meant. on page 36
His teeth were shairp, his gooms were raw, on page 46

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
the sheeny paper wrapper made shairp wee reeshlin soonds in the wh on page 32
cam near it, he wid lift his shairp wee neb intae the air and sno on page 48
in the mornin at ten o'clock shairp. Dinnae be late! And you are on page 60
vwver he looked! Hoo gleg and shairp and fu o life! He wis aye mak on page 67
in there. But ye better look shairp! Ye'll hae tae hurry! If ye l on page 89

5 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
then yer sicht is as shairp as an eagle's or an Epidauria on page 117
life's a battle whaur envy is shairp, an slanders aye flee on page 119

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
in yer mooth. It has a pair o shairp nippers on its bahookie and i on page 8
icine, yin sae strang and sae shairp and sae gallus it will either on page 14
d, 'but she's certainly got a shairp tongue. Mibbe they'll sort oo on page 28
a snell and beglamourin guff, shairp and _ stachenn, uncouthie and on page 33
gied a sudden shairp jink and a sudden shairp jouk on page 43

6 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ter blaw, snell but clean and shairp. on page ix
or mebbe that wan's jist too shairp on page 111
Imagination, shairp as the thrill o a wumman's si on page 131

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
Kildie luikit at Barbar a bit shairp-lik. He wesna uised ti laddie on page 43

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
irlie the samen wumman, quik, shairp an wiouten clavers. on page 8

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
hich is a roondish plant wi a shairp taste; anchovies, which are s on page 42
it ye've daein." Coont Olaf's shairp, clattie fingirhails scartit on page 78
auf o the rod intae hunners o shairp angles, leavin tottie wee cut on page 116

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
cha's a shairp and clever cookie on page 3
uld thole the skelfs o steel, shairp an wee, on page 45

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
need o belt or bann whan her shairp ee on page 8
He niver kent a shairp frae flat on page 58
n ken at lang lenth flat frae shairp. on page 59

3 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary: They're shairp aneuch - yet! on page 35

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
"Ti the keing," said Baudrons shairp-like. on page 42

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the shairp sword o News, or bowed afore on page 112

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
The cook putt a muckle, razor-shairp gullie intae his haun. on page 8
r the map, but a shaddie with shairp teeth reives it fae him an sc on page 9

3 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Is the thin shairp fadit colour on page 98

1 matches

Stephenson, Michael Northwords Now 43 - Tao Te Ching 9, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Central - Bathgate, poetry
ise a blade, it'll niver stey shairp. on page 4

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
port!" he snashed, shawin his shairp teeth tae the wee tin sodger. on page 77

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Banes, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
And auld een quaet and shairp on page 75

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
land won an tint Border grun. Shairp, eident analysis o parteecula on page 127

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Wanhope, the shairp-toothed wolf, louped oan on page 63

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
t daesna tilt ower faur, ower shairp like. This slaw wabble taewar
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Frizzel wes aiger ti len hir shairp intellek ti halp
shairp cut. The baudrons hed ane fus
2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
eeks. He minds that the war a shairp bumming soond comin fae the c
1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
thon coup de foudre seems as shairp ti uis nou as it wis yon day
1 matches

Valentine, Lynn Thi Loast Bairn, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Arbroath, poetry
a voice fir air thit’s ower shairp
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ine — but the pigs wi their shairp wit and Boxer wi his tremendo
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
animal documentaries. It wis shairp, jagged and harsh as broken g
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
s kent aboot the toon fyr her shairp mooth an her shairp mind, fyr
mooth an her shairp mind, fyr she wis a clevyr la
tit tae see yon lassie wi the shairp mooth an the sweet hairt.”
“They say ye’ve a mind as shairp as a steel trap fit tae break
4 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
, and ‘slow’ are short, shairp, and monopthong; in English,
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
clyse pegs; wir knives are aa shairp; on page 34

1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
weicht ontae his left airm, a shairp pain gaed through his richt a
1 matches

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
body language is frantic and shairp. "Ay ay, Miss Echidna. I am D
i a sair pain, but there were shairp cuts seepin into my bane, my
2 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
bit mair bit suddenly felt a shairp. pain gaan through his back.
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
aalls o yallo an corkalit. Wi shairp on page 17
this gret black reums, i'the shairp angles o thir slite black waa on page 30
, but Gunnie is wallie nou wi shairp dairk een an Astrid's forgott on page 63

3 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
Wi his peerie shairp teeth he showed up hedder-ber on page 17

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"This is Bill", she ga'ed yin shairp kick, an waited tae say whit on page 37
ously amang th trees, a teeny shairp bark jist ower hur heid made on page 39
she hed bin wanderin, when a shairp hiss made hur draw back in a on page 51
, an eet was an uncomfortably shairp chin. Ho'e'er, on page 88
" said th Duchess, diggin hur shairp wee chin intae Ahlice's shood on page 89
Also on pages 90
6 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
r's airm an whuspert right an shairp, "Whan are ye comin bak?" on page 1

2 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Wuz skeenklin gless, clear an shairp, on page 4
Ye jook crootched an shairp an quait on page 24

2 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
said Alice tae hirsel brev an shairp; "A'm telling yae tae lee aff on page 14
said the yeng Crab, a weethin shairp. "Yae'r enuch tae try the pat on page 31
"This is Bill," shae gien yin shairp kick, an waitet tae see what on page 39
amang the trees, a wee shairp branch jest ower hir heid mad on page 41
had bin waakin baelow, whin a shairp hiss made hir draa baak in a on page 52
Also on pages 89, 90, 91
8 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
an as for you Mary, sorra as shairp as a sword wull stab yer hair on page 73

1 matches

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