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Use in varieties of Scots

shoor Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.3 2.5 96.2 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences715 65 1 0 0 0
Number of authors8 4 3 1

Occurrences of shoor in Corpus

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Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An gin a heavy shoor comes on A'm feart A'll catch
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ma oven an' 'e's jist makin' shoor 'e's name's oan ri bone. As i
or bang oan four A'cloke. A'm shoor e' kin tell ri time rat yin.
2 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
Fur shoor ??. ????????????. ?? https://(2019) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
e nevur eet hees dinner an am shoor at wis how!(2020) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
oo eis niver pet ma aff a wis shoor eff a perseveert anuff eit su on page 1
e be oor day, eis yoosual. An shoor anuff, ivery scairse, fin we on page 11
hi injin's forrit pully maken shoor et wis on thi richt wuly ov c on page 21
tae thimsail's, am jist aboot shoor thi musta kint. Fitiver we te on page 26
e beyd wer tyme jist tae maak shoor wurk. "Go! Go! Go!" a roart e on page 33
Also on pages 46, 48, 57, 61, 62, 68
14 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
me yer lugs an I'll sing in i'shoor, on page 128

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Odd blustery shoor, jist bear an grin.
Richt damned cauld, spleetry shoor or twa.
In he mornin a spleetry shoor or twa,
Blawin intae us a hailsteen shoor or twa.
Lichtsome shoor, jacket you canna cast.
24 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
En it's jist a shoor noo an again,
Hale day lang ere's a shoor or twa,
Later on a lichtsome shoor or twa,
Ere's a April shoor bit maistly fair.
Gey raw day wi a shoor or twa,
26 matches

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ae be the first tae lave, fur shoor is shot is soon is they go th on page 86

1 matches

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