A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shorn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.4 0.5 4.4 29.8 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences81 3 3 1 0 0
Number of authors8 1 3 3 1

Occurrences of shorn in Corpus

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Central

@g_hibby tweeted
. ?? ... She needs tae get it shorn.... (2023) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
t ye're aboot ti get yer hair shorn, Sandy.' on page 55

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Till by nicht the waas were a shorn on page 15

1 matches

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
@molach95 Apparently! As in ‘shorn’. Went totally ower my heid (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
hings, like hoo the sheep wir shorn. on page 95

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And the lime green o the shorn field when the silage cutteen on page 48

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
His brothers wir aal shorn. on page 63

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
oars aye sawn, da hairsts aye shorn on page 1

1 matches

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