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Use in varieties of Scots

shorter Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 6.2 9 0 23.2 20.7 0
Number of occurrences2412 6 0 4 2 0
Number of authors17 11 3 2 1

Occurrences of shorter 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
n the ither side'll make . ye shorter." on page 50

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Mario video game, only wae a shorter temper tae match. Yae ken how on page 123

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e ken and ah'll fund somethin shorter and a bittie easier.' on page 9
e a babbie crocodile but wi a shorter heid. It'll no dae ye ony her on page 131

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Seems shorter than whit went afore. on page 115

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
like I wis telt. The road wis shorter, but there were Ower monie Ca on page 71

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
e Wee Tods. 'Oor tunnel's got shorter! I can see daylicht!' on page 23

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
The Shorter Fiction, Walter Scott, eds. G
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ho there micht be a langer an shorter realisation. The lest ane hae
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Edith’s tellt me, ah gat a shorter virus straw than hur.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ome as a laddie. Cut thy hair shorter an tie it in a ponytail.” H
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@LairnScots tweeted
KJtMaZXz an, o coorse, we hae shorter texts oan https://t.co/vXeokz (2019) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Mrs Cadwallader. The days are shorter, the nichts are langer, ye se on page 44

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
here tae hell aa richt. An a shorter ane yet fae there tae anither on page 15

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ither side will make ee grow shorter." on page 48
ometimes taller, an sometimes shorter, until she hed managed till b on page 51

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Are the quines shorts gettin shorter or ah'm ah gettin aulder! #wi(2018) search twitter
y Willoughby’s skirts gettin shorter wi each new episode i' Ah’m (2018) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
een an a shorter unstressed een, as shaan idda on page 58
n Shaetlan is expressed wi da shorter (unstressed) form o da reflex on page 76
s: a langer stressed een an a shorter unstressed een. In Shaetlan d on page 78

3 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
boot da "büdies". It soonded shorter and deeper.

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
h ither side wull mak ee grow shorter." on page 49
ometimes taller, an sometimes shorter, until she hed succeeded in b on page 52

2 matches

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