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Use in varieties of Scots

siren Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.6 3 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences107 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors9 6 2 1

Occurrences of siren in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
An the soond o the siren is raikin the waws, on page 12

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
n. Back in 1941, the air raid siren went aff every nicht as regul on page xvii

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
tructor! An we didnae hae the siren lure o the myriad o smaw scre
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
on fae London Road wae it’s siren an lights gaun. Ah keep ma he
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ur they sut in silence till a siren soondit the end o wark.
here, bit as it is ...” The siren went, signallin the en o the
2 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
‘Thay dinnae wurk,’ his siren told him, haein brocht him ta
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
'Heinkels, b'Goad!' Syne the siren went. 'Quick, get doon below! on page 41

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
its craiter howled its siren call on page 10

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
A siren crept amongst oor kin, on page 47

1 matches

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