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Use in varieties of Scots

wirkers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 5.1 7.5 0 40.7 0 0
Number of occurrences2210 5 0 7 0 0
Number of authors11 7 2 2

Occurrences of wirkers in Corpus

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Central

Scott, Colin nobody remembers the birdman - Empty Nest, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
as we watched the wirkers dairt and drift on page 171

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
dae wi helpin ither cultural wirkers an critics tae set the politi on page 36

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
faimilies, caw thaim clans or wirkers, or jist fowk, on page 15
While social wirkers check oor urticaria, on page 51
Wirkers. on page 63

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
t o the advancement o skilled wirkers as a cless. There was nae dou on page 9

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
e inpoorin o English an Irish wirkers tae Glesca in the aerly 20th
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ht a fouth o English an Irish wirkers, bringin their langage alang
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
wirkers waantin wark, an the ither ha
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
care, diminishin the richts o wirkers bi girnin aboot bureaucracy,
1 matches

Doric

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
, teachers, jannies an office wirkers. on page 49

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n apairt frae the claik o the wirkers he feed an fired.
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
t decree tae makk wye fur the wirkers' life-cells.
ae leave Quarrytowers fur the wirkers' life-cells – ye can bide o
Inter-galactic aid-wirkers frae ither galaxies whyles do
3 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
wis ta tak her maet aside his wirkers. on page 19
Wirkers i da Vineyard on page 103
cam tae himsel. 'My fedder's wirkers ir traetit better dan dis', h on page 123
in, da fedder shouted tae his wirkers, 'Pit a scrit on an bring me on page 124

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
tart. Dey shune saa at we wir wirkers though. I doot we wir up aerl on page 73

1 matches

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