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Use in varieties of Scots

wirld Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.3 2.6 1.5 69.6 377.8 0 0
Number of occurrences785 1 7 65 0 0
Number of authors15 4 1 1 9

Occurrences of wirld 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
ugh she's the best cat in the wirld! Och, ma, wee Dinah! Ah wunne on page 32
said, in a hoarse growl, "the wirld wid go roon a loat faster." on page 59

2 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Oor Wirld wis Dunbae Road, jist that, n on page 198

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
is the happiest lassie in the wirld. But yin day, Cinderella's mi on page 78

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the bazaars o aa the wirld, oor ships on page 10

1 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
at her wild looks, fur aa the wirld jist an auld carlin. on page 84

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
puddeen we hid wis oot o this wirld. on page 2
The wirld goes on withoot me and I need on page 25
Wid that the wirld were mine tae gie on page 27
Whit miracles the wirld his seen since life on earth on page 44
e and ruminate - and pit the wirld tae rights. on page 64
Also on pages 68, 73
7 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
At da start da wirld wis a perfect place - bit it on page 7
Da twa boys cam inta dis wirld tagidder bit dey wirna lik wa on page 11
e fir things ta come inta dis wirld, on page 51
Dis is da kind o paece dat da wirld can nedder gie nor tak awa. S on page 141
r senses, an salvation tae da wirld.' on page 153
Also on pages 161, 167
7 matches

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
Da sie's da wye da wirld kums tae wis on page 24

2 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
kummil oot i'da wirld on page 13

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
a wirld on hits ain. on page 27
cut aff fae da wirld, wi hits ain time, on page 34

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
dy wirld, helpit wale göd fae ill on page 19

2 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
In a kaald wiet wirld on page 27

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ax Weinreich brocht it tae da wirld in 1945 in a article publishe on page 12
ll widna win i dis pairt o da wirld till at laest 2,500 year laet on page 13
le as ony idder language idda wirld, an ivvri bit as complex an s on page 16
under ¼ o da countries idda wirld, Dr. Parkvall fan at ⅓ o da on page 19
sna fun aa dat affen aroon da wirld, an is onli fun in Eurasian l on page 24
Also on pages 27, 36, 49, 50, 53, 54, 63, 75, 79, 82, 85, 86, 89, 90, 97
24 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
tidder; can shaa wis anidder wirld on page 24
ae aa erts aroond wir virtual wirld. on page 26
hit tae a tristy an a fantin wirld, on page 34
a wirld ithin a nyepkin at, time an t on page 37
ta mark da aedge o da wirld. on page 38
Also on pages 39, 45, 85
10 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
ng an mak your ain gaet i dis wirld. A'm med up tree bags o faird
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Böd, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
aroond da wirld aroond
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Guide, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
heady craa itae a wirld
hir comin intae da wirld.
2 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
is faeder had been aa ower da wirld, travellin on da metal monstr
bowt efter da end o da Second Wirld War. He had a birsey beard, s
2 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
y wint tae fin it - 85% o da wirld's languages hae it. Standirt

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
o Scots an English aroond da wirld. Hoosumiver, Standirt English

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
. Dis is aafil rare aroond da wirld: onn'y 6.5% o da languages at

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
na fun aa dat affen aroond da wirld, an is onnly fun in Eurasian

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
settlin on da idder side o da wirld, he niver forgot aboot me. I
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
wid be a decent scoop for da wirld’s ony journalist trow.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
p some things aboot da trowie wirld secret. I widna laek tae thin
da best things aboot bein da wirld’s ony journalist trow has b
2 matches

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