A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wurr Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 13.4 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2726 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors3 2 1

Occurrences of wurr in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
s twinty year younger an they wurr twinty year aulder. They're a on page 9

1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
he bricht, fluorescent lights wurr flickerin in awbdy’s een, b
n the savage - like folk who wurr waitin tae git in aboot the p
d a nightclub. The waws which wurr meant tae be gleamin white wu
meant tae be gleamin white wurr grey fae aw the dirt that hud
s eh the waws that hud colour wurr the parts where it looked lik
25 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"Aye, an wurr wi aa its burrs!" scraicht an on page 27

1 matches

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