A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'firs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
firsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.177
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of firs in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e grey cloud. The great green firs aroon her stood like watchers
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ber I wiz takin doon a puckle firs fae the side o the main road
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
heich i the bonnet firs craws preen thirsels fir Ye j on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
e an its gairdens, flanked bi firs that streetched back ti a mis on page 73

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d o askin the bairns on therr firs day. 'Ah'm wonderin,' she sai on page 70

1 matches

Edinburgh

Purves, Jamie Lallans 102 - Aince, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
he scarrows scuddin ahint the firs, the brawbuskit Horse o the W on page 13

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
ng rollin summits crowned wae firs, anen stoaped wher the mounta
1 matches

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