A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'mirrors'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mirrorsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52523
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 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) 71.4 2 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of mirrors in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
icht sprickles ide gaets made mirrors fae dis drush, an its lik we' on page 40

1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
lights then fair enough, the mirrors on the bus are really peerie. (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah dinna use ma mirrors - on page 24

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
afore, it hid fit looked like mirrors tae reflect the licht doon on
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Through i' hal o' mirrors she'll parade on page 111

1 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
int tae ging tae the ‘Magic Mirrors’. Ye like them. They mak ye
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
xt time he'd be mair sleekit. Mirrors sent back. on page 1

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ve no muckle time tae look in mirrors so Ah kin kid on it's no ther on page 28

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s ma wis sittin up beside the mirrors an the hair drier. Charlene w on page 14

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
s ma wis sittin up beside the mirrors an the hair drier. Charlene w
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
a big posh place fou o gildit mirrors an chandeliers. Somehou me an on page 71

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
cerd. The sun hits the front mirrors on page 3

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wi roots mirrors o the branches abuin on page 13

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
were dichtin an polishin the mirrors; an ithers were shampooin an on page 8

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
on aw the mirrors in the place on page 51

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
, the panes leamin at ye like mirrors, on page 43

1 matches

@pmcm1355 tweeted
@Blazespage S'aww dun wi mirrors?? (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
ningStreet It's all smoke and mirrors tae them. When you think they (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Reflects the mirrors stare on page 11

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
lochan at mirrors the mukkil bens.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
mirrors Oo man's vanity, on page 40
mirrors an cookin pots, on page 42

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
olk know tae put up cloots on mirrors on page 24

1 matches

Wilson, Glen Yarns 3 - A Ghaist Train in Portrush, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Portadown, poetry
futurs flash in smeuk an mirrors,
1 matches

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