Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sairious'

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Use in varieties of Scots

sairious	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	10.9	35	15
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	35.6	3	2
DOR - General Northern	17.7	4	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	23	9	3
WCE - West Central	13.8	3	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	20	15	9
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 sairious 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.

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
reens like yon?" A speirt, aw sairious like. on page 97
ticket, whiles tholemoody an sairious, whiles gleg-witted, bit aye on page 99

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
says the bobbie, leukin rale sairious. on page 79

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
atie, I'm speirin at ye richt sairious. Acause fan we war playin een on page 13
n roun at Deedledum wi muckle sairious een, an nae takin tent o Aili on page 51
e-like, "it's een o the maist sairious things at can possibly befaa on page 60
hy heild on, shoggin his heid sairious-like fae side tae side, "for on page 83

4 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
eyin for but it suin got mair sairious an they wis pleyin for tanner on page 58
Hecky tirnt sairious, on page 61

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ten wi a licht haund but wi a sairious message the likes o:-
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ir mither, “This is a verra sairious
ahent the wie, mirk bothie wi sairious douts anent hiz sair
kekkilt wi joy, bot tirned ti sairious beisines in a glisk.
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
n shuidna be compared wi onie sairious mindit program on the merits
ts o the Scots language. Whit sairious mindit program? Dae they ken
nced wi the language uised in sairious programs as weel as comedy an
3 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
aw that it is quaeter an mair sairious . At the stert, a whein mislea
odville taks him sidelins for sairious quaistenin. An sae an unco sn
2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rdnar rowthie comedie, ti mak sairious pynts. Robb’s poseitioun ow
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
e neist an passin throu wes a sairious maitter ti be traitit wi cere on page 41

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
g, wee lad gowpin at me richt sairious. Here is the best portrait] c on page 12
e brakdoun o my plane wis gey sairious, an my drinkin-watter wis dwi on page 28

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ither, fowk micht tak ye mair sairious,' said wee Mary. on page 59

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
's nae lee tae say he becam a sairious, hertfu, modren collector aca on page 69

2 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
, this buik is a maun-hae fur sairious Scots. on page 127

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ease. Parteeclarly ower sic a sairious maitter. on page 17

1 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
I see it, gin we were raelly sairious aboot comin thegither an stap
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n year or sae, there is aye a sairious want o material tae read i Sc
1 matches

Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
whaur the Greens can mak sum sairious gains. Gin we’re chappin th
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
hy missed nine oot o thirteen sairious votes in 2011 alane. Aa this
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
the language favourably as a sairious medium o communication. Const
1 matches

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