Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'shrill'

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Use in varieties of Scots

shrill	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6.2	20	9
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	175.8	5	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	11.9	1	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	32.6	6	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	1.3	1	1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	125.5	4	1
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 shrill 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.

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
ed oot, new - fangled, awful shrill.) on page 18

1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Every shrill noise and shout fae da lasses (2020) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
k cats!" cowned e Moose, in a shrill, squeaky voice. "Wid ee lek c on page 21
"Get up!" sade e Queen in a shrill, loud voice, an e three garde on page 78
bbit read oot, at e top o his shrill peedy voice, e name "Alice!" on page 111
their never-endan meal, an e shrill voice o e Queen orderan off h on page 120

5 matches

Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
radio wifie whinnied a heich, shrill lauch. Later yon day, bathed
1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
his shrill requests for mair.
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
cats!" cried the Moose, in a shrill voice. "Wid you like cats if on page 22
"Git up!" said the Queen in a shrill voice, an the three gairdners on page 80
read oot, at the toap ae his shrill wee voice, the name "Alice!" on page 113
heir never-endin meal, an the shrill voice ae the Queen oarderin h on page 122

5 matches

McClure, Rob nothing but a set of eyes for stars - The Night, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
eeps walawaying in the night, shrill. on page 101

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
The shrill cry o the telephone sends ma on page 14

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"Git up!" said the Queen in a shrill, loud voice, an richt awa the on page 81
t read oot, at the tap o haes shrill wee voice, the name "Alice!" on page 115
thir niver-ennin meal, an the shrill voice o the Queen orderin aff on page 124
hn shapebells, an the Queen's shrill cries tae the voice o the she on page 125

4 matches