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The word 'shurly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shurlyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5164
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland 75.6 13 1
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 shurly in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid shurly must be dinner-time - wir be on page 64

1 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
if ever thir wis, for hid wis shurly the gaan up and doon the bank
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@Rua2000 @VirtualAstro Hid'll shurly burn aff trow the morneen. Oo(2020)

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
airried Charlie Tamson, an he shurly wisna been sae blaet, fur pee on page 2
a Toogs! Du doesna fancy him, shurly?' on page 19
red, aesin hersel up gently, "Shurly naethin brokken." on page 27
itd no flit whin shü did. It shurly wis just aa meant ta be. on page 29
u come fae wi sic a night? It shurly is da Loard at's sent dee. Gy on page 35
Also on pages 39, 48, 52, 53, 71, 73, 74
13 matches

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