A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

birdie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.1 8 28.3 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3616 19 1 0 0 0
Number of authors14 6 7 1

Occurrences of birdie in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
orby a tottie wee pink sugary birdie sittin on the tip o yer tongu on page 13

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
abuin ma heid a deid birdie's sang: on page 8
And this is whit ma deid birdie sings, on page 9

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
tummelt oot o the tottie wee birdie, yin efter anither, in a sang on page 94
he palace had heard o the wee birdie, let alane heard it sing. The on page 97
chtingale, and the tottie wee birdie sang, sae awfie sweetly. on page 99
"Puir wee birdie!" the wee maid thocht, for sh on page 101
l-leared officials that a wee birdie tellt ye onythin. I doot they on page 111
Also on pages 112
8 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Januar 19th, 2009, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Thi birdie sings,
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
I could see a puckle o ma wee birdie pentins reproducit on the fro
r that tae. I haed scanned ma birdie pentins tae the computer an f
ay aside ma scheme tae pit ma birdie pentins ontae cushions sin I
3 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
l nae be ony freer than a wee birdie in a golden cage. Bit then, m
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
WORMS AGAIN Oh birdie dinna lat me blaad Yer quest on page 15

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
AS a wee birdie on page 203

3 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
lity in oor hoose as ‘Katie Birdie’, tho, because she becam a
ther’s suggestion, ‘Katie Birdie’ — efter ane o her favour
Katie Birdie aa grown up
Katie Birdie aa growne up
4 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
wis feart at the sicht o thon birdie... I wis sure as onything it
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s in the lift duachlin like a birdie atween
t fur haime like a wee siller birdie
r hid a wee timmer clock wi a birdie on a spring that shot oot ilk
gie the birdie mair tae say. Mebbe, gin he f
’t. Fur noo, fin the widden birdie shot oot ilkie oor, it hung d
5 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
a spein - a gorblin's a wee birdie. A wis mindit o't be somethin(2020) search twitter
ir down - gorblin bein a wee birdie wi nae fledgit feathers. Nae (2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
s canary). Fit div ye cry the birdie in Ulster Scots? https://t.co (2021) twitter link

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
prey and it's all "awww poor birdie". Mak it a puffin and it's fo(2020) search twitter