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Use in varieties of Scots

birss Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words0.9 1 0 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences32 0 0 1 0 0
Number of authors2 1 1

Occurrences of birss in Corpus

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Central

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
ers an staups an cheirs, wi a birss an a pail o whyt-waash; ontil
a suddentie he flang doun hiz birss on the fluir, sayed ‘Jings!
2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
got in afore her - whin her birss wis up dey wir nae dipomacy. on page 43

1 matches

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