A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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buirds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19 31.3 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences6363 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 11

Occurrences of buirds in Corpus

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Central

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 82 - Belike a Mishanter, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
It was jist a lether o narra buirds hingit across the pit, ravelt on page 29

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Purves, Jamie Lallans 102 - Aince, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ones an aw manner o beists an buirds livit there. The wild pigs da on page 12
reetaps dirled wi the sangs o buirds! on page 13
An the buirds! Thir wir cities o buirds. Ta on page 14

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Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
hae mair evident frae public buirds that wull hae duties placit u on page 3
Indiveedual buirds, sic as the Scots Language Ce on page 4
* reportin on public buirds' fufillment o the general dut on page 11
mption wuid be that aw public buirds wuid act thegither, and in a on page 13
houaniver, aw relevant public buirds athin that airt maun hae rega on page 14
Also on pages 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 45, 46, 47, 48, 57, 58, 60, 62, 63
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
In 1845 buirds for puir relief wis estaiblis on page 40
cil as the registers o health buirds is affen tae be fund in a reg on page 56

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Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
, chappin at thon tirrand kie-buirds an glowerin at the mirk skren on page 2

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
e fermer was bumbaised wi the buirds' intelligence and leid. Hou d on page 18

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Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
es, in aa weathers. Up wi the buirds at een's blenk in the mornin on page 136

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
irts Cooncil, sindrie Tourist Buirds an local authorities. Haurdli on page 121

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
studyin the signs an message-buirds in ahint the counter. The mai
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Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t Maggie hed drappit the back-buirds an drawn the deid-kist ti the
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nt a group o men. Maist o the buirds wis aa weemen or aa men. Bit
e bit fire there. Maist o the buirds wad be pitten awa, bit the ma
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
land as thay aince did. Scuil buirds wis set up for tae hae owersi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
the maist languages that sign-buirds can cairie is juist the twa.
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