A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

flairs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.9 7 0 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences1614 0 0 0 2 0
Number of authors12 11 1

Occurrences of flairs 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.

Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ingman's Tavern wis ainly twa flairs hie, wisna sae bad, but Gallo on page 26

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
we all stayed in huts?" Three flairs, endless rooms, the three ay on page 3

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hen every so often yi gie the flairs a mop an check tae see if thi on page 97

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
For tae polish flairs and mair." on page 27

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
artit intae the mankie widden flairs. There wis een scribbled alan on page 125

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
They polish flairs, wash doon stairs, on page 42

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
n expert at laying the cement flairs necessair for keepin the deil on page 11

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
wha pits the flairs unner yer feet;
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
w the wey tae the cauld stane flairs (binnae whaur somane’d kick
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
No anely wis it oan twa flairs wi twa sepirit bedchaumers bi
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
A couple ay flairs above, tae the right haun sid
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
™ll mind your drookit, slippy flairs,
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Yer platform shoes and muckle flairs on page 14
Hard wooden flairs throughout yer rooms on page 22

2 matches

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