A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lairdies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.8 8.6 3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1917 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors4 2 2

Occurrences of lairdies in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the pynt jist hou sleekit the lairdies cin be. on page 84
l be lookit at thru ither nor lairdies' interests on page 151

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
by their communities, nou the lairdies had control o aw the land thi on page 82
no be onie surprise that the lairdies didnae exactly agree. The law on page 83
on fowk, the peasantry as the lairdies liked tae imagine them, saw t on page 84
fae takkin the challenge the lairdies let it be kennt that this wis on page 86
come tae see the event an the lairdies an their ladies aw stood arou on page 87
Also on pages 88, 89
14 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
The voustie lairdies there on page 50

1 matches

Doric

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
like a skull an the Royals an lairdies wore cloaks made oot o blacko
1 matches

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