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Use in varieties of Scots

norrie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 9.8 4.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2319 3 1 0 0 0
Number of authors9 6 2 1

Occurrences of norrie in Corpus

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Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Some sudden norrie on page 129

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
I hae a norrie that ma limbs are growin hair on page 35

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
THE TREISURE O NORRIE'S LAW on page 11
irdit whyles Neth the cairn o Norrie's Law. on page 13
be sae foul As that o Tammie Norrie. on page 14
ere rises stark Thon eldritch Norrie's Law. on page 15
But the word got roond aboot Norrie's Law: Wis their onything he' on page 17

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
s-she could. She had a sudden norrie tae hoy the stane straicht at on page 6

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
encourage ye tae get onie sic norrie oot yer heid noo. on page 3

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
a Leid Forum tae explore the norrie o 'Synergy' amang diverse bod
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
a lang wey tae ding doon the norrie that whit they speak is juist
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
Afore yin group skailed, the norrie haed been bandied aboot that
en nae surprise that the same norrie wis the theme o the openin sp
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
rmaist, she didna regaird the norrie o a program for Regional an M
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
tep needit tae tak forrit the norrie o the importance o the Scots
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
he Emperor's New Clothes, the norrie that fantoosh things cannae b
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
The paper haes pit forrit the norrie that a three-leidit phrase bu
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
his steppin stane or spectrum norrie.
The sociolinguistic norrie o “code switchin” is yais
2 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
foo lang, till Madge took the norrie o takin in a lodger. on page 29

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Oh Norrie, yer sorry on page 121

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
nae sae shooer,’ chipped in Norrie Baxter. He wis daein Psycholo
1 matches

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
rsht thing wae saw wis Tammie Norrie on page 90

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