A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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nursin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 7.7 18.1 0 0 31 0
Number of occurrences3015 12 0 0 3 0
Number of authors15 9 5 1

Occurrences of nursin 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
eeleggit stool in the middle, nursin a bairn: the cook wis leanin on page 58
es!" An wae that she stairtit nursin her wean again, Singin a sort on page 60
he'd made oot the best wey ae nursin it (twistin it up intae a kin on page 61

3 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
had warkt oot the richt wey o nursin it (which wis tae fankle it i on page 44

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ben the taivern. Aabodie wis nursin sair heids an bruisit nebs. N on page 14

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Anither time he was sittin nursin a half-pint - aw he cuid man on page 72

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
d. The poor bugger lives in a nursin hame, and he's come dressed i on page 13
off ma application tae study nursin at uni last night. Ideally, a on page 34
bulges wi mair notes than the nursin home hus fur the sickest o pa on page 84
Nursin's ma ticket tae a better life on page 89

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
nursin hur wrath, whit on page 80

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wae them an sippin the beer, nursin it like, but it’s just maki
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Post, mindin ma ain business, nursin a hauf when somebody pulls oo
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ocht, worn oot dochter that's nursin her mither an is mair in want
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
er brows like getherin storm, Nursin her wrath to keep it warm.(2018) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
est day o ma holidays, sittin nursin ess black ee an waatchin aat on page 17

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s a resident o Sunshine Grove Nursin Home. She's ninety-echt an th on page 44

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
d haen tae gie up her wark in nursin an tak airly retirement on gr
teen fae the hospital till a nursin home, she helpit me tak in aa
n, aifter a fyowe wiks in the nursin home, Mither deet, A pyed thâ
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
r, oot aa nicht in the stable nursin a new-bocht mare that deed, i
is trauchle. Noo his wife wis nursin him, up an doon the stairs ne
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
lls me I micht need a rowth o nursin efter this is aa ower. Yer mi
“ an micht need a fair bittie nursin, mair nur maist.
2 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
for the nursin o the lassie
for the nursin o the lassie
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
in tae eyn up in the sick bay nursin a burst mooth. That wiz until
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ei-legged stool in th middle, nursin a bairn: th cook was leanin o on page 57
ures!" An wi that she sterted nursin hur bairn agin, singin a sort on page 59
hed made oot th proper wei o nursin eet (which was tae twist eet on page 60

3 matches

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