A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pearl Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 2.1 7.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences104 5 1 0 0 0
Number of authors7 4 2 1

Occurrences of pearl in Corpus

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Central

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
We caw yer heid, yer mither o pearl, and that's on page 40

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Nae gleet o pearl outblent his leevin ee. on page 37

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
nneration tae the goddess’s pearl-white broo.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
urghAth aye n a wid fire in a pearl diver onytime tae help the cl (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rock wi a plungin neckline; a pearl choker an maatchin bracelet a on page 29

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
drach dam shine like mither o pearl, far the fite swans chittered
wis, wi braw inlaid mither-o-pearl flooeries on it, and wee gowd
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
her reest like a bonnie roon pearl in an oyster shell bit turned
ower the san like a mither o pearl satin sark that a wummin mich
2 matches

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
fur a pearl o gret price. on page 143

1 matches

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