A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pirl Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 2 3 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences74 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors6 3 2 1

Occurrences of pirl in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t first the cigar sterted tae pirl awa. But then, on page 206

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
r tryst here whaur the soffin pirl on page 74

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
tryst here whaur the sowffin pirl on page 58

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
laims an skinkils, reishil an pirl, yitter an bell. The Mowdiewo
1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"Tae 'preel' is tae pirl roun like the seed o a tree: on page 85

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Tae a pirl o clappin, the culture-cairri
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
officer frae Chicago. The wee pirl is connected tl the oul Rewer on page 23

1 matches

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