A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sarks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.4 3 16.3 0 0 0 3.9
Number of occurrences186 11 0 0 0 1
Number of authors13 4 8 1

Occurrences of sarks in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
sarks strecht wi starch on page 38
Or cutty sarks run in your mind, on page 79
or cutty sarks run in yir mind, on page 84

3 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
breeks and sarks tae the bus for oor jurney ha on page 11

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
leshin, saberin, joukin sypin sarks an draigled drawers. Stoarmed on page 63

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the sister set tae mak thaim sarks o thristledown, the impossibl
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
cht that a man should hae twa sarks in the wardrobe fan his brith on page 30

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ons aa got Carlsberg on their sarks? Seerly they canna aa be caa' on page 43

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
His workin sarks were nearly new on page 15

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
an?" Says he, "E chiel wi twa sarks maun gie een tae e lad att hi on page 84

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Wearin starched white sarks? on page 162

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hame on Sundays tae get their sarks washed an cleaned bi their mi
sae his mither micht wash his sarks.
2 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
or aa he had on a jersey, twa sarks an a semmit ablow his jaickit
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae keep the tails o yer aal sarks for tae mak ma clootie dummmp
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
been noticin, yiv affa funcy sarks. I'm sic o i eens us fairmers(2019) search twitter
@cligeey Better get aa mi sarks in aff i line(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
(Funeral leid an thin white sarks on page 25

1 matches

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