A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shire Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.3 5 20.7 9.9 0 0 24.2
Number of occurrences4110 14 1 0 0 5
Number of authors16 5 5 1 3

Occurrences of shire 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

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Yon grand big shire, on page 13

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
owerset bi Lang Kenny o the Shire on page 45

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
er or no thay war born in the shire whaur thay bade, or belanged on page 40
o sasines keepit in Embra, an shire registers 0 sasines, an fowk on page 52
. Mony sma papers airtit at a shire or toun flourisht an descrive on page 56

5 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
and Whitebridge in Inverness-shire.
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
In 1990s Kinross-shire this was ‘Tell tale tit, yer(2020) search twitter
@DavieGreig Kinross-shire, by Carnbo - shuchin up tae (2019) search twitter

Doric

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
a ootlets, Aiberdeen Toun and Shire Tourism Pairtnership (ATP); S
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
t pickin in livin memory: the Shire an Dundee an Angus. https://t(2020) search twitter
et them in ony baker's in the Shire. Micht be fit the by-pass wis(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
the quines o Aberdeen an the Shire, have a guid day! xx https://(2016) search twitter
n an adore oor bonnie City an Shire - Happy Valentine’s Day abi(2017) search twitter
Day events in Aberdeen an the Shire. Thank you fur yer service, w(2017) search twitter
o simmer in Aiberdeen an the shire yestreen! https://t.co/MAXnwO(2019) search twitter
buik club in Aiberdeen or the Shire: https://t.co/pq6bq1sjao(2019) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
pporters Happy Birthday fae i Shire. I mind bein stuck in hospita(2019) search twitter
nites abdy in Aiberdeen and i Shire. We are igither, we are een! (2019) search twitter
knowledge I hae. Buttery in i Shire. Rowie in I toon.(2019) search twitter
. #doric #teuchter #aberdeen #shire #aberdeenshire #rowie #butter(2019) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith Shire a richt the noo nip roon the (2020) search twitter
s57 @dorkymum A wid say Perth shire jist to be awkward(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Sheeps wool clings on tae the shire wire fence on page 16

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
For tae shire ma birlin heid. on page 18
An spake oor leid, an shire oor heids? on page 39
An it's time for tae shire yer birlin heid on page 40

3 matches

@fairfaaye tweeted
f, I need to clear my head". 'Shire' (adj.) meaning pure, clear a(2020) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
ome tay an a feed o fadge wud shire their heids. (2017) twitter link

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