A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sirs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.8 2.5 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences65 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors4 3 1

Occurrences of sirs in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
'Och sirs, whit fer are ye gaun tae let on page 94
Quo Robbie's wife, 'Oh, sirs tak tent on page 113
gan, he calmly replied, 'Weel sirs, the sodgers nabbit me afore on page 123

3 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
sirs, he's ti rest, ay, i the Hous on page 18

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“Hech, Sirs!” thocht Grannie Roddenberr
1 matches

Doric

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
So she went tae Sirs Dress Hire straight efter the
1 matches

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