A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

spirlie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.1 3 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences76 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors3 2 1

Occurrences of spirlie in Corpus

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Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
k wavy hair, trim bit no ower spirlie an wearin a bricht colourt, f on page 27

1 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
In front, the spirlie man in his blae mantle, tongu on page 55

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
sleekit a lig ahent the tall, spirlie wumman, thit brocht the kempi on page 67

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
t shawed the baist tae be gey spirlie ablow the fur is weel.
1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Siccar I beed tae get a mair spirlie keelyvine. I canna manage wi on page 20

1 matches

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