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Use in varieties of Scots

they'r Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.8 9.1 9 0 0 0 48.7
Number of occurrences3518 6 0 0 0 11
Number of authors7 5 1 1

Occurrences of they'r in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
They'r caa'n him "Caledonia's Bard"! on page 23

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
'But they'r no merried, ur they?' on page 76

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
e we write "they" an "thae", "they'r", "their" an "thir", "say" an
ond. This means that even tho they'r soondit different in differen
r "oo" (this happens for that they'r maistly English lens, but the
re an aa insteed o their ain. They'r lairned the likes o this frem
irnt Scots spaekin bairns, an they'r left aathegither in ignorance
6 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
on the auld "Ye'r no bad!"). They'r richt, tho, in their intuitio
i" an "by" for "by", juist as they'r sayed.
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
t ye start ti wonder what wey they'r gittin theirsels in sic a tir
this whaur ye dinna ken what they'r sellin till the last saicont,
2 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
shoutit doun, telt that whit they'r sayin isnae valid, an neither
n juist personal tragedies - they'r naitional yins, losses no jui
Mind, mebbe wirds arnae aw they'r cracked up tae be. Ye mind sÃ
3 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
They'r for the watchin, an dinnae gi
Yin couthie meenit they'r clappin yer croon
An neist thing ye ken they'r snibbin ye doon,
3 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ir an ordnaf leukin lassie - they'r aye gratefu." on page 48

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the verra best - an at's fit they'r gaun te git." on page 11
"They'r nae." Dottie reedened. "Aabod on page 22
"Ah ken at, bit they'r nae deef, ir they?" on page 26
Interlock semmit an draars. "They'r a fair age,"' he confessed, " on page 37

5 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"but if they dae, well, thin they'r a kine o snake, that's aal A on page 53
. Visit whativer yin yae lik: they'r baith mad." on page 64
shae addet tae hirsel, "Sure, they'r only a pak o cairds, efter aa on page 79
heppen tae mae? They'r wile fur takin fowk's heids a on page 84
"That's why they'r caalt lessons," the Gryphon r on page 97
Also on pages 100, 101, 109, 119
11 matches

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