A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wersh Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 8.7 6 0 0 31 0
Number of occurrences2417 4 0 0 3 0
Number of authors19 14 3 2

Occurrences of wersh 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

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
packt turkey pieces a wersh fower-coorser on page 43

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
. Thae bellie creip ontae the wersh shore, dousin lichts, lappin on page 9

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
nin greenichtie, the colour o wersh aipples. on page 56

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
d tae ken that this wisna the wersh, weeshy-washy, fizzy cider ye on page 64

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
us, Mr. Poe," Klaus said, aw wersh. "Thon's aw we wantit tae tel on page 140

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ciolinguists describes wi the wersh wird chynge. But whit is happ on page 9

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
's descrivin passages are gey wersh an predictable, lik 'shapely on page 90

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
r raiglar skreivars (an, thir wersh days, we ir aw sair wantin we on page 9

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
s, Tickle you under there!" a wersh and meaningless bit o crambo on page 56

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
rrator haes aiblins been owre wersh in his summin up o his kinsma
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
an about, at gies the burn a wersh flaur. Whan ye
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
al extremes o Weimar Germany. Wersh Scots haes the danger o bein
an whit for oor ain Scots is wersh or agley.
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
rgroun watter haes becum ower wersh for ti wauch, an in Cheenie w
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
y mustart acause she likit it wersh! The tongue wis rowed up, tie
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
s Cathay, then took out the wersh an unhelpfu Teach Yourself Ch
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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
drie myns o the dowie line “wersh is the breid o the vaiger.”
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Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
t me fund Ye in a meedie in a wersh yerb on page 3

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
an wersh for blissanP Wis there nae ee on page 10

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
her than ile...bit her eyn is wersh as wirmwid, sherp as a twa-ed
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ue-green rain in smoodrachs o wersh mochieness.
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Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
chan the dominie scart in the wersh yird, on page 129

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