Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wirna	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	10.5	0	0	19.9	186	0	0
Number of occurrences	34	0	0	2	32	0	0
Number of authors	13			2	11

Occurrences of wirna in Corpus

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
e weemen accused o witchcraft wirna unkan. Maggie could been her on page 34

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Granny an Granda Inkster wirna faer away bit hid wis a long on page 43

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
bit, fairly pinnin alang. Dey wirna a moment ta loss: aff set Ali on page 10
startit ta tink at dey raelly wirna very mony things at wis fairl on page 12
flör: in anidder meenit dey wirna even room for dat, an shö tr on page 35
t aa aroond da table, but dey wirna a thing apon it but tae. "I d on page 68
Dev wirna geen far afore dey saa da Moc on page 95
Also on pages 120, 123
8 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ta dis wirld tagidder bit dey wirna lik wan anidder. Hit wis nae on page 11
dders dat compared wi him dey wirna muckle wirt. Ee day, an scunn on page 13
it wis an aafil budder an dey wirna sure dat dey wid manage bit f on page 109
hed ta say. Bit da holy fock wirna aafil plaesed. on page 121

4 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ff whin it wis medd clear dey wirna wylcome. on page 5
ocht we wid hae nae shop. Dey wirna da cars at is noo, an onnly t on page 14
ed doon wi a man, even if dey wirna mairried,' he said, 'Dat's so on page 17
abby fur matted wi blood. Dey wirna even hedd da daecency tae sto on page 28
o dey wir gettin aald, an dey wirna ony idder faimly members in B on page 37

6 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
he willna/widna come, we irna/wirna on page 88

1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
id by, shö cam ta see at dey wirna enyoch room fur dem aa i da s
s took up. Da fine blue clods wirna lang takkin up an dey shün h
2 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
dder at he wis efter dat, dey wirna able ta geng aff very far eft
a boat as aften afore, an dey wirna hed da chance o a right fishi
2 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
Dey wirna wan o dem at even lookit back
1 matches

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
couldna fin him anywhar. Dey wirna worried... dey kent he wid be
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
hook my head. I wis blyde dey wirna eftir ony trows tae fecht Nap
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ripper an a tushkar, but dey wirna wint wi dem. First dey flet o
aets da richt wye. Mony o dem wirna even raised aff da grund. We
2 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
. Eence we fan oot da noodles wirna wirms we took a chance on da
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
dan shö nippit on board. Der wirna mony cars fur hit wis da last
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
aff me heid, an I suppose dey wirna wrang ????? but yeah, Gaelic (2021) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
stuff dat wisna juice when we wirna drinkin. Good dat dirs someth (2018) twitter link