A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wirnae Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 14.4 3 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3128 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors13 10 2 1

Occurrences of wirnae in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ught puir wee Alice, "when ye wirnae ayeweys growin bigger an wee- on page 35
two hings in the kitchen that wirnae sneezing wir the cook an a bi on page 58
Nup, thir wirnae ony tears. "Noo, if ye're gon on page 61

3 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
sin the pynt that the Ballads wirnae scrievit as poems, bit as san on page 84

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
bbe, or a Cox - bit no, they wirnae discovered yet. Onywey, they on page 89

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ired haunds, the three bairns wirnae used tae grown-ups bein nice on page 43
airs tae the touer whaur they wirnae tae gang. on page 78
d they anely wished that they wirnae involved in it. on page 134

4 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
bbe, or a Cox - bit no, they wirnae discovered yet. Onywey, they on page 89

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
e tell whit wir weeds an whit wirnae. on page 92

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
airts o the lift, acause thai wirnae shair whit "It fower a'clock" on page 64
"Weel ye wirnae here fir yer tirn..." on page 65
r fund Meg's tap set. An thai wirnae like tae, seeins the teeth'd on page 69

3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
glesses, bit he cuid see thai wirnae a braw colour. Faces like fro on page 16

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
We wirnae worried aboot anyhin. Ah mean on page 46
r RC. As luck wid niv it, the wirnae faur fae a ferm. It wis a saf on page 47

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Mind, thir wirnae mony o thon kind. Maist weemi
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The miles fae schule, they wirnae lang
1 matches

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
test probably because ir legs wirnae aw rusted like aw the auld wa
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
that said, “Them as sae it wirnae there.”
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
s tae touch me back, but they wirnae really fingers – mair like
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
ame) aye pintit oot thit thai wirnae anely Coammunists. Thai wir S
k oot o thair chynge gin thai wirnae sherp enuch. Twa weemin wir c
2 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
wirnae lik the nummers,
1 matches

Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
ven ken it at the time and ye wirnae able tae thank them in the we
1 matches

Doric

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
We wirnae supposed tae hae ony ither th
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
it. Proved ye hid boattle. Ye wirnae a feardy. Key wiz intae it ma
1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
We wirnae content becas we wir poor, on page 3

1 matches

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