A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

yeirs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 3.6 0 0 0 0 168.2
Number of occurrences457 0 0 0 0 38
Number of authors8 3 5

Occurrences of yeirs in Corpus

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Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
aith hes wrists in wan haund. Yeirs o washin an wringin an hoosew on page 35

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
er studiands skowth fur monie yeirs o pense an quinnin, no juist on page 11

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
The yeirs wun by an we baith fand wirse
monie yeirs it pushiont the effairs o Bre
ll an prap nou at A’m up in yeirs.
3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
In aw hes aicht yeirs, WuIIie’d nivver haen is mu
1 matches

Smirnov, Kuzma , (Facebook 2015) Central, prose
e, 'cause ower the last 20-30 yeirs thay'v duin great wark aliena
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Whar doon tha yeirs tha bugle soon on page 73

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
baith o thaim wus weel up ïn yeirs. on page 69
A no daen yer biddin aa these yeirs. In aa thïs time ye hae nive on page 97

3 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Yeirs Oo scuil fae markin time on page 37
Fur many yeirs on page 38

2 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
ia. Ower a wheen o hunnèrs o yeirs, tha flittin o fowk cairried on page 6
hunnèrs. Ower tha hunnèrs o yeirs atween, tha leid o tha Scotch on page 7

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
nin paiper fer the furst five yeirs o' a twenny yeir veesion cann on page 5
yeirs the scale deptht an' apprecia on page 15
five yeirs. Thon isnae a rejection o' pa on page 22
Thon reflects 10 yeirs o' policie an the braid human on page 25
carriet oot owre the pas' 15 yeirs at illuminates on page 31
Also on pages 34, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 51, 54, 55, 60, 63, 64, 65, 66, 672
30 matches

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