A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'irnae'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
irnaeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.9339
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 54.5 3 1

Occurrences of irnae in Corpus

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General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
the gaits irnae onie threit an thay bide theg
1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
hat, eh? Ah ken thir wee anes irnae it the schuil yit, bit thir
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
the night n the next day. Yi irnae even allowed back on school p on page 49

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
'Ay, but ye irnae strang eneuch tae cairry a ne on page 22

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Megstie mei, thair irnae monie Lairds at kan bloust at
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
Noo, tha Feardie Geng irnae feard ony mair, fur they ken
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

NewtonLass Tay, (newtonlass.blogspot.com 2011) Ulster - Newtownards, poetry
“Them tay-bags irnae guid fur ocht”, ir
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
, or ye pit doon thïngs that irnae richt, ye cud be tuk up an ha
, or ye pit doon thïngs that irnae richt, ye cud be tuk up an ha
irt, or pit doon thïngs that irnae richt, ye cud be tuk up an ha
3 matches

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