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The word 'shoor'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shoorOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus21.8718
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 45.8 14 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 226.1 51 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of shoor in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ae be the first tae lave, fur shoor is shot is soon is they go th on page 86

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
oo eis niver pet ma aff a wis shoor eff a perseveert anuff eit su on page 1
e be oor day, eis yoosual. An shoor anuff, ivery scairse, fin we on page 11
hi injin's forrit pully maken shoor et wis on thi richt wuly ov c on page 21
tae thimsail's, am jist aboot shoor thi musta kint. Fitiver we te on page 26
e beyd wer tyme jist tae maak shoor wurk. "Go! Go! Go!" a roart e on page 33
Also on pages 46, 48, 57, 61, 62, 68
14 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
me yer lugs an I'll sing in i'shoor, on page 128

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Odd blustery shoor, jist bear an grin.
Richt damned cauld, spleetry shoor or twa.
In he mornin a spleetry shoor or twa,
Blawin intae us a hailsteen shoor or twa.
Lichtsome shoor, jacket you canna cast.
24 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
En it's jist a shoor noo an again,
Hale day lang ere's a shoor or twa,
Later on a lichtsome shoor or twa,
Ere's a April shoor bit maistly fair.
Gey raw day wi a shoor or twa,
26 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An gin a heavy shoor comes on A'm feart A'll catch
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ma oven an' 'e's jist makin' shoor 'e's name's oan ri bone. As i
or bang oan four A'cloke. A'm shoor e' kin tell ri time rat yin.
2 matches

General Central

@MartinBroon tweeted
Fur shoor ??. ????????????. ?? https://(2019)

@raiphsays tweeted
e nevur eet hees dinner an am shoor at wis how!(2020)