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The word 'stirks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stirksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51511
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of stirks in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
aul for kye An feedin hens an stirks forbye on page 15

1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
acre croft we hid ae coo, sax stirks, eliven yows an' echteen lamb on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Tod’s Thoucht , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
reerie amo the stirks, winna on page 79

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Northwords Now 43 - Shane Strachan, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
reerie amo the stirks, winna on page 19

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@aduncan59 Aye stirks n dubs(2020)

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Ah’ve walked amang stirks afore noo,” Bill wis sayin.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
stam everywhaut like a herd o stirks, wi rent breeks, skint knees on page 73

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
o a mowdie-hill. A wee curn o stirks maun hiv seen iz an cam lollo on page 22

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ae sibble. FOR KYE, BUHLS AND STIRKS, the label said. WILL SORT OO on page 29
The Grumphie, the Stirks, the Sheep, the Pownie and th on page 59
aed tae the herd o braw bleck stirks that Mr Kranky wis tryin tae on page 64
eep and grumphies and kye and stirks tae be gien a dose. on page 73

4 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
wis mair douce than herdin stirks on page 62

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
, Ah'm gan ootby tae caum the stirks!(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
methin fur aa tastes. Thair's stirks an kye (some moilies), nannie on page 20

1 matches

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