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The word 'urr'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
urrOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12406
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 179.3 35 3
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central
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 urr in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
kin like a spookit beast. 'Fa urr ye,' he said oot lood. 'Ye di on page 84

3 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
A backed a hoarse the urr day
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
The burds urr singin, there's sunlight fuck on page 17
ae chance they've found it an urr keepin it safe fur Dolly. Som on page 19
an mibbe take him doon a peg urr two.' on page 23

3 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
coursework. Aw the characters urr complete pricks. It's great. on page 3
These nightclub photographers urr lit panthers, creepin aboot i on page 5
e intae it fur me. Ma feelins urr valid, urr they no? Is that n on page 12
hard tae tell if the smudges urr on ma face or on page 16
e no goin tae a pub. Well, we urr. Were goin tae ma stepdas pur on page 17
Also on pages 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28
20 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ag, 'ye cin get a candy apple urr a bag ae whelks. Mussels are on page 1
e back, Mah maw an mah granny urr sittin oan the couch wi their on page 172
d man it's like a fuckin rave urr suhin. on page 173
blue lights. No so brave noo urr ye, ya fat basturt? The polis on page 176

6 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Urr wiz it a cycle? An al fresco
ndin thir way tae mae wan wiy urr anotha.
ae hours. Four bells. Drunks urr tryin tae make thir wiy hame.
The stars urr partyin elsewhere the night.
practical, ill-fittin clobber urr ravenous fir the usual stuff.
6 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 85 - Roads, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
arebrand an The Old Bridge of Urr, on page 10

1 matches

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