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Use in varieties of Scots

dine Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 1.5 18.1 0 58.1 0 4.4
Number of occurrences263 12 0 10 0 1
Number of authors17 3 8 5 1

Occurrences of dine in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Sae he cuid dine on yowe or lamb. on page 34

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
dine any time. on page 103

1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
it kintras, haein tae wine an dine, gauin tae plays an meetin in
1 matches

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
ine; time fir aa you bats tae dine. (Silence, syne Bruce bangs a on page 40

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The French dine on puddocks - they're nae fa on page 15

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
they dine wi their siller teaspoons, wr on page 10

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Come Dine with Me on page 25
- Huntly's unnser till 'Come Dine with Me' ," jokit Sandy as Vi on page 28
nin doon his face. "Yon 'Come Dine with Me' hisna a look in wi e on page 33

4 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
laughin as they sat doon tae dine on their simple fare. As she
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fit wye dist nae ae on Come Dine With Me jis nae pop open a ja(2014) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
I do luv come dine we me. Lou we nd tae get oors(2011) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
him. Would sooner watch Come Dine With Me.(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ot da naiter o dis flamingo o dine. Sall I try it an see whit ha on page 91

2 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
da muckle hills ir dine as weel. on page 39
's brocht dee, da hoop dat is dine, on page 43
no ta tak a chance. So dis is dine. Whit du gied me A'm haandin on page 105
dis time an aathing I hae is dine. Bit is hit no richt dat we s on page 124

4 matches

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
"Du doesna brush dye teeth an dine are fine an white." on page 17

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
2 dine yirs on page 57

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
an dine, licht on your wye; a safe on page 105
is happenchance; dine an mine, on page 106

2 matches

Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
what though on hamely fare we dine" type perspective(2020) search twitter