A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hain Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 17 22.4 0 17.4 32.8 39.8
Number of occurrences6132 14 0 3 3 9
Number of authors28 18 5 2 2 2

Occurrences of hain in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
kippin merrily alang, haun in hain, in pairs: they wir covered a on page 78

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
, an telt her the best wey ti hain him frae thon fear wis ti gie on page 24

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Thir wir notorious fir hain on page 24
Yir still hain thi same argument on page 51
an jist hain a laugh. on page 54
a herty laugh, hain a rite kerry-on on page 73

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
us tongues. Naebody else will hain them for us. on page 14

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
der for tae mak shair that we hain an fesh on oor Scots langage on page 57

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
or green thochts frae action, hain wice words on page 39

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ndfriends) ettles tae uphaud, hain an better the quality o leisu on page 65

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
he disna (lik Alexander Gray) hain the meter an rhyme o the Germ on page 126

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
hap ye and hain ye for aye. on page 97

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
llous uisers send, receive an hain e-mail. It’s no byordinar f
1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
gien the slightest chance wid hain the Doric phrase.
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
til the howes o thair feit ti hain thaim frae the roch glidders
esence bi the nedecessitie ti hain the
affuird it an in tirn mak uz hain fuaill bi menes o
r ti haud ane ei on’m ir ti hain thaim frae hiz
he verra nicht, sen he cuidna hain thaim oniemair. This
6 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
plural verb, eg: ‘They that hain at their dinner, will hae the
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
o been lucky eneuch to buy an hain your hoose,
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Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
ght...seemed short tho. A wiz hain a guid time till the daft bar
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
sait that the Board wadna can hain the language on its ain. It n
v tae git yokit thegither tae hain threatened languages'.
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t it. Nusiret wis inclint tae hain the seeds till she cud smuggl
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
aes noo makit it a skoosh tae hain an study gret muckle dauds o
Scotland in new weys. It will hain information on thae languages
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
a muckle maucht tae uphaud an hain the Scots language, warsle la
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
n we’ve a fantoosh team tae hain,
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
t tae scatter but Cameron wis hain nane o it an his strong suppo

@jax6754 tweeted
@JeffBrazier Hi Jeff! Missed hain ma morning blogs! No had them(2015) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
ombie. Effeminate voice.)Ah'm hain it. Mah graveyaird has been d on page 40

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
nna nae gang tae Porto athoot hain a taste o the port. The sweet on page 9

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
ltures wad drap fae the lift, hain in a reeng, haud wide an daur on page 80

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
gaed aff an e left, nae doot hain a gid lauch. A aulder nurse
€“ leuk! leuk! Peggy! Yir naw hain a guid leuk ..... see.
Stop hain a reid face Peggy, ye auld li
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@cligeey tweeted
Better get yokit or a will be hain a third buttery(2020) search twitter
It's affa hain ti weer a toorie in July(2020) search twitter
Hain a gin n penguin or a penguin (2020) search twitter
@Ali_Leith Memories jist like hain a postcard(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
me, anither Saturday night in hain tae watch Tack me oot, some t(2018) search twitter
ht decided tae hae a treat by hain a nicht oot in the local bing(2018) search twitter
ht, bar nicht! Used tae enjoy hain a few quiet drams n half pint(2019) search twitter
ervice only so she be as well hain the one table as be back n fo(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
as a hael. An while we try ta hain wir micro-dialects fae idder
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Enjoyin hain a variety o feathered visitor(2014) search twitter
Apollo hain a peerie rest http://t.co/f33(2013) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - A Whein Auld Chinese Saws, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
rift in gaun aerlie ti bed ti hain caunils an ye end up on page 83

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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Hain aye the Spring Flouers o
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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
eat his piece i his car, tae hain his expenses. Hei wis ae man
1 matches

Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
n an hainin tha wye we'll can hain tha leids fur oor kin forrit on page 11
èrs. Its heid ettlin bes tae hain an fordèr kintrie-pairt or u on page 14
e necessar tha wye the'll can hain an fordèr leids tha like o t on page 15
(d) Hain, prig an fordèr kennin an ui on page 44

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Ultach Whan Aw Wir Hauns are Turnt tae Banes, (Reddit 2020) Ulster, poetry
Whitiver ye hain will heth be gane
1 matches

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