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hinkin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words27.5 37 7.5 0 0 113.7 0
Number of occurrences8872 5 0 0 11 0
Number of authors26 21 4 1

Occurrences of hinkin 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
So she wis hinkin tae hersel (best she could, t on page 7
d the Moose tae Alice. "Ye're hinkin aboot suhin else!" on page 31
voice nex tae her ear. "Ye're hinkin aboot suhin, hen, an it's mak on page 87
n," said Alice, who wis still hinkin boot the song, "Ah'd hiv jist on page 101
n, watchin the settin sun, an hinkin ae wee Alice an aw her wunner on page 122

5 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
bucket. Naw, alt know wit yer hinkin, ahm no gonnae shite in mah b on page 61

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Imagine that Si hinkin he's mental. He got whacked n on page 48

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
t inside hissell. I sat there hinkin aboot wheels. Wee wheels gaun on page 1

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
e tae reply, lit she's really hinkin aboot whit ah said. Lit she's on page 1

8 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
A owerhink hinkin A'm hinkin too much on page 17
Cause A'm hinkin ae quines scrievin on page 36

6 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae make it. Ah'm sittin here hinkin tae massel: "Jist gee up, ma on page 14
Ah stood there hinkin tae masself: "Surely, it's no on page 20
oan you could be furgiven fur hinkin that this wis aw ma ain dain. on page 59
"Oi" he gasps. "Dinnae be hinkin ah've come here tae kick a ma on page 66
. In the back ae ma mind ah'm hinkin this is fuckin odd. Consideri on page 80
Also on pages 92, 101, 107, 130, 141, 149, 160, 183, 192, 193, 198
17 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
h wid freak oot, right, start hinkin ah wis gawn schizo or suhin. on page 75
Don't know wit mah uncle wis hinkin buyin me a fuckin samurai swo on page 176

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she said, But no the way your hinkin. But whit if thir is somethin on page 146

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
in thon story acause A'm hauf hinkin aboot makkin ma ain muck ledd on page 4

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ies. At the time, ah remember hinkin that the tops o cheir umbrell on page 42
ung,' ah say. 'Am ah richt in hinkin ainlie the family know Stella on page 80
Away ye and shite!' ah shout, hinkin o the mess that is ma family. on page 82
le fur Stella Marie no tae be hinkin aboot me - unless she's take on page 114

5 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
wf wi ye if that's what ye'r 'hinkin." Sae he haed up an seen me t on page 125

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
wf wi ye if that's what ye'r 'hinkin." Sae he haed up an seen me t
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
e A can manage, aa the whiles hinkin ‘A hope yer next yin’s a
the hold fir me, aa the while hinkin A shoulda kept a haunfae o’
2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
lug, then cocks it’s heid, hinkin, afore comin furrit and stert
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
Hinkin et least there’s safety in
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
s in the concrete pavin slab, hinkin, Er, dae ye smile?, when sudd
1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
on the flerr. Ah fell asleep hinkin aboot aw ae this but it wis t
1 matches

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
gest fright ae ma life. A wiz hinkin thit a wiz goin tae git ma he
lationship the wiy thit a wiz hinkin.
2 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
snapped, raisin a haun before hinkin better o it.
omewan die?” ah say without hinkin.
2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
close,” says Shug. “A'm 'hinkin' ri hale street kin smell it.
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae concentrate mind yi…kept hinkin’ aboot the nite. She’s go
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
me, we wricht as we talk, nae hinkin’ aboot is it the Doric or S
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
replace the therteen amp A'm 'hinkin' mibbe ‘es dun it afore Ins
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
y. Jim lookt down ‘n’ wis hinkin tae himsell, “Whit the hell
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
@DrMDempster Oh, a wis hinkin o carvin a tumshie fur 'is ye(2020) search twitter

@jack_capener tweeted
@davidm180914 Cuid ye be hinkin o 'Wee Windaes'?(2020) search twitter
tic orthodoxies. Nae critical hinkin anaw. Awa yersel back tae yer(2019) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
@Angela1Sinclair Aye am sick hinkin aboot em!(2020) search twitter
kes @trangpang Ats whit a wis hinkin! :D ??????(2020) search twitter
@PipsUkes Awww a wis hinkin at! Mine at time a faw doon a(2020) search twitter
@Sparraneil Ats whit a wis hinkin!(2020) search twitter

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
hinkin ye couldnae be ony cooler on page 34

1 matches

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Ah wis still hinkin aboot the picter fin ah got h on page 41

2 matches

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
Ah ken fit ye're 'hinkin', 'at ah'm a skanky mink
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ic o i eens us fairmers wear. Hinkin aboot uppin ma sark game. Far(2019) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
nt Ahlice efter eet, no yince hinkin aboot hoo in th world she was on page 8
muckle mystery!" An she begun hinkin o aw th bairns she kent that on page 18
get haud o eet: then Ahlice, hinkin eet was awfy lik havin a game on page 40
a shriek, "an jist as Ah was hinkin Ah would get awa frae thum at on page 51
pig, Ah hink." An she sterted hinkin ower ither bairns she kent, w on page 61
Also on pages 72, 87, 90, 93, 123
11 matches

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