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mindin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words48.5 53.7 22.4 0 127.9 87.5 22.1
Number of occurrences150101 14 0 22 8 5
Number of authors69 45 7 11 3 4

Occurrences of mindin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
said Alice, a bit dubiously, mindin the nummer ae chinges she'd w on page 52
whispert, "that it's everybdy mindin their ain business makes the on page 89

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
abbert sudden, wi hauf a bow, mindin tae try an be mair polite. on page 137
t got a timeous grup o himsel mindin he hud nae place else tae gau on page 138

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
till she shouglt the hous, no mindin that she wis aboot a thousan on page 35
rt, "that it's dune by aabody mindin their ain business!" on page 44

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
times bygane and lost tae aw mindin for generations. Ah will sing on page 6

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
as ye micht tak his noo his mindin's gaun, on page 20
when mindin's jist a future we've baith s on page 54
stance when ye stap but tak a mindin, dinnae threap, on page 77

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
onywey, an had eneuch bother mindin wha she wis hersel, faur less on page 54
ist sat doun eatin a piece an mindin her ain business. It wis a ro on page 68

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
as a mindin on page 177

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
mairched doon its side, a mindin o the day on page 191

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
soverign fowk an we shuld be mindin oor pals in Europe o that fac on page 44
it seems tae me tae be warth mindin fer the wey it brocht sae mon on page 101

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
shair, cin ye? An it's warth mindin that monarchs here were aye k on page 16

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
gie Mallae Delicht,' he said, mindin hoo muckle he had loved the a on page 51

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
Thing is but, it's no easy mindin tae keep yer fingirs crossed on page 10

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ot aa his big-shot pals, then mindin, blearie-een't, his puirtith on page 117

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
'Actually, Doug,' said Kat, mindin hoo her maw hud luiked at her on page 25

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ing this mornin, there I wis, mindin ma ain business, when Shuggie on page 24

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
sed I could hae the tail as a mindin.' on page 69

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
they smiled. They were baith mindin o the time when the twa o the on page 31
"Thon money," Klaus said, mindin whit Mr. Poe had telt them, " on page 53
iddered a wee bittie at thon, mindin o their ain kind faither and on page 74
st beef," she pit in quickly, mindin whit a performance he'd made on page 78
ower the ither, aw the while mindin o her promise tae her maw and on page 121

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
at family gatherings, a hink, mindin a photie o hur singin karaoke on page 12

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
fir mindin the sheep? on page 12
but oh, the mindin warms ma hert on page 39

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Mindin Bob on page 15
mindin Frances Scantlbury frae Abbey on page 20

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
gairdens. "Airchie, ar ye no mindin 'hings kin o at odds wi what on page 125

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Neuk o Fife is Mary Kermack's mindin o her bairnhood, tellt in fou on page 54

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
hrou aw the buiks an jotters, mindin masel thit A stull hadnae fee on page 83

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
The Mindin o Lockerbie on page 26

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Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
fae heevin til them. They are mindin o the days o their youth-heid on page 136

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Mindin the Sabbath on page 61

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
scrive the campaign tae big a mindin tae the weir (in Embra Castle on page 110

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
'associative' biographie. Sen mindin gydes the walin o the maitter on page 116

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Celebrant: Faither, mindin on the daith yer Son tholed t on page 97

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
cial crisis. Dae we need onie mindin? Speir efter Gordie on page 10

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
it o the memory o the reader; mindin whilk spellin variations or v on page 15

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
msel. A'l juist gie ye the ae mindin o him at relates ti masel (an on page 6

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
laminatit copy tae keep as a mindin wi an aixtrae ane for pittin
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ill engineerin graduate, as a mindin o his brither William Martin
eptember past. Syne the usual mindin o this wisnae sent oot wi ony
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
wad like David C. Purdie’s mindin o Dr. Martin Luther King at w
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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
So thanks, auld freend, fur mindin me
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
problemreddin, memorisation, mindin, makkin connections, takkin t
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
t o the langage, no juist for mindin folk no tae soond it like in
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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
gairdens. "Airchie, ar ye no mindin 'hings kin o at odds wi what
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Fleemin, Sandy Koan, (sandyfleming.org 2005) Central - East Lothian, poetry
Mindin that Zen maisters
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
JUIST anither wee mindin that maimbership subscreivins
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Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
juist haein a quaiet pint an mindin ma ain business.”
“Ah thocht ye were mindin yer ain business.”
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Bold bi Scott, Scott’s awn mindin o his expairiences gien til
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Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ack about Sam an his gairden, mindin on his chrysanths and his dah
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
mindin nou her upward trauchle an fr
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Bit, mindin ye're a canny Scot,
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Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
fold, it'd be guid tae stairt mindin oorsels that they're no just
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Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
The man wis mindin me whit tae dae. 'Bug swandiv
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
ce as Scotland is the nou, an mindin on Lagos, for Harvey an me, w
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
It’s also worth mindin that resistance (as rebellion
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
y." He stertit his session bi mindin the audience o his richtfu an
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t a seat wae The Racing Post, mindin ma ain business, nursin a hau
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ld guy like me’s better aff mindin his ain business. It’s just
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
na, the goddess o craftsfowk, mindin her hoo she had saved his app
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
shuid stey the wey they are, mindin awbody they are aw Jock Tamso
teners. Edwin Stiven haes him mindin us that the climate cuid be i
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
imaginary roses an a faurawa mindin o bizzin bees sooms in her he
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
sumwher. An a remained still, mindin ma aen business. Observin.
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Crawford, Ross Mindin, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
Mindin
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
day as uisual, and suddently mindin the wunnerfu thing that haed
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ors worth listenin til, worth mindin, is tryin tae be heard throug
? Ah canna think ... ye git a mindin, ye toddle alang, five meenit
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t tae the source.’ ah sais, mindin ay him talkin aboot it at McD
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
nburgh. A "hansel" bein a wee mindin tae fetch guid luck tae somet
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
He sterted tryin tae build a mindin fae wee buildin blocks.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
gin well won’t!’ ah sais, mindin where ah um, kind ay crestfal
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Kirk Jn, Albert Better Thigether, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
for its thochtfu mindin
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Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
tae its hame. It wis a stark mindin that wi the fowk hae gaen a w
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
tae the memory o the laun, a mindin on whit’s gaed afore. They
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
Mindin that “Scots = Germanic” a
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@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
@standupfarmer Wha's gonna be mindin yer coos whan ye're stravaigi(2019) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
hiles sweet, whiles wersht - mindin me o ma Ayrshir covenanter hi(2020) search twitter
’s buik aboot the folk scene mindin me o makin a programme follae(2020) search twitter
gun after that match #SCOISR Mindin tae on that auld, wice Scots (2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
red whit he'd done noo, afore mindin Ah dinnae gie a fuck. Stop RT(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
t punsh wee Steve. He wis jus mindin hes ane bisniss, en bam! Nae (2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
so we can forgie them fir no mindin the apostrophe. :-) https://t (2019) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Ah'm mindin o' the day ma auld Nana said (2021) twitter link
Jings . . . ah'm jist mindin o' ma maw makin me chips in a (2021) twitter link
freens as her "wee wean" and mindin me o' the times she yased tae (2021) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Jeest a cannie mindin fae twa auld freens!" on page 97
ir ain joukerie-powkerie is a mindin for batein you up." on page 99
, first heivenlie, gien a wee mindin tae Goad Almichtie aboot watt on page 100

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ae spik aboot Brussels athoot mindin that it is far ye'll fin the on page 13

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
It wis guid, tae, mindin that the Scottish version wis on page 126

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
It wis guid, tae, mindin that the Scottish version wis
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
d oot the oor. Isie wis by aa mindin, as heich as a kite at the th
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
mindin, mindin
mindin yon tirlin,
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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
g girss. It gars me grue jist mindin on’t.
E mindin’s cassen noo, bit I’m sha
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
est tae think the pain awa by mindin back hame but for some reason
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Mindin' wi' my ma aboot bidin' in Ki
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Shetland

Mainland, Jim Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
wis mindin on her mair an mair. on page 28

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Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
fae happy days will fedd But mindin aye runs deep. on page 6
! Oh less, I wis nearly never mindin at I hae ta growe up ageen! L on page 42
a hed her doots, for shö wis mindin da footh o changes at shö wi on page 54
dey draa?" said Alice, never mindin ava aboot whit shö wis promi on page 75
Alce harkit, "at hit's aabody mindin der ain business at does dat! on page 91
Also on pages 117
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Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ndness; an ta live paeceably, mindin dat he is aye wi wis. on page 75
A Gentle Mindin on page 99

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Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
air du put by in de hadd o dy mindin; noo, weet saand is aa de bru on page 28
-akkered, dey lead me tae dis mindin; - de blinnd o de ee, de boa on page 34

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
June ...?" and dan I stoppit, mindin June's man wis deid. on page 43
aboot Thailand again, withoot mindin aboot dat elephant. If du gyi on page 53

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Hit's wirt mindin at dis study is baessed on wh on page 19
Hit's wirt mindin firbye at languagedom is a ma on page 20
tae mind - [X is] mindin on page 41

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
r dat haandless fur lossin da mindin on page 66
Dis isna mi mindin o life-draain at da scöl on page 86

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Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
cam oot o his trance, finally mindin. Hit wis a story his faeder h
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Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
e o’ wid. Whit Mansie wisna mindin wis his mast an sail wis stil
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Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
Killed; an, mindin apon him, he sed tae da gods:
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@shaetlan_rose tweeted
an muddled bon and bœn in my mindin, ta!(2020) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
d till she shook th hoose, no mindin that she was noo aboot a thoo on page 35
Drawin whit?" said Ahlice, no mindin hur promise. on page 73
s moose-traps, an th muin, an mindin hings, an mickle-ee ken ee sa on page 74
ed, "that eet's done b' abody mindin their ain business!" on page 89
sure in aw their simple joys, mindin back tae hur ain bairn-life, on page 124

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Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
choukies an ma veggie patch, mindin ma ain business.”
am doon fur breakfast, wi nae mindin o her midnicht stravaig. But
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@StuartPoet tweeted
acole finally got her richtfu mindin an a statue doon in Lahndan? (2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
the curtain ower. She stapt, mindin the metallic gratin sound in on page 1

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
herdmen wus oot ïn tha fiels mindin thair sheep. Aa o a suddent, on page 72
n cums ïn frae tha plooin an mindin tha beese, ye wudnae say tae on page 98

2 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Mindin place an time an smell, on page 20

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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
lear bes a heid owercum o tha Mindin o Colloguin atween tha MWCUS on page 28

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