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Use in varieties of Scots

pyin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 1.6 11.2 0 0 0 8.8
Number of occurrences123 7 0 0 0 2
Number of authors7 3 3 1

Occurrences of pyin in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
ect o the Scots language wile pyin homage tih Robert Fergusson
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
@PMWatsonOBE Huv yae no bein pyin attention? Huv ye checked oot (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
heer us up. Lookin furrit tae pyin even mair for a licence.(2021) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Overheard at Wetherspoons, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
She sez, "I'm nae pyin that!" on page 32

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
d 13, she wid gyang tae a fee-pyin schule in the toon, awa frae
grace fur hodgin aboot an nae pyin attention.
meenit, wyin up wis it wirth pyin Meg, his sweethairt, a veesit
ies. Isie hersel gaed tae fee pyin schule fur dothers o gentlefo
4 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
an auld yow chaad the girse, pyin the loon nae heed iva. He glo
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
n o thae hooses,” says Key, pyin nae attention tae me. “Awfi
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
tely reekin a lang hookah, an pyin nae heed tae hir or oniethin on page 42
," the Pigeon went on, wi'oot pyin onie heed tae hir; "but thim on page 52

2 matches

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