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Use in varieties of Scots

shines Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.6 8.5 24 9.9 0 10.9 13.3
Number of occurrences3616 15 1 0 1 3
Number of authors20 10 6 1 1 3

Occurrences of shines in Corpus

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Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
aye wiz, een noo heez hoose 'shines ilka a brent-new preen'. Whit on page 78

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
he licht fae a kitchen windae shines oot oan a coal bunker. Tom cr on page 1

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
The moon shines oan the Bay of Carse on page 56

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
n Cross' bricht constellation shines, on page 20

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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
wan sun shines doon. on page 13
On aw oor heids wan sun shines doon! on page 38

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e green jaicket's mink collar shines as much as it did the day ah on page xvii

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Cross’ bricht constellation shines,
Patriarch, yer vibrant spirit shines,
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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
n Bella Caledonia. Sara Clark shines a licht on oor self-hatred in
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Your passion, for oor game, shines through,
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
he slither ae light peerin in shines a torch oan his battered and
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
and opens thum up. The light shines through and leaves me feelin
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
club - and time and again it shines through on the park - the in (2021) twitter link

Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Bit whan the sun shines some days coman on fur June, on page 111

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Though the sun shines on page 4

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fan i'sun shines they aa ging tae i'shade on page 113

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Sin comes oot shines sae bricht
Sin dis come oot an shines sae braw .
En oot comes the sin an shines sae braw.
Sin shines throo lang afore mid day,
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Nae a monsoon sin shines again,
Sin comes oot an shines sae braw.
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
oer that opens up fin the sun shines doon on't, Mitherin, then, wi
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@originalfm #Aha Sun ni’ver shines oan e’ Telly up there wi Wiz(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
His love fur aal mankind shines through and he, as a freend, on page 77

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Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
But whether or no he shines the morn, he's braw the day. on page 208

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Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
win, like whan a bricht licht shines on ye." on page 90

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
s o' guid academic quality at shines a licht oan Ulster-Scots on page 29

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Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
snaffle that shines lak' a shillin',
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