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Use in varieties of Scots

sinks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 6.9 8 9.9 5.8 21.9 0
Number of occurrences2213 5 1 1 2 0
Number of authors14 7 4 1 1 2

Occurrences of sinks in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
l yae, look at this place, ma sinks overloaded wae dishes, bunker on page 118
seconds and yince it finally sinks in ah'm no oan the set ae Dow on page 127

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ma heart sinks. Dante's gonnae rip ma story on page 22
Dante's four stars. Ma heart sinks. on page 25
Ma heart sinks. on page 32
Ma heart sinks when ah read ma score: a thre on page 45

4 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ma heart sinks, 'Another lassie?" on page xx

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an they redd up a' the sinks. on page 42

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
till aathing swees and sinks intae the watter on page 9

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
But thon underearth sinks like burnt-out char on page 107

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t’s been loiterin aboot the sinks comes oer an attempts tae ing
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he cunt’s oot the gemme, an sinks the boot intae his ribs.
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
€™s appearant that meenisters sinks back intae thair binks an pit
1 matches

Doric

Bolland, John Tales Fae The Doric Side - Hadean Eon: 4.5 Billion Years ago , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
exchangin heavier stuff aat sinks atward on page 82

1 matches

Lawrie, Alastair Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Win, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
sinks doon an whispers wi the sea. on page 90

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aashin bi han in twa big fite sinks, scrubbin and rubbin it colla on page 87

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e beach like a timmer doo, an sinks its reets inno the san.
fleets doon like a balloon an sinks its reets inno the jungle aga
2 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Haedan back is the sun sinks low on page 17

1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Böd, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
sinks stons anunder da saat
1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Whan this flagship sinks in the Minch, Wha'll tak the on page 213

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
smaa knawledge shifts tae an sinks us. An we wad like ti ken mai on page 5

1 matches

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