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Use in varieties of Scots

sinsyne Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 12.9 6 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences3125 4 0 0 2 0
Number of authors17 13 4 1

Occurrences of sinsyne in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'An hae the biddins chynged sinsyne?" on page 50
Sax year has gane by sinsyne, an I haena yet tellt this st on page 91

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
dee in chynes hunners o years sinsyne. on page 26

6 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rterit. There wisnae then, or sinsyne, een a whisper fae the suppos on page 42

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
steyed at Kanga's hoose ever sinsyne, and had Extract o Maut for h on page 33
l; and he'd aye wunnered ever sinsyne if the galluses were jist as on page 64
ee Grumphie had foregaithered sinsyne, Wee Grumphie didna actually on page 137

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
in a land lang sinsyne on page 76

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
the threap fae lang syne, an sinsyne, wis whan cats had kittlins, on page 82

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ed been published twinty year sinsyne and he haed haen time tae ref on page 69

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
fteen an a warkin man. A week sinsyne he'd been a scuil laddie, but on page 95

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
he caird pleyers drappit oot. Sinsyne thare wis juist twa, a plumbe on page 58

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Sinsyne the wee buke coalesced
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
he Welsh leid in 1996. It has sinsyne published “A
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
er, as the warl hes muived on sinsyne. Bot it is aye enjosed i the
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
inbidin o the British Isles. Sinsyne, it has cam tae refer tae a g
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
hae risen ower an ower again sinsyne. The present estimate o the f
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
before) and, historically, ‘sinsyne’ (‘since that time, from
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
lkers” said I tae @joao_kay. Sinsyne I’ve had that sung tae the t(2020) search twitter
McLean’s United. Been hooked sinsyne!(2020) search twitter

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
an he taen a likin tae me, an sinsyne we hae bin far-ben. Suin or s on page 98

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
odd; an A've been on the rodd sinsyne. A've been the linth o the kw on page 30

1 matches

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
An hinna been the same sinsyne! on page 139

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wis five. In the seeven years sinsyne, Betsy gaed awye wi Minnie, t
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
fe yonner til painsion age an sinsyne; him an his marrow hev
ve nivver been the same agane sinsyne. Whit ae howp, whit
2 matches

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