Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

tinkin	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	18.1	0.5	3	0	319.7	0	0
Number of occurrences	58	1	2	0	55	0	0
Number of authors	18	1	1		16

Occurrences of tinkin in Corpus

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Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Wir bellies is tinkin wir trotts haes bön cut on page 35

1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nt it the soun o Mikie an Sam tinkin an fechtin ower a cricket set on page 40

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
atween you an me, wi war aye tinkin an fechtin. Myn you, things h on page 14

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ice, aafil siecar. "Whit's du tinkin aboot?" on page 31
uid clean headie-eraa. Alice, tinkin at dis most be juist laek hae on page 42
time - "an juist whin I wis tinkin I wid be clear o dem at last, on page 53
t wye ta tell fok whit you're tinkin." on page 62
grice, I tink." An shö began tinkin aboot idder bairns at shö ke on page 63
Also on pages 69, 90, 92, 95, 102, 103, 125
12 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
öd Man telt Noah whit he wis tinkin. 'A'm gyaan ta flöd dis plac on page 7
r o some-ean shoutin tae him. Tinkin dat hit wis da owld man he ra on page 21
an see whit A'm tinkin; on page 48
n aabody sal be livin an life tinkin. Aabody sal hae a göd hame a on page 63
Whan Jonah wis tinkin aboot aa dis he sat doon asid on page 71
Also on pages 93, 109, 123, 125, 145, 151, 167
14 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
wir lippenin dir fifth bairn, tinkin shü wid congratulate dem, la on page 13
ta mind, bit Doris wid a been tinkin shü wis spaekin tae Ertie o on page 14
an bags. An dan shü startit tinkin some a dis animals belanged t on page 16
didna sleep a wink dat night, tinkin back ta foo it hedd aa starti on page 23
a me fur fower years. Far fae tinkin less a her, he mairried her. on page 46
Also on pages 52, 54
8 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
conscious faestin: twa wyes o tinkin. on page 19

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
cally. Hit's justified firbye tinkin aboot whit wye da unique hist on page 20

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
conscious faestin: twa wyes o tinkin. on page 24
a gödless fechts at come fae tinkin on page 39
Tinkin on da haert's topography on page 49

3 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
dere, a Orkney lass, an Ah'm tinkin it's wheer I nivver heard o h
1 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
tinkin lang fur da chair afore da st
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Truth, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
an tinkin an bellin desel at life
1 matches

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
a tick rop bided on da stein. Tinkin aboot it noo dat most o been
1 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ookin at da scrip on my knee, tinkin aboot da trow and whar he’d
Even on da why hame, I kept tinkin aboot da trow I met. Da trow
2 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
silly. Whit we accept ithoot tinkin aboot it in a language - for
idee at hit’s livin an life tinkin, is baith myths ta shoard up
2 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
nd so he says "aetin". I mind tinkin "oh boy, dis is gyan tae be c

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
tae dy frogspawn?” I axed, tinkin aboot hoo much budder my ain
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ges tae persuade me her wye o tinkin is da best wye. Dere is laekl
Twartree events hiv got me tinkin back tae when I wis a peerie
2 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
y at da sam time!' Ingrid wis tinkin ahead.
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
@FreyaBalfour Tinkin o u at dis time (2018) twitter link

@HazelTindall tweeted
@Shetlandhjarta Boannie. Tinkin aboot dee dis mornin whan I w(2019) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
t, hert-holl o de nicht, life-tinkin)(2020) search twitter