A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

tinks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 1.1 6.4 9.9 139.5 0 0
Number of occurrences312 4 1 24 0 0
Number of authors15 2 3 1 9

Occurrences of tinks in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Ti baur oot tinks; or the pletforms an pillars on page 43

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
.” Than thai aw leuchit lik tinks.
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
cuddy bonfire. 'Ay, weel, the tinks eesed tae graze their shelts on page 51

1 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
an she likes tae flirt wi the tinks at the fair. Ye’r jist auld
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
secunts they war fechtin like tinks, breengin
1 matches

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
"The time his come beuys tinks thoo no, this pig needs tae b on page 77

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
h ageen, an said, "So dan, du tinks du's altered, does du?" on page 46
"Does du mean at du tinks du can fin da answer?" said d on page 69
"Whit tinks du o da Wheen?" said da Cat, on page 85

3 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Dan Jesus said, 'Noo wha tinks du wis a neebir ta yon pör s on page 116
'Tinks du will dat mak ony odds?' sa on page 125
'Noo', said Jesus, 'wha tinks du did da Göd Man heed?' on page 129

3 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
shit's aafil low, an haverin, tinks du's dere already. Ah'll gyin on page 35

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
He tinks - Quhitna kynda krætir on page 27

5 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
whaar da Shaetlan spaeker tinks d'ir seid a question, whaaras on page 90

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
If du tinks on life as da comin on page 64

1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
gie dem der money's wirt. 'Du tinks du's fast? Watch dis! High kn
inger comes ower. 'Aye, aye,' tinks I. 'Here we go wi da mind gam
2 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Pieriewys, (Shetland For Wirds 2005) Shetland, poetry
Tinks du sall we mak fir Kanada?”
1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Metadist Metafir, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
He tinks – Quhitna kind a’krættir
1 matches

Irvine, Chloe Untitled Poem, (The Scotsman 2021) Shetland - Whalsay, poetry
Fur aa dat, do sits yunder un tinks I should knapp lik you,
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
O his haemly isle, tinks lang for daeth. An you,
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
pared wi whit fock in general tinks he means. He writes:
s dat public concept at fock tinks at we mean. Whit implications
2 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
'Tinks du, ir we related?' Da idder
1 matches

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