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Use in varieties of Scots

yin's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.6 13.3 1.6 59.6 0 10.9 39.8
Number of occurrences4225 1 6 0 1 9
Number of authors19 9 1 2 1 6

Occurrences of yin's 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

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
A third yin's full o gutsy fatties, on page 30

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
No like that yin's mither. Muckle great dug wi a on page 1

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Ye dinnae. The real yin's faur mair gory. on page 5

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
pint and passes me it. "This yin's oan me. But, here. Jist dae m on page 73
hunner year ago are the same yin's dain us the noo, They jist dr on page 120

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
before ah even tolt her. That yin's a bad bad article, she said, on page 169

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
IT CLAGGERS UP A YOUNG YIN'S POW on page 158

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Canto The Auld Yin's Bairnheid on page 118
Noo the auld yin's awey. on page 145
Noo the Auld Yin's gaein hame on page 147
it shall he see, now the Auld Yin's asleep? on page 154

5 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
efour ah eevin toalt ur. That yin's a bad bad articoal, she said, on page 41

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
The High Heid Yin's New Claes on page 56
s and kists for the High Heid Yin's claes were kept. "See whit we on page 63
eeve and said, "The High Heid Yin's in the scud." on page 68

7 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
u should be prood o him. That yin's a hero!" on page 70

1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
Enhance yer wee yin's listenin skills by getting th (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n at the foun. Noo, the first yin's face wis yalla an hir hair wi
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
face in ivry gless - but no, yin's no her face. Sheu blenks. A k on page 45
ie voyce, but this is warse. "Yin's whit I sayed," spits Astrid, on page 137

2 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@jm_stout Yin's no great ava. Sea aboot the w (2020) twitter link
@helenmoncrieff Yin's aa we need noo, on tap o evry(2020) search twitter
@jm_stout Oh yeah! Yin's a rare fine diet!(2020) search twitter
@helenmoncrieff Yin's Sea Sandwort(2020) search twitter

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
@kennedydalby Hope the wee yin's doing well :)(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
But yin's the waitin en o a'. on page 40

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Yin-an-yin's aye twa, A thocht, on page 37

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
North Korea's high-heid-yin's daein fine, on page 39

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
d be like a sarvint. For whut yin's mair impoartin amang yis, hï on page 107

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
icht eneuch. Thon blak-haired yin's a quare haird-lukkin ticket." on page 24

2 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
nDunbar @ianjamesparsley Your yin's no bad Ciaran! Redd oot the a (2015) twitter link
0 @Desmond_Funk Aye, thon top yin's blethers. They tak oor #Ulste (2015) twitter link
wurds fae the Erse, but that yin's no! @Us_Irish @Meghan_Finlay (2016) twitter link

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