| hearin | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 54.1 | 54.2 | 43.5 | 29.8 | 93 | 93 | 48.7 | |
| Number of occurrences | 175 | 107 | 29 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 11 | |
| Number of authors | 84 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
he waitit fir a wee bit wioot hearin anythin else: eventually thir on page 38
ebbe it'd say suhin wirth the hearin. Fir a wee meenit it puffed a on page 45
tae the wid fir fear ae their hearin her; an when nex she peeped o on page 56
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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'You kiddin me on? Dolly! You hearin this! Fuckin Guns an Roses. W on page 3
cunt could talk Spanish. But hearin him singin in a different lan on page 7
2 matches
McPartlin, John Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Ay hearin ma telltale Eurydice. on page 71
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
it'll be the waur for me.' On hearin this a chill cam ower Kate, b on page 23
. Kate wis that dumfounert at hearin him speak at she cuidna tak i on page 31
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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
he singer. We bydit an bydit, hearin the ship looder an looder as on page 57
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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
OAN HEARIN A FLUIT ANE NICHT IN SPRING on page 43
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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
rt sand-rigg, seein naething, hearin nacthing. An yet something th on page 77
oudna bear the thocht o niver hearin yon lauchter mair. It wis lik on page 86
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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
She waitit a wee while athoot hearin ocht else: then there wis a r on page 37
micht tell her somethin worth hearin. For some meenits it puffed a on page 44
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Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
but his hearin wid bide roun him like a smel on page 55
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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
in he does it's usually worth hearin. Ma pal Cassie hinks he's coo on page 1
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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
ythin that's wirth ither fowk hearin. The warst judge o the sangst on page 3
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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
'Whit's this we've been hearin aboot ye, John . .. compeared on page 22
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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
'We'd best be hearin aa aboot Aud Deip Mindit, sey on page 14
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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
us a secret yous cannae staun hearin on page 12
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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
es o' Israel. Ye kin, Ah mind hearin' tell that aw us Scottish fol on page 13
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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
wis feelin licht, my sicht an hearin didna belang ti me. Finally I on page 73
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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rn ah paused fur a bit before hearin the hysterical greetin ae a s on page 40
n voice. The commotion ah wis hearin seemed tae be comin fae the s on page 72
" Ah cannae hide ma relief at hearin this. "Yur no jist fuckin say on page 82
Upon hearin ae ma recent run ae bad luck on page 117
"Dinnae gee me the hard ae hearin routine" ah on page 164
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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ANE O THE things we are aye hearin aboot is that Westminster is on page 27
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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
?' an he'd be like, 'Ooft, ye hearin voices, pal? 'That's the firs on page 75
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
He had been lookin forrit tae hearin this great deliverer o the wo on page 35
the auld gravestanes no even hearin Wullie shout eftir him in the on page 65
e the Big Smoke get uised tae hearin 'Wot? Wot you seyin Jock?' on on page 74
hoose, 'Findoca, Findoca.' On hearin her faither Findoca, the seco on page 78
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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
some kind ae a problem wi yir hearin. on page 20
n see an audiologist aboot ma hearin. They endet up keepin me in f on page 21
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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
- like thae brats we've been hearin aboot?' on page 41
Hearin this, baith Mr and Mrs Saut b on page 131
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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
s plugged in. The music I wis hearin wisnae comin through the heid on page 37
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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
e him, faced wi aa this, then hearin the voice o his cock on page 113
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Readin an hearin stories at the same time did on page 59
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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
I couldna believe whit I wis hearin. Aa I could think o wis first on page 24
Guardian Angel couldna stand hearin her greet ony mair, so she se on page 80
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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
wi baith een steekit, no even hearin whit the ithers were sayin. M on page 35
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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ut whit could he dae wi them? Hearin the faint soonds o the hook-h on page 92
soorly. He wis seek fed-up o hearin the same threit in the same w on page 139
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
A wis nae gledder o hearin this nor A wis o hearin him h on page 125
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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ns or just for the pleesure o hearin pure Scots wi nae sel-conscio on page 54
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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
An keep your hearin clear. on page 15
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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
nd their debate the merit o a hearin, whit grunnd is there for gra on page 96
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
rs and the places and dates o hearin and screivin doon the sangs. on page 69
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Aabody will mind o hearin Sheena Wellington singin A Ma on page 77
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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
he mair, an we leuk forrit ti hearin frae thaim. on page 4
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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
an thir wis wan voice e kept hearin, shoutin help, help. on page 43
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
tudy by pupils that has their hearin in
n that no aw folk wi impaired hearin uises BSL 35 Mr Brian Monteit
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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
I wis nae gledder o hearin this nor I wis o hearin him h
this nor I wis o hearin him haudin for St Andraes for
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Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
some kind ae a problem wi yir hearin.
n see an audiologist aboot ma hearin. They endet up keepin me in f
2 matches
McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
and mair nor a few year afore hearin an anti-Gaelic version o thon
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
wi sheddaes, he wis yaised wi hearin the houlet ilka nicht an he k
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e. I coudna credit what I wis hearin, but the wey she gaed quait a
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
in inti kinks as gin thay war hearin thaim for the first time. It
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Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
he creature's eyes widened at hearin that.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
whit language they're readin, hearin or thinkin in. It's juist the
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Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
tewart Bremner, I've aye loed hearin guid Scots spoken and sung, f
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
trae these past hunner years, hearin their ain language naewhaur b
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t fuckin believe whit ah’m hearin an ma heid’s spinnin an ah
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
when it fuckin suits ye. You hearin whit ah’m sayin?’ he sais
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’m processin whit ah’m hearin an lookin at Pearcey who’s
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
nly thing their interestit in hearin is their ain voice. Add intae
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tryin tae process whit ah’m hearin.
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
On hearin that, Athena flang aff her di
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
or readin oor ain language an hearin its words in oor heids haes h
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
sweer an she wadnae waant him hearin hes Dad bein glaikit.
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
Hearin the sneck on the neebor’s y
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ced themselves! Callum, efter hearin’ the complaints frae the Du
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Noo that she wis hearin it aa the time, Beatrice mind
than again it’s mair liker hearin. Thoo canna shut it aff. Gin
rd agin the Aald People in ma hearin.”
ly intervenin. He ay had guid hearin fora man o forty.
ople. He challenged her aboot hearin ancestors. Whit if twa fowk w
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
on Scotland an we’re e’en hearin Scots spoken a bittie mair in
1 matches
Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
varies a bit. I am yaised tae hearin the Doric o Aiberdeenshire an
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
day an, as the body got athin hearin distance, they cuid hear her
1 matches
grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
r first name an ah gulp a bit hearin’ it.
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ne ther oota curiosity aifter hearin aboot it.
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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
the maitter; but wad he get a hearin? on page 80
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Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
awa at ye, an ye're jist nae hearin a bliddy wird.' on page 84
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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
"I dinna think I'm hearin" on page 15
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McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
hearin Ye thrum atween stanzas as A on page 3
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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an appintmint te see aboot a hearin aid?" on page 22
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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
"Fit's this I'm hearin aboot ye, Barbara?" he says, on page 94
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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nae the only thunner wi'll bi hearin - Ah hope ye've brocht a chy on page 39
elin the sin waarm ma face an hearin the saft ru-hooo, ru-hooo o a on page 44
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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
re forgien." Some o e laayers hearin iss said tae themsels, "Iss i on page 17
weel an near han e hinnerein. Hearin aboot Jesus, he bad e Jewish on page 90
n honest an gweed hert till e hearin o e wird, an stikkin in wi't, on page 93
t; an tae hear fit ye've been hearin, yet nivver heard it." on page 98
says till him, 'Fit's iss A'm hearin? Mak oot a set o accounts, ca on page 107
Also on pages 111, 118
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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
she stentit in a richt fleg, hearin somethin at sounit tae her li on page 56
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
doon her cheeks. On hearin the news Jonsar Eck felt mair
k movin aboot. Jonsar wis noo hearin aboot the richts an
2 matches
Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
eared, he wis a banker an, on hearin fit Jonsar Eck
On hearin this Wan Fittit took a hand."
hearin, she snorted. "Change, he win
ae affa pleased wi fit he wis hearin."
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
On hearin yon dreidfu aith, Isie's een
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
’d been fower deaths. Mabel hearin this felt like sayin that she
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Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ae tell him fit wiz wrang. On hearin their story he squared his sh
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Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
feel contented yarnin awa an hearin hoo everyeen wis gettin on, a
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@johnkmitchinson tweeted
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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"I coodna help hearin yon lass telling dee aboot Je on page 44
"Here am I, worryin aboot no hearin fae my anes fur twa days. Aa on page 78
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De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
A'm hearin again Thor's cymbals clash, on page 26
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De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
stowed far fae wir hearin ta keep herm awa. on page 19
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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
dat, hearin hit øsed aawye can be gratin on page 56
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Sutherland, Stella Midder, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
sir! – touch, taste, scent, hearin, sight,
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Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
aa da ruckly stanes. I swear, hearin da saft, swishin soond o da w
tless. Da fitstep soond I wis hearin wis gittin looder an looder,
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Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
On hearin this ae forenicht, on page 34
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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
On hearin this ae forenicht,
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Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
est,” I says, tho she wisna hearin a word I spak. I touched her
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Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Hearin an knowin. on page 20
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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
micht tell hir somethin worth hearin. Fur a wheen o minutes it puf on page 45
tae the woods fur fear o thim hearin hir; an whin shae nixt keekt on page 56
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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
thaim tex men an sinners?" On hearin this, Jesus saed, "It ïs no on page 9
aff Jhone. But wha's thon A'm hearin sitch thïngs aboot?" on page 85
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Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
d ony remarks, naw within his hearin ony road. on page 44
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