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Use in varieties of Scots

shetland Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words91.2 16.2 6 178.9 1400.8 0 0
Number of occurrences29532 4 18 241 0 0
Number of authors38 15 3 5 15

Occurrences of shetland in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
le! Gisli the Faur-kent! Frae Shetland tae Baghdad they ken ma voice on page 54

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
e sea fir rhe Faroes, Orkney, Shetland, Scotland, the Hebrides, Irel on page 14

3 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
k o dialects frae Gallowa tae Shetland an ayont; nane hes been desig on page vii

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
taught us, then inta two guid Shetland reels tih finish." on page 3

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Du, dee an dy is used in Shetland dialect, saelike 'thou', 'the on page 28
been somewey hot. As a young Shetland laddie, gauin somewey hot mea on page 34
lan boy, bein a young boy fae Shetland. on page 36
n bi abbreviates sic as 'Sh' (Shetland), 'Ork' (Orkney) an 'Uls' (Ul on page 50
a rich lettert tradeetion in Shetland. Key texts here comprehends J on page 60

7 matches

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
n tae preserve the dialecks o Shetland, the Borders an Dundee, or ta on page 108

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Roushy, raids on Norrowa (fae Shetland), an the commandos, is mirky, on page 110

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
Grampians, Dumfriesshire tae Shetland an maist places in atween. Sc
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Shetland, an Eire Rokkal, wi the tyde
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
rn Scotland, includin Orkney, Shetland and Na h-Eileanan A-Muigh (th
In Shetland, a beardit chiel wi curly hai
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
airt fae Gallawa tae Skye an Shetland. They uised a series o symbol
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e Glesca, Dumfries an Galowa, Shetland, Buckie, Fife an the Central
1 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Glaswegian, Doric, Ayrshire, Shetland and Lallans)”.
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
mune tae the grey – Orkney, Shetland, the tune o the sea agin the
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
rm such as Buchan, Glasgow or Shetland dialects)?"
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
hen gaun roond the schuils in Shetland crackin wi the collegianers a
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
o the northmaist pairts o the Shetland Isles, neebourin Norway. It i
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
cts o oor leid aw the wey fae Shetland tae Dumfries. It has a rich h (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
. bar the 48.8% o folk in the Shetland Islands that speak #Scots htt (2020) twitter link
Night at Christ Wis Born' in Shetland dialect: https://t.co/g1agE50 (2019) twitter link

Doric

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
e age o 3 (equal heichest tae Shetland Islands Cooncil). A farrer br
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
the the Volvo is fine an aa. #Shetland(2019) search twitter
Oh no! Nae the Volvo #Shetland(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@tweetolectology Shetland? Du (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
home o Tunnock's tea cakes on Shetland holidays. on page 47

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
e anither in their Orkney and Shetland parlance as ‘beuy’ and
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
aboot listenan tae BBC Radio Shetland or BBC Radio Orkney is the we
BC Radio Orkney and BBC Radio Shetland in the seventies and eighties
by contrast tae the Orkney or Shetland varieties, remains almost ent
Ann Cleeves’ Shetland is wan remarkable step forwar
e Shelities who hiv pairts in Shetland are tremendous, and the show
8 matches

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Orkney, Shetland, Faroes too, were aa made fae
1 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
iar to Orkney? It’s Closs in Shetland. Off the point a little now, (2020) twitter link

@peediepuss tweeted
be the commonly used word in Shetland, with peedie in Orkney. (2021) twitter link
ist beginneen tae tak hold in Shetland noo tae. Here, hid's geen fae(2020) search twitter
of the world. We go doon tae Shetland, when it's really up, and go (2020) search twitter
still talk of going 'doon tae Shetland'.(2020) search twitter
wer. A Mimulus. Not native in Shetland, louped the dyke oot o someen(2020) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
OWERSET INTA SHETLAND SCOTS BI LAUREEN JOHNSON on page III
Adventures im Wonderland inta Shetland Scots, a kind o Scots spokken on page V
etlandic an Shetlandic Scots, Shetland Scots, an Shetland dialect. A on page VI

8 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
da regattas. He gude aa ower Shetland tae dem, bit seein dey wir a on page 4
r, an got da wadder ipo Radio Shetland. on page 5
y. I had no idea we came from Shetland, or that I had relatives here on page 24
da photo o da cooncillor i da Shetland Times he wis readin. An shü on page 25
me, ta choose some things fae Shetland you think your Mam wid laek." on page 26
Also on pages 41, 46, 47, 52, 54, 59, 62, 78
19 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
apön da black fjord; or a Shetland voe? on page 25

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
e Orkneyinga saga en route to Shetland on page 19

5 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
e spokken alang wi English in Shetland, da maist norderly pairt o da on page 7
Shetland is bøn a meeteen plaess fir on page 9
0 year. Da trang trade atween Shetland an mainland Scotland, an firb on page 10
a main languages spoken ithin Shetland is Shaetlan an English. De ir on page 12
rliest keneen o fokk bidin in Shetland wid be idda shall mideen o Wa on page 13
Also on pages 14, 15, 16, 20, 22, 36, 47, 56, 73, 79, 80, 101, 103, 104
49 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
on da boat ta Shetland on page 22
Shetland ~ a hamely place wi on page 28
Shetland, 1900 on page 56
Shetland, 1930 on page 70

4 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
trow da blizzard lik a hardy Shetland ram. Efter aboot ten meenits,
1 matches

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
n Sandsound on da Wast side o Shetland. Since it wis a boanny day Jo
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
Paper originally given at the Shetland dialect conference Dialect '0
we wid maestly caa it ‘The Shetland Dialect.’ Whin we wir spaek
t in Grammar and Usage of the Shetland Dialect (GUSD for short - or
’ - dey wid say at hit wis Shetland Dialect.
ippy Sweetie’ articles i da Shetland Times. He writes:
12 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2017) Shetland
irr encouraged ta write i' da Shetland dialect... wir midder tongue,

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
trow when da Vikings cam tae Shetland in da eight or ninth century.
heard o by humans an trows in Shetland at da time.
2 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“We really hae a Nien in Shetland?” axed Gutteryaggle in a pa
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
young trow. Frogs hiv been in Shetland for little ower a hunder year
year. Dat’s why we’ve nae Shetland name for dem.
m aboot da history o frogs in Shetland an if he kent onything aboot
ear ago dere wis nae frogs in Shetland. Human folk took dem in fae S
it frogspawn on da Wastside o Shetland in da 1950s,” said Fraser.
5 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
eerie trowie freend he med in Shetland. No muckle maks me greet but
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
a sooth man, an couldna spaek Shetland, but a göd enyoch vet fur aa
could pit a notice apö Radio Shetland. Der awfil göd aboot things
2 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
but when da thing I hed at da Shetland Open sold dey took VAT aff o (2014) twitter link
t o my week eenoo is da Radio Shetland quiz ?? (2020) twitter link
towt it wis da only place in Shetland wi a view https://t.co/OdIGe8 (2020) twitter link
Could really do wi a Shetland rhyming dictionary (2019) twitter link
Everybody in Shetland is just faan mad fir Tony’s (2021) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

@tattooedselkie tweeted
wirkin at the oil terminal in Shetland we haed a couple o regular tr(2021) search twitter
kle negativity fir tweetin in Shetland dialect but I'm lippnin it wi(2021) search twitter
komplettwayne I dinna bide in Shetland ony mair but I'll certainly k(2021) search twitter
e start writin mair tweets in Shetland dialect I'm gained 150ish new(2021) search twitter

@HazelTindall tweeted
#Shetland dialect: Da Night at Christ W(2015) search twitter
y dy last foo day in Shetlan. Shetland Forwirds wirks hard ta keep w(2019) search twitter
kkin belt and raepin string. #shetland #knitting #fairisle https://t(2020) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
RT @MarjoleinR : Shetland's mythical water horse da nju(2019) search twitter
uld've been warming up for da Shetland Folk Festival today - a wond(2020) search twitter
en, and how schemes might aid Shetland crofting/nature. I go oot wi (2019) search twitter
RT @MarjoleinR : In Shetland if you heard a cock crow in d(2020) search twitter
nd go be wi trees. No easy in Shetland! Bizarrely, I bumped into wir(2020) search twitter
and 95 other occurrences.

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
spirits native to Orkney and Shetland, and seem to be a kind of tro(2019) search twitter
! Watch out for a forthcoming Shetland Times podcast where we speak (2017) search twitter
@edbookfest Yun's me back to Shetland this evening, for the Screenp(2019) search twitter
lly Skekler/Grølek season in Shetland https://t.co/FgJYPAqBu1(2020) search twitter
tae see aa folk writin aboot shetland!(2020) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
d noo but grew up on mainland Shetland. My faithers fae Unst (Baltas (2020) twitter link
ALL THE VIKINGS!! #uphellyaa #shetland #shetlander #norseroots #prou (2018) twitter link
ellyAa is a public holiday in Shetland as is Hop Day which is da day (2021) twitter link
@susie_dent @rob_pearson86 In shetland whar im fae we say yisterday (2018) twitter link
am now but is better known in Shetland whar I’m fae. (2018) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

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