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Use in varieties of Scots

sunk Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 7.7 7.5 9.9 0 0 22.1
Number of occurrences2615 5 1 0 0 5
Number of authors21 13 3 1 4

Occurrences of sunk in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
An auld god sunk in a muntain. on page 41

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Too late, too late, it sunk for aye on page 16

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
rm, he drew up wi a stert, an sunk doun ahint a slae buss wi a s on page 59

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
out fleet actions and getting sunk, on page 51

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
on the pavement, their chins sunk deep intae the collars o thei on page 49

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That warld's sunk tae Hell on page 149

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Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
lo ti ballanss, on brent-nyow sunk at hedna yit bene wurn ti fit on page 6

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
She sets, sunk inti hersel; there, on her la on page 19

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ittlin’s cleughs wir oot an sunk intae Mary’s haund alang wi
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Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
Ma hert sunk but a said, 'Aye' cos a didny
1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
onald McInnes’s lessons had sunk in, sae A set masel ti read a
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
thers, bit really its watters sunk unner the grun ...” She hes
ice gaed on, “The Sarasvati sunk unner the grun fower thoosan
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
ht scunner o a day. Its wecht sunk intae the grun, sae that a la
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
The sherry sunk, aabody gid throwe te the din on page 28
is glaiss, downed it, an syne sunk twa mair - een efter the tit on page 59

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a tak er oot." Ronnie's hairt sunk es he mynd aboot aa the ither on page 35

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
pints an i' nippies 'at I've sunk on page 90

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ed tae the spot. Yon doberman sunk it's teeth intae the knee
1 matches

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Ah, sheu sunk! on page 16

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ded aroon the theatre. Maisie sunk in hir seat, pit hir han ower on page 43

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Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Lang frae the owl sunk pad, but yit on page 34

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
bóats sae fu that the' near sunk. Whaniver Simon Petèr saa th on page 77

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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
uch, an whiles Maggie's hairt sunk as she seen tha cut o tha wun on page 15

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Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
har the lade run grevelly, we sunk the sheets o roosted zinc, he
1 matches

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