A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fing Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 3 3 0 0 0 62.9
Number of occurrences226 2 0 0 0 13
Number of authors16 5 2 8

Occurrences of fing in Corpus

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Central

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah snap ma fing'rs. Robert's a simple enough on page 17
ightly gassed folk raise thur fing'rs in the air tae indicate th on page 26

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
The Giant havered, 'FEE FI FO FING, on page 20

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
playin wi a tangerine, 'ah'll fing them, you slice them,' on page 174

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
blawing a fing hoolie dinnae even think aboo on page 28

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Roy’s dancin’ fing’irs, fu’o’ skill,
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nty, her lug wis stung bi the fing o a snaabaa crackin aff the s
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
ScotlandNT Um wellen up. Best fing tae happen this year. Make us(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
An graipin fing'rs trimmled in the nicht on page 26

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Coul wat fing'rs on page 35
A crookit fing'r frae abane on page 45
Tha yin wud hae yer fing'r aff on page 49
Tae a fing'r on page 52

5 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
up, an stairtet bowin tae the fing, the Queen, an the royal weey on page 81

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
coals. It wus that coul, his fing'rs had bother wi tha padlock on page 17
a baa rollin theday that cud (fing'rs crossed) mak a quare diffe on page 30

2 matches

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
croobin bar tha deid man’s fing’rs or jaist eat tha claas a
1 matches

Glass, Ewen Yarns 3 - Waash, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymony, prose
Fing’rs ticht tae gless, A watch
1 matches

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
ha Feardie Geng tae pit their fing’rs in tha saip, then dip th
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
ot tha peeliewallie muin. Tha fing’rs o lichtnin wus glentin o
1 matches

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