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Use in varieties of Scots

fins Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.9 4.6 9 0 11.6 10.3 75.2
Number of occurrences359 6 0 2 1 17
Number of authors14 6 2 2 1 3

Occurrences of fins in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
e'll get a richt gunk when he fins oot whae I am! But I'd better on page 33

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Your dour Scots ee though fins it's brilliance wan, on page 20
auts, or e'en, contrairiwise, fins the sam, fauts on page 118

2 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
the wey God fins delyt on page 20

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
this journalist's life, an he fins hissel in a weird labyrinthin on page 87

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
eeth broon as her bent stick, fins sunspots wi her auld black ca on page 23

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
seistem whaur Scots speakers fins thairsels third-cless ceitize on page 121

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Your dour Scots ee though fins it’s brilliance wan.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
arslet agin it. “If we ever fins oot,” he sayed, “that som
1 matches

Doric

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
Baabie, he'll be back fin he fins oot the truth." on page 94

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
gets, an ilka een att seeks, fins an tae e chiel att knocks, e on page 15
in hoose." An fan he comes he fins it aa cleaned lik a new preen on page 100
are e servants att e maister fins reddy fan he comes. A'll tell on page 103

5 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
will be da surprised whin he fins oot wha I am! But I wid bette on page 34

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
instructed, "I ken du still fins him uncan, bit it'll be wirt on page 78

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
Fair hope the big wean in ye fins it cantie an no orra!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
It fins baith guid an bad. on page 45

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"Hoo fasht hae'll be whin hae fins oot wha A am! But A'd better on page 34
bae mistake, an if the Queen fins oot aboot it, shae'll cut aal on page 78

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ife, an thair's no monie that fins ït. on page 8
ïs no warthie o me. Whaiver fins hïs life wull loass it, an w on page 9
bak tae tha hoose ït left an fins ït swep an clain. Then ït l on page 90
cums, blissit ir tha yins he fins watchin an waitin. A tell yis on page 92
ïf he fins he's no able tae finish ït - on page 96

14 matches

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