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Use in varieties of Scots

grins Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 5.7 4.5 9.9 5.8 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences1911 3 1 1 2 1
Number of authors17 9 3 1 1 2 1

Occurrences of grins in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
've seen plenty ae cats wioot grins," thought Alice; "bit a grin on page 65

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
tae speik furst, "why yer cat grins like that?" on page 44

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
t him through the empty hoose grins. Tom's een fling wide like tw on page 1

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
taewards us wearin big cheesy grins. Mon Charlene, ah said, Mon w on page 84

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
While the Auld Yin grins doon frae the Pub o the Deid, on page 155

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Isla grins. She hus perfectly straight p on page 7

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
Sergio grins. ‘Giovanni, Giacomo, welcom
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
are the anes wi the lairgest grins on their coupons the day. Eft
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Brucie’s famous big cheesy grins before he lits oot a triumpha
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
She smugly grins ‘’Well, that’s my retir
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
llum - she likes ye." Granda grins. on page 97

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
broad grins fae aa aroon. on page 31

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ill speak first, "why yer cat grins lek at?" on page 56

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
The visietor leuks aroon an grins on page 4

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
aek first, "whit wye your cat grins laek yon?" on page 59

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Grins ear tae ear, an doffs his hat on page 211

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ae speak firrst, "how eer cat grins lik that?" on page 58

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
tae taak furst, "why yer cat grins lik that?" on page 58

1 matches

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