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Use in varieties of Scots

hint Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.8 28.2 11.2 29.8 23.2 43.7 39.8
Number of occurrences8053 7 3 4 4 9
Number of authors52 31 7 3 3 3 6

Occurrences of hint in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e if she wis up fir takin the hint; bit the cook wis busy stirri on page 60

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
cheap perfume an joost a wee hint ae BO. It's been warm the day on page 5

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
is still haudin his whisky. A hint o a smirk quivered at wan sid on page 51

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
see gin she ettlt tae tak the hint; but the cook wis ower thrang on page 44

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
michtie fliskie, kickin thair hint legs intae the air an makkin on page 22

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
hid it in view: that wis the hint that Reid gies us in his stat on page 38

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MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Her brawness is on her hint-end. on page 61

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Ah'm at yer hint on page 13

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
she speirt, giein juist a wee hint o feelin affrontit, but no ow on page 68
mer o 1715, there wis ne'er a hint o trouble. Cruikedbank wis fa on page 72

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
the past, you'd catch the odd hint fae him, tantalisin-like; nou on page 76

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Withoot even a hint ae warnin,aw the seats start on page 52
ugh withoot even expressing a hint ae any emotion. on page 64
he seat nixt tae me withoot a hint ae an acknowledgement. And at on page 192

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
et in the warld? Here's a wee hint - it isnae Willie Shakespear on page 68
the unsaid but ivver present hint that aw sic 'improvement' cam on page 98

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
on café there wis nivver a hint o onicbodie gettin seck fae e on page 57
nnie wuid whiles drap the odd hint. Dod had been a warkin man aw on page 59

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ow if that wis meant tae be a hint at me but ah jist kiddet on a on page 89

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Stares doun, giein nae hint o whit it is on page 88

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
tae. Finally there wis only a hint o the footpath left where it on page 44

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Lauren gets the hint and, instead o tryin tae chan on page 92

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
A hint o this on page 21

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary: I canna guess, even a hint? on page 35

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
The tree's tap-brainch hint the hoose on page 28

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
o jollity, a hint o the benign on page 68

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
special,' he responds to the hint o a sound fae Mairshall's thr on page 72

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Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
- fur proggin me wi - an a hint as stieve as a wudden door. S on page 118

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
nd o his rope, flingin up his hint legs. The
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
usie, fair heid an fir aw hes hint end wis sair o dirlin alang w
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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
wi thi first hint o eastren licht,.
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Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
andscape, blasted rock wi nae hint that life had ivir had a grip
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The Winter had nae hint o Spring
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
time - but still. The anely hint o Scots ye'll see in the hale
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
bit ay power; the merest wee hint ay authority an they let it g
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e plinth complete wi thon wee hint o a smirk, alang wi the text:
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
holes and wis sittin on their hint-ends, listenin him. The dugs
et that meant staundin on his hint legs. But the pigs wis that g
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e hersel. She recoilt fae the hint o racism in the thocht. Bit i
he woman will just give him a hint ... of anything he might have
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
For, by tyin a string to the hint leg o a grumphie, and keeping
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
d ae warnin tae me. No even a hint that ah’m as likely tae die
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@jax6754 tweeted
the Edinburgh Film Fest 2015! Hint hint! Or maybe bring the ncis(2014) search twitter
ae a guid tour an maybe 2015! Hint hint! ?(2014) search twitter
ish there wis another series! Hint hint! @jackwhitehall xxx(2014) search twitter
comin tae Scotland this time? Hint hint! xxx(2015) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
even get as much as a fucking hint that oor mums might gab tae A (2022) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
mmed an haad again, syne wi a hint o desperation in his vyce cam on page 57

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oan the shooder, an the only hint at she wis finnin the heat wi on page 42

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An sixty sabies wi' a hint o' mint on page 167

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
see if she meant till take e hint; but e cook wis busy stirran on page 57

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
n whan thay skelpit iz on the hint-end
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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
the back door. A door richt a hint me. A opened it. Some kinnae
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@Franwella tweeted
aimeeannenaylor do i detect a hint o sarcasm?!!(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
ery good job o id, an got her hint end stuck apin the top wire." on page 14

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
n a better lukkan face on the hint end o a coo. on page 9

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Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
nd see if, taegither, wae can hint up and organise the rich jumm

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
Is yur sand grey wi a hint on page 21

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De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
wi a hint o rainbow. on page 27

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
a fruity hint o dry blackcurran laeves, on page 111

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
wind, a whaft o walrus and a hint o polar bear #Shetland(2013) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
e say if she meant tae tak th hint; but th cook was busily stirr on page 59
: ee'd only hae tae whisper a hint tae Time, an on page 69

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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
arm ma cald feet on yeir warm hint end.” Ay, thaim wur the day
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The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
got away and hei slid on his hint end a' the road doon the slop
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
had bin uneventful, the onlie hint o romance a fleetin yin efter on page 1

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ee if shae mean't tae tak the hint; but the cook wus busy stirri on page 60
ae wud only hae tae whisper a hint tae Time, an roon goes the cl on page 71

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
h him in tha coul yird in tha hint o thon stane dyke forenent th on page 8
For doon at tha hint o tha kirkyaird, on page 9

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
the same time Ah'll gae ye a hint, on page 8

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Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
usnae at her aise. Wus thar a hint o a smirk juist stairtin tae
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@MarkThompStuff tweeted
molach95 @padraigfd There's a hint of a "what though on hamely f(2020) search twitter

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