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Use in varieties of Scots

shifts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.5 11.8 6 49.7 11.6 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences3723 4 5 2 1 2
Number of authors25 14 3 3 2 1 2

Occurrences of shifts in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
, glancin towards ma maw. She shifts uncomfortably. 'This is why t on page 54

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
I saw the shifts o blae faced men on page 129

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ikes bein seen daen it fur he shifts furrit. No much. Just like br on page 1

3 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
troll by whaur thoosans endit shifts on page 33
it fae yer bending owre, lang shifts that streetcht on page 77

2 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Siobhan shifts on her chair and scrunches up on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
In between ma shifts workin as a haime help where on page 28

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ifferent branches that pit in shifts at the Vigil but realised tha on page 108

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Opencast wi their twelve hour shifts, on page 71

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
'rules' o gremmar for a leid shifts ower time. Anither pynt tae m on page 33

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
cargae conseistit o twa hale shifts o waarm claes - asyde frae m on page 5

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
ayont the wrackline the jaup shifts, on page 112

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
, ice on its surface breks an shifts, an it gies aff a thin atmosp
in cheils fae the Oort Clood, shifts Kuiper Belt cheils an thay fa
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
thairsels), than the proablem shifts tae them that dis yaise it. A
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
that ‘The accent gradually shifts from village to village, form
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
As the centre o gravity shifts eastwards an the nummers o mi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ts the likes o whan the Laird shifts frae his inglified tones tae
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
, evidently. But he certainly shifts a bit ae weight aboot the too
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
a cannae wait tae this shifts over(2013) search twitter

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Ye mock ma accent that shifts on page 1

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Fresh throo the nicht fer shifts the sna,
An slowly, slowly, shifts the sna,
2 matches

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
. 'Well he works affa awkward shifts'. (2023) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Øyvind shifts an appens his airms. on page 7
helm, waatchan fer lowes, fer shifts i'the drifts o rouk; Olaf the on page 23
rotein intae hids piece, than shifts tae the next. "Smell yin," he on page 28

3 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
the virus shifts. on page 93

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
8. Now, we work two four hour shifts with two eleven minute coffee
1 matches

Shetland

Sinclair, Lise Fauld up da Feddoms, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, poetry
Time shifts aa an nauthin
1 matches

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
w dey wid tak hit in twa hoor shifts chappin da ice aff
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
he quicksaun o smaa knawledge shifts tae an sinks us. An we wad li on page 5

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
ects his pairt. The sixth age shifts on page 52

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
oo hit's tim' tae address the shifts in viewin' patterns, (fer exa on page 54

1 matches

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