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Use in varieties of Scots

sik Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 22.9 9.6 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences5043 6 1 0 0 0
Number of authors10 5 4 1

Occurrences of sik in Corpus

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Central

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Fremit army wi sik austern cries, on page 112

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
skaud at he soud hae ti thole sik puirtith! Tell me, Guid Sir, on page 46
l wi his freinds. Hir at sens sik guid cheer wul be ferr ben wi on page 47

2 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
rking', lea us wi nae Index, (sik as mair academic buiks hae), on page 84

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
ed efter. He wes the author o sik warks as The Food of the Scot on page 5

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
to be howpit that monie mair sik seilfu effecks wul gae alang on page 116

5 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
sik-like maitter i the magazine. on page 6

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Ane sik wurd i modren Scots law is La on page 22

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ial unkent til the ithers. Ae sik instance o 'spaicial-Matthaen on page 136
aur he micht lay his hauns on sik texts as on page 137
e dichtit frae whaur it faws. Sik Gothic motifs sets the muid, on page 142

7 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
terr'. We can aa gree wi yon. Sik thochts haes saired Jackie we on page 91

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ti mukkil collogues an ither sik, an nae dout fowk wul be luik
tutiounal aspecks o his darg, sik as pittin forrit the SNP’s
coud think on hou new media, sik as the Wab, micht be yokit fo
ti see him brocht ti life in sik a wey, bi a skeillie Scots sk
4 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
is a mukkil yairn, the first sik, atweill, i the clekkin. The
he narrator flytes wi hir for sik a norie, she bydes shuir in h
e authorities (did he predick sik trauchil tae? We ne’er laer
ttin til a brakfast scene. In sik a wey, he sets his owdience u
What haes happent ti steir up sik a braw man? O coorse, he is s
6 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
ent for. Ande that na man use sik destruccons slachter reif na
1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
cairn gien oot in monie weys, sik as the foondin o bodies for b
mplies? In Cheena, in ceities sik as Shanghai, the planners ir
2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t o interviewees, at includes sik feigurs as Douglas Gifford, T
a wey, bi his readin o buiks sik as MacDiarmid’s ‘The Gold
t follaes, Robb uises sources sik as the battalioun weir diarie
rie (mukkil o’t nou unkent) sik as ‘One More River to Cross
amang his freins war feigurs sik as George Bruce, Jessie Kesso
7 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a strae bales an play hide-an-sik wi a faimly o fairm catties, on page 88

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aff explorin - playin hidean-sik in the widdie ahin the hoose; on page 21

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
took wan look at me, let oot sik a skraich, on page 13

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
thocht a wee kitlin could mak sik a muckle blotch, wad ye?' on page 77

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ad sen me some o her wark tae sik an opeenion on’t.
1 matches

Findlater, Mark , (no publisher recorded 2022) Doric - Troup, government
There is nae sik thing as a mere custodian
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
Is thir sik a theen as an athentik vais,
1 matches

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