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The word 'sharin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sharinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus144533
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 4
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sharin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Smooriken, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Shetland, prose
© wir peers spied twa lasses sharin a smooriken we wid nivver hea on page 52

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
noo we can only draem o sharin. on page 34

1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
s anyoch grief aboot, withoot sharin hit oot. Besides, der wis dat
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ie spent some splendid nichts sharin yarns. Sometimes we wid race
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
k yon’s twa year A’m been sharin my tochts wi you. Mebbe even
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ony journalist trow has been sharin da funs we hae in wir undergr
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
only reason fir shyin awa fae sharin her life wi the wumman o yer on page 51
sharin wi anither lad." on page 87

2 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
d an SQA websites, encouragin sharin
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
lorence tae learn the pianie, sharin her lessons wi her cousin Isi
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
need tae fyle the watters bi sharin sic maitters wi Brian. Deed,
s mither hid seen nae gain in sharin thon wi him.) The air wachtin
2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
dence an wi’oot apology – sharin oor passion an pride in the D
1 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Snog, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
oor peers clocked twa quines sharin a snog, we'd nae hear the end on page 53

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ked like he'd forgotten aboot sharin. It was gaunae be yin ae they on page 1

2 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Sam’s – aa sittin quiet, sharin the silence. A’d get a bit
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e moral hie-groond, an ah wis sharin it wi ma pals. Ah kent ah wis
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tae think o it theres nae car sharin as well - aye guid move like (2020) twitter link
for the enquiry - these 2 r sharin the love x https://t.co/2SeM3 (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s usual annoyin self, staunin sharin a fag wi Charlene ootside the on page 169

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
uck fur wurds Bit we ended up sharin’ a right guid crack,
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
o Works’, the darg she’s sharin,
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
or jist sharin an airin on page 17
Sharin wir stories, an no votin Tory on page 73
we've got a carin an sharin side on page 74

3 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
at nicht on the flair he wis sharin wi the ither men. He wis deav
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ow the Owl an the Panther wir sharin a pie: on page 104

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t oan how ah came tae be here sharin this moment in time wae him.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
sun, on the same humplock, an sharin Jennet's piece as weel as the on page 69

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
muckle fish hame, sharin the secret, fauldin him intae on page 18

1 matches

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
But naebody else wis sharin the cantiness; his dour comra on page 141

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
t oor room back. I'm fed-up o sharin. Klaus and Violet's faces are on page 14

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
sharin ma bed, an aa ma rooms, on page 22

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
sharin.”13
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ist an Capitalist alike. Fowk sharin a cultural or eddicational re
s are can be done through the sharin o ideas an this is whit wey e
2 matches

Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
scrievin a few lines each and sharin it wi them.
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2022) Central
ll an mibbes noo ah should be sharin.

@billykayscot tweeted
@Tighnacoille Thanks for sharin this Helen. Jist quote tweete(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
fortrad are leadin the wey in sharin #Scots phrases oan Friday, 4t (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th Hoolet an th Panther were sharin a pie: on page 104

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
ls us; nae reservations aboot sharin his Vietnam experience. His b on page 23

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
oo the Owl an the Panther wur sharin a pie: on page 105

1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
' the preservin' forderin an' sharin' o' culture. on page 47

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