Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sighin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

sighin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6.2	20	9
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	16.3	5	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central	9.2	2	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	18.8	3	3
GLA - Glasgow	16.3	3	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)	37.4	3	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	94.2	3	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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sighin 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
lliant!' He liftit his airms, sighin wi relief as the caal win sta on page 10
orrice pullt aff his T-shirt, sighin as he lookit doon it the grea on page 11
lla far her heid shid've bin. Sighin, he closed his een, pictirs o on page 17
omer Service desk," said Roy, sighin it te verra thocht o't. "Aat on page 86

5 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
er. He peered oot the windae, sighin deeply. It was ainly five min on page 72

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
on, ah said. Ma da made a big sighin noise an then he said, Cause on page 68
Jackson. Charlene made a big sighin noise intae the phone. Kirsty on page 156

2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
eaked intae san, bizzin, then sighin flotsam. on page 16

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ough we’re swearin’ an’ sighin ’, in oor he’rts, we’re
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
doon the bundle fae her back, sighin wi relief. She wis gratefully
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e Moose, turnin tae Alice, an sighin. on page 29
nearer, Alice could hear him sighin zif his hert wid brek. on page 92
so he did," said the Gryphon, sighin in his turn; an baith creatur on page 96

3 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Moose, turnin tae Ahlice, an sighin. on page 28
nearer, Ahlice could hear um sighin as if heis hairt would snap. on page 92
at hei did," said th Gryphon, sighin in heis turn; an baith craite on page 96

3 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e Moose, turnin tae Alice, an sighin. on page 29
nearhaun, Alice cud hear him sighin es if haes hairt wus gan tae on page 93
o hae did," said the Gryphon, sighin whin it wus haes turn; an bai on page 97

3 matches