A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

din Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.6 17.5 25.6 59.6 0 258.4 0
Number of occurrences8234 17 6 0 25 0
Number of authors49 24 13 5 7

Occurrences of din in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Throu the bellum an dirdum an din on page 12

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
nae Flyin Scotsman makin this din on page 30

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ies standin n we kin hear the din the rest ir makin, shoutin, s on page 24
we're famous as fuck noo. The din fades n they aw disappear. on page 51

2 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
'Tween her an Ah the wash wis din, on page 9

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ean needs a dad. Makes sense, din't it? She's oot at work aw da on page 1

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
orked til ye can get nae mair din? on page 77

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
oki, wavin his hauns thru the din, lik a whirliegig, 'the big m on page 14

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
fishin' be sae ill if it wis din in waarmer climes? Ah dinnae on page 12
oat needs peinted, or repairs din. They dinnae jist peint the b on page 25
hings, she wis needin' things din fur her. Noo, Ah kin the auld on page 37

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
xpect. He walkit taewards the din, realisin that it wis Geordie on page 109

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
an guidit twined, the skelpin din on page 25

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
hymns while the butchery wis din. on page 46
tae the din o suackbuts. on page 84

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
D'ye quit the muin-din ceity o delicht? on page 34

1 matches

Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
d brig ye had tae cross is aw din up an is noo a weel-kent road
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
a man. He wes gied a mukkil din Clydesdale bi the Rid Douglas
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An bairns, tae, makin a din.
bit whit a temper, whit a din!
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Telt ye din’t ah? Nae party like a McDa
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Aye ah’m sure. Ah seen him, din’t ah? Fuckin junkie bastart
1 matches

Briggs, Susi Diva, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Dumfries and Galloway, poetry
She screamed at me, “It’s din!”
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ommon, when aw’s said an’ din!
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
up wi thaim. They were makin din eneuch.
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
a long while afore winter is din
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
es chainged. The Tolbooth wis din awa wi. The buildin hud a new

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
shoap here din't ye?"
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Din't yese pure luve the new age (2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
. . thats the first bike run din and dusted for the day. Manag (2021) twitter link
octors tae get a health check din afore they'll gie me back ma (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
he music up tae droon oot the din lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ye ti pey ti get in? Wi that din deavin ye, an makin the grun on page 45

1 matches

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Bruce: Ah've din sassage an mash, Winsome. The on page 40

1 matches

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
the pipes made the maist affa din, she couldna see foo at wid w on page 16

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
again an again tae the affa din on page 65

1 matches

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Seaforth Road, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Cups o tea droon the din o daytime television, on page 70

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
hem - they'll jist kick up a din I'm leavin't aa tae charity on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r peels an potions. "Ye'r nae din-skinnt like masel an the loon on page 40

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Beyond the urgent din o the birds, on page 5

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
He listened tae thi din, on page 26

1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
hit a steen an made a clinky din on page 13

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
hine. Fae that tae the deevin din o five thoosan guns nicht eft on page 16

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
se, as lang as we didna mak a din. Sae doon on the fleer we wen
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Michty min that’s an affa din yer at! Fit’s the waur wi y
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
an think braw luck in unerst’din!(2015) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
re min, the road markins were din jist lik the wirksheet said. (2020) search twitter
I could o din mayer https://t.co/kiF2NJuDj9(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
wee a yon seagulls macking a din above ma heed! Nae peece ??(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Whit's din is din. on page 6

2 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
He hid niver afore din more than tie bands! on page 70

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
?' says the wife, no askan. A din-faced on page 9

1 matches

West, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
it or love it, it his tae be din. on page 74

1 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
ear) Scots on the BBC - weel din! Noo come tae Orkney nixt! (2020) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
They din''na come much bigger on page 56

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
in tae a moose: she hed ne'er din sic a hing afore, but she min on page 21
"How, whit are eer shoes din wi?" said th Gryphon. "Ah mea on page 101
"Ah wish they'd get th trial din," she thocht, "an haun roond on page 107
din eet), hei didnae look at aw c on page 108
"Ah'm gled Ah've seen that din," thocht Ahlice. "Ah've sae o on page 112

8 matches

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
ies tae. Div ee mind o' Fasil Din? Was that how ee spelt eet? E
1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
way frae him.div e like wat a din there? #cleverfellowmei #corn(2012) search twitter
obson46 hope wullie dizni get din for drunk zimmerin #RITA(2012) search twitter

@officialAliRed tweeted
Weel din that man! His maternal grandp(2019) search twitter
Muckle weel din ti Hawick Archaeological Soci(2019) search twitter
d_Chippa @SkyNews Muckle weel din, David. From Damascus Drum ta(2020) search twitter
Muckle weel din, Craig. The latest chain in t(2019) search twitter
Weel din, Craig. Yer ain toon’s fair (2020) search twitter
and 5 other occurrences.

@projecthawick tweeted
@Derek_Douglas50 Week din, Derek. And Tom Pyemount’s a(2020) search twitter
Weel din, Craig. Yer ain toon’s fair (2020) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
. Ah'm nae gatekeeper. Please din (2021) twitter link

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