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Use in varieties of Scots

finer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.3 3.5 6 0 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences147 4 0 2 0 1
Number of authors10 5 3 1 1

Occurrences of finer in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
an begowkit bi its finer pynts, its sma heid an its he on page 113

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
it yin bit but there wiz nae finer patrons than the master of Th
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
but ilkane cuid haud mair an finer issues. As an ensampul, unner
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
see which o us can weave the finer claith afore Phoebus rises ag
w palace for him, that wid be finer than onything in Greece. Sae
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
s blurred and the glitter wis finer and lighter, the colour of th
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Na, nivver a finer chiel. It wis ma wyte. Ah pit on page 14

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hoose. Granny's hoose wis far finer than Minnie's hame on the fer
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ochty aboot polls, nae seen a finer een since Auld Doris fell aff(2015) search twitter
e'd be gye pushed tae seek' a finer Xmas cracker. Ye can butter m(2015) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
s da stops ta poo, ta mak dem finer. on page 84
could a luikit finer. White tie, fob watch, on page 100

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
o his grave fur he aye said a finer dancer was niver seen than Wi on page 31

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