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Use in varieties of Scots

fing Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6 3 3 0 0 0 46.4
Number of occurrences206 2 0 0 0 12
Number of authors14 5 2 7

Occurrences of fing 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.

Central

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah snap ma fing'rs. Robert's a simple enough on page 17
ightly gassed folk raise thur fing'rs in the air tae indicate th on page 26

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
The Giant havered, 'FEE FI FO FING, on page 20

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
playin wi a tangerine, 'ah'll fing them, you slice them,' on page 174

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
blawing a fing hoolie dinnae even think aboo on page 28

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Roy’s dancin’ fing’irs, fu’o’ skill,
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nty, her lug wis stung bi the fing o a snaabaa crackin aff the s
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
ScotlandNT Um wellen up. Best fing tae happen this year. Make us(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
An graipin fing'rs trimmled in the nicht on page 26

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Coul wat fing'rs on page 35
A crookit fing'r frae abane on page 45
Tha yin wud hae yer fing'r aff on page 49
Tae a fing'r on page 52

5 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
up, an stairtet bowin tae the fing, the Queen, an the royal weey on page 81

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
coals. It wus that coul, his fing'rs had bother wi tha padlock on page 17
a baa rollin theday that cud (fing'rs crossed) mak a quare diffe on page 30

2 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
ettle fur tha richt hainin an fing'rpoastin fur whut the' cry to on page 47

1 matches

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
ha Feardie Geng tae pit their fing’rs in tha saip, then dip th
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
ot tha peeliewallie muin. Tha fing’rs o lichtnin wus glentin o
1 matches

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