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finnin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.3 8 22.4 0 46.5 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4016 15 0 8 0 1
Number of authors23 11 6 5 1

Occurrences of finnin 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

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Alison ettlt tae pree it, an finnin it gey tasty (a rale mixter-m on page 13
" she gaed on, fair chuffd at finnin oot a new kin 0 rule, "an vin on page 44

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
wi referrin tae, is this. Bi finnin the capacity tae mak a pley i on page 40

2 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an finnin a perty in ivrythin appeals t on page 25

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Finnin masel at the brekkwatter, hap on page 43

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
efter finnin the tally man divvin up mair on page 47

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
the heelstergoudie stramash o finnin itsel wi its ain Parliament e on page 84

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
'Whit airms! Whit legs!' Then finnin oot on page 114

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
e Mither Tongue bi Billy Kay. Finnin the roots o Scots langage is on page 57
byous Moray Music Fest - but finnin Scots for twa-wey crack opent on page 58

2 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
parents thit hae sprachilt wi finnin a GME place whaur provision i
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
ase o gaun roon in circles an finnin yersel back whaur ye stertit,
1 matches

wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
ch, in poetry, story an sang, finnin a vyce throu the literary rev
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
gien state siller as weel as finnin im a timporary bield. The col on page 30

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah ken!" Vi clappit her hans, finnin a thrill o excitemint rinnin on page 26
their ain," said Vi, finally finnin her voice. She lookit across on page 30
re richt nae te gie up hope o finnin a man - if aat's fit ye real on page 76
t's mine," intteruptit Harry, finnin his birse risin. on page 81
le o month back," said Harry, finnin his face an neck growin het a on page 82
Also on pages 88
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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the Meldrum fairmer's dream o finnin at perfeck wumman wis es far on page 35
, an the only hint at she wis finnin the heat wis a wee bittie o m on page 42
"Ay, it's great," Ah said, finnin ma face firin up es Ah winner on page 52

3 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
said Ailice, quite cantie at finnin at she hed cheisen a gweed su on page 81

1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
n. Teachers an young fowk are finnin oot that larnin in Scots can
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rgies that coorsest o aathin, finnin oot his wife brocht a gorblie
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
t. Ah wish ye aa guid luck in finnin new darg.(2019) search twitter
ah’ve reached aat age. Ah’m finnin ma Dyson disna fit ony mair!(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Tracy, da aaldest bairn, is finnin it a bit harder ta settle in. on page 9
in aff, an I tocht he most be finnin it hard, da tellin o it. Whin on page 58

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Fokk is wint wi finnin linguistic repression whaar n on page 9
Finnin a differ in da pronunciation on page 80

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
some blyde, or jöst finnin der gaet. on page 46

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Gaet-markers, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
Some o da best wirds is for finnin
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
I'm finnin at I'm developed a bit o a th(2021) search twitter

@HazelTindall tweeted
hetlandhjarta - du's good at finnin da positives! Hae da best day(2017) search twitter

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
a boady lukkin his advice on finnin a wumman. on page 49

1 matches

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