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mindit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words53.3 69.1 15 0 110.4 31 17.7
Number of occurrences173137 10 0 19 3 4
Number of authors56 44 5 4 2 2

Occurrences of mindit in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
bit. The kindness in his face mindit her o her faither. But this w on page 6

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"If everybody mindit their ain business," the Duch on page 59

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Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
wis nane ae her business, she mindit, though she wis ay quick tae on page 78

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
ike, it can be seen a mile an mindit... Thar's the thing, it wad b on page 135
ld sell yer bit the day wis I mindit." on page 138

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
I had been mindit tae tell him my wark had gane on page 84
mysel: 'A bodie can be absent-mindit, an it taks nae mair nor that on page 93

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
twa eggs oan hes heid,' Fatty mindit him. on page 37

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ars tae her een; an yince she mindit tryin tae cuff her ain lugs e on page 14
potamus, but then she mindit hou wee she wis nou, and shui on page 21
ome douts in her heid, as she mindit Juist hou mony chynges she'd on page 44

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Ian mindit Yakcam frae the skuil job him on page 26

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e be in English. It is tae be mindit that, in 1968, Clive Perry, t on page 35
h century as Barbara Bell has mindit us aften. Bit whit A am luiki on page 37

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
's Isle an Tinker's Loup Ah'm mindit o on page 11
Ah'm mindit o uncle Andra hauf on page 21
we hae mindit. Haud by wi yer aw lives til on page 77

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
the memory o Sandy Peden. She mindit it like yestreen - tho she'd on page 67

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
it mindit me on hame, insteid o war, on page 90

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Noo Ragnar wis mindit tae turn king in England, big on page 14

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ts forby my mither. No that I mindit. That wis juist Nick. Onywey, on page 70

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
rs Phelps. She wis a body wha mindit her ain business and lang syn on page 12

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
doctrination intil the narrae-mindit, entitlement-driven warld vie on page 41
ttin sung fer the reason they mindit fowk o wha they truly were. A on page 72
k that they tell us this. A'm mindit o a quote fae the Christian B on page 81

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
o profit, but ithers are mair mindit o the siller they cuid mak oo on page 56

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
at he gaithert a bunch o like-mindit lads an the battle tae rid Sc on page 24
e blank, an the next thing he mindit wis bein fund on the slopes o on page 31
s deid, mournit by monie that mindit him as he had been. He had bo on page 90
an me, dear reader) were aye mindit tae remember bad things that on page 116

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
They're mindit oan a memorial stane, on page 27
It mindit me o sumthin ah wance read, on page 140

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
much aboot her nicht oot. She mindit sittin wi the King an she min on page 85

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
n the table efter. The bairns mindit Mr. Poe weel, on page 6
Violet mindit whit the baldie chiel had sai on page 50
y tae gang tae the bank. They mindit Coont Olaf sayin he had a map on page 61
rope. As she wirked awa, she mindit somethin her maw and da had s on page 117
her wey tentily tae whaur she mindit that the lichts had been. Whe on page 157

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e life o Mary Kermack will be mindit. These memories should be hau on page 54

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
egoot tae get worrit. Syne he mindit whit Ernie haed telt him aboo on page 65

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
and keep scrievin. Tae thaim mindit tae submit tae a future issue on page 4

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
If he cuida mindit seein trees or sky, he micht on page 8

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ting efter mice, nae dout. It mindit him o simmer nichts at hame w on page 17

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
A mindit on oor ain martyrs, a thoosan on page 10

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
in on the siller. But then he mindit the gowd! on page 33
The sodger aye mindit whit it wis like tae be puir, on page 38
Suddenly he mindit that he'd seen the dowp-end o on page 39
aur aw his auld pals suddenly mindit him. And they caught him up o on page 41

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Whit if we mindit the Alamo on page 58

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Clerical black is correct, it mindit him o the meenister as he pui on page 72

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
I stept on bord, an wes mindit ti gang on page 114

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
that A im an apen-mindit an soupil cheil, wha is wulli on page 6
singil-mindit in his weys o thinkin, but we on page 7

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
gy Screwdriver'. But than, he mindit his faither's wyce coonsel. on page 96
Montgomery digestit this. He mindit the pleisure he'd felt ainly on page 97

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
That mindit on him wi terror. on page 100

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
hat fell at Flanders hae been mindit in daithless vairse bi the li on page 122

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ges (for the internationallie-mindit). Durin foregetherins wi Scot
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
nd maun luk like this. He wis mindit o somthin he’d heard an aul
mair sense noo aither. Bit he mindit the wirds.
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Durie, Nick A Scots Letter, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Glasgow, prose
, e'en, puir fremmit Southron mindit Mckletchy wad hiv tae tak ten
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
s in the tension). Is he waik-mindit or juist wuid? Na, na; Woodvi
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
nicht – gaun – git! Derek mindit tae see thon done. Kent fine
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
is a fine dancer forby. I wis mindit o the fack that there are som
conter o the muckle an mercat-mindit Celtic Connections, bein a we
2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
i the airmy or the scientific-mindit, but a sma nummer haes left u
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t the auld shops in Leith and mindit us on the phrase a face like
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
n the early 1970s, but it aye mindit
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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Ah'm mindit o the first time a heard Bill
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
This thrawn resistance is aye mindit in the beuks o martial histor
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Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Stenschol at Staffin. She aye mindit me o ae nicht in the 1930s, w
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
eel whan ah wis a bairn. Bein mindit o it fairly brocht back a whe
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
nae bother at aw. I micht hae mindit the scornfu wirds o ma granny
ns ontae cushions sin I juist mindit aboot whan we tried tae prent
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rs. E’en whan they are like mindit. But this time, nae switherin
n the company o sae mony like-mindit fowk, an it makkit ma hert lo
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
d, Norman tellt uis that he mindit the Swahili for sugar yit, an
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
nor a week awbody wis gettin mindit aboot BBC1's TV celebration p
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ally bad, aye that wis it, he mindit he had gien the total malkie
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
han Man haes vainisht. But it mindit me o sowt I haed lang forgot.
ng syne but ’at fowk haesna mindit for generations. I will sing
se haed connacht aathing that mindit them o Mr Cameron. Napoleon s
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
re not just fundies,” she mindit.
Naebody mindit Buddhism neither. Which made
ce’s clothes - ” Than she mindit that
He mindit noo, gritly as a pynt in thai
or he wis. If thae chiels wis mindit tae tak care o her for a whil
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solonggaybowser Merlin's Bairns, (archiveofourown.org 2020) Central, prose
r." Eggsy steekit the door an mindit fur tae pit aff his shuin in
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
be compared wi onie sairious mindit program on the merits o the S
Scots language. Whit sairious mindit program? Dae they ken somethi
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McMillan, Hugh The Return of the Brownie of Blednoch, (no publisher recorded 2022) Central, poetry
but the leid which he mindit as a wean in the carse,
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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
ey an endit up in Mullguy. We mindit oan yon auld weird set a gate
1 matches

Niven, Liz Burnin Whins, (Luath 2004) Central, poetry
Ye’ll be mindit alangside Burns an Hogg,
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@billykayscot tweeted
Stravaigin this efternuin mindit me o the openin o Rab Ferguss(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
cud I dae but greet? / For I mindit hoo hard he had wrocht for me (2019) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
shape atween them, baith fair mindit tae on page 34

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Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
mair ti skweenge ootby, moose mindit on e crock o creesh an said, on page 85

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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
t she wis unca dowie. She aye mindit the prince's derk een or his on page 118

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ndit thegither a cabal o like-mindit sowells, an marched on Ballin on page 118

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
Wee Dauvit Morrison suddenly mindit it wis Friday.
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Minnie mindit a swatch o sang she'd heard h
man's link wi the Deil An she mindit, syne, o the pages frae Matty
Daisy's back, as lang as she mindit tae sit sidesaddle an nae str
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Bit they didna. They mindit on something else aathegither
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
gorblin's a wee birdie. A wis mindit o't be somethin ither. https:(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
n; an dey wir ee time at shö mindit tryin ta gie hersel a cloot a on page 14
or a peerie meenit shö never mindit aboot grammar); "noo A'm oppe on page 16
hippopotamus, but dan shö mindit foo peerie shö wis noo, an s on page 22
effel him. Efter a start shö mindit at shö still hed da bits o p on page 54
"If aabody mindit der ain business," said da Du on page 60
Also on pages 66
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Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Zac didna need ta be mindit on dat. So he said ta Jesus, on page 131

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
A parteekler tragedy at fokk mindit aboot doon da generations wis on page 7
an shü grimaced noo, as shü mindit her reaction. on page 24
indered what ta do, whin shü mindit dat lang coat ipo da laft at on page 30
e kissed her on da cheek shü mindit anidder Peter, fae a lifetime on page 32
saa da mischievous look at I mindit sae weel comin ower her face. on page 50
Also on pages 54, 57, 76, 77
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Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
ten aboot. Bit somene shuirly mindit, for ee moarnin dae wir a sta on page 35

1 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
sion. There wis a stream, she mindit, quate its watter, like the g
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@StuartPoet tweeted
Stuff The loanins need tae be mindit alang wi the vennels, wynds a(2020) search twitter
Angelinekking Consider yersel mindit! (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Nocht left but mindit bits. on page 10
He mindit. on page 18

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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Titanic Tam mindit wi a on page 1

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