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Use in varieties of Scots

shi Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words44.6 43.7 76.9 9.9 34.9 0 0
Number of occurrences14385 51 1 6 0 0
Number of authors7 2 3 1 1

Occurrences of shi in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
- respect - mi lady an now shi talks great Dundonian. An Nei on page i
Shi said that eh wiz too disrupti on page 13
Shi Wore a Dress on page 14
Shi blew me rite aff meh feet on page 15
shi wishes. on page 50
Also on pages 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 67, 68, 77, 84, 120
84 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
aboot in the wids wi his fier Shi De ('Picked-Up'), cairyin on on page 39

1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Oma A've been practeesin Tidn shi celestal scrievin since airli on page 3

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e thi preesher weis up anuff, shi weis set tae blaw thi fog hor on page 5
rbed. "Dayvideee, Dayvideee," shi wid roar, an we offin hid tay on page 9
r, "Bob Young," an aifter aat shi weis mair offin onna thi rock on page 13
Stabbin thi boat tae see eif shi wis rotten or no. Fin finnen on page 18
in we thi compression aff til shi slackint a bit. En she wid fy on page 20
Also on pages 21, 30, 32, 34, 37, 40, 41, 46, 47, 49, 55, 57, 59, 64, 65, 68, 69
49 matches

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ir nippet in defence! Dom Baw Shi’d b’in up thon loon Sinclai(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Mainland, Marlene Home Truths, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Shi's geen tae whar the good dogs
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ch just took advantage o him. Shi's come a da kind, I ken her m on page 11
tin tae my aunt ae night whin shi: didna ken I wis listenin, wi on page 28
"Shi's aafil artistic, wants ta be on page 42
ink dey wir lippenin royalty. Shi. wis shaain me da bedroom wi on page 47
"Willie, shi's gane by hersel - come an s on page 61

6 matches

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