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Use in varieties of Scots

sighs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 6.6 4.5 39.7 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2013 3 4 0 0 0
Number of authors13 8 3 2

Occurrences of sighs in Corpus

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Central

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ad in a dramatic fashion. She sighs. on page 10

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae surface tae the toap. He sighs, "I'm tired of you people com on page 127
"Aye" she sighs. " But ah need tae go tae the on page 140

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
nting thaim as the air softly sighs, on page 15

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
David sighs and starts the engine, drivin on page 3
Granny sighs. Almost two decades o friends on page 27
Gary sighs, lookin directly ahead o us. on page 62
Cathy sighs. on page 113

4 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
For her, an puir Bacillus sighs in vain on page 46

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
intin thaim as the air saftly sighs.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ah sais. She closes it oer an sighs, blawin the wee strands ay ha
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
god heezed up Hippomenes’s sighs an cairried them gently, blaw
1 matches

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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Janet sighs an stares it 'Coronation Stre on page 47

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
‘Peterhead,’ he sighs. ‘But I never really came u
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e bittie and atween saich and sighs she blurted oot fit hid happe
1 matches

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
st tweed too, David says, and sighs: on page 39

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid echoes, noo, wi sighs and groans, wir happy peedie on page 33
Poor Granny sighs, "Oh, mercy me. Why deus he t on page 55
Broon mucked oot the byre wi sighs o deep despair. on page 57

3 matches

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