A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

signin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 8.7 7.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2317 5 1 0 0 0
Number of authors12 9 2 1

Occurrences of signin in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Catholic or Protestant afore signin the kirk roll, but sign it ye on page 77

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
y tires himsel oot wae aw his signin and questionable chants. He d on page 101
ur either dancin, or joyfully signin along wae his captivatin word on page 172

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an it's pure brilliant. Thir signin copies at HMV the day an ah'm on page 115
tuck doon the Job Centre Plus signin on wi aw the dafties. The Car on page 169

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
bride and the groom, and the signin o a written agreement in the on page 97
loy wis dinged doon by Violet signin wi her left haund insteid o h on page 152

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e gemme, like us, rather than signin oan the dotted line fur a kit
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
A signin in book wae a biro cellotaped
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Signin oan.’ ah sais, passin by hi
while.’ he sais, slidin the signin oan booklet taewards me. ‘I
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
shop, “what wey is’t yer signin’s that guid?”
wer til her she’s seen them signin an pynts tae hersel. “Mrs L
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
lin will be tae haund for the signin o copies an aiblins tae gie a
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
, 'Aw best'? Ony ither ways o signin aff in Scots? #Scots https:// (2019) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
oy ur fitbaw wee man - great signin for the mill without a doubt (2020) twitter link
robbie n the mill - crackin signin guys (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r rinnin in an oot the crood, signin autographs an posin fir photi on page 41
...she telt ma she's stairtit signin the mairrage certificate in p on page 77

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Is ere jist the ae day fir signin up, than?" on page 6
orry, min, bit ye'v missed my signin-up day. Dinna panic, though, on page 10

2 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
dee’d. This happened efter signin that form tae pit aa the MacD
1 matches

Orkney

@HJosephineGiles tweeted
se sharein the petition an no signin it. hou are we sposed tae mak (2021) twitter link