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Use in varieties of Scots

smiling Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 4.6 7.5 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences169 5 0 1 0 1
Number of authors13 7 4 1 1

Occurrences of smiling in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
tae me. A stand brave, still smiling. "YASS! You fuckin tell 'um, on page 25

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Larry comin back an Larry wis smiling, so me an Thomas wir smiling on page 44

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The Smiling School for Calvinists - Bill
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Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ammy leant back in his chair, smiling.
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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
The waves roared. People were smiling. Staring. Never blinking. The
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
’s haun and appeared tae be smiling at him in an appealing manner
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
lins, wi a pleased face, seen smiling ower his shouther.
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@jax6754 tweeted
ancroft Gonna be studying but smiling as ma choice tae study?. Hope(2014) search twitter

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
m on their wedding day. Baith smiling lik they're really happy. Ma on page 44

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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
showed a really bonny lassie smiling intae the camera. But it wiz
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
p and saw Daavd standin there smiling at her the wye he used tae. M
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
s in their post-strike photos smiling - bit fin ye speir tae tham (2018) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@aberdeencity Winna be smiling noo(2020) search twitter

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I am smiling thinking o da bairns. https:/(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
in a wile quick nervous wye, smiling it iverythin that wus said, a on page 79

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