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Use in varieties of Scots

yarnin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 0 1.5 9.9 23.2 0 53.1
Number of occurrences180 1 1 4 0 12
Number of authors6 1 1 2 2

Occurrences of yarnin in Corpus

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Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
n a younger, heids thegither, yarnin lachin lang syne in their een on page 10

1 matches

Orkney

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
or comin in an feel contented yarnin awa an hearin hoo everyeen wi
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ae da barbecue. We wir sittin yarnin whin twa a Julie an Charlie's on page 2
sor, onnly better laek. I got yarnin wi her among da fivepenny pac on page 42
, whin dis twa weemin startit yarnin. on page 72

3 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
a flora o roadside verges and yarnin wi aabody da cam by. http://t(2014) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
ed it maun be them clackin an yarnin awa tae yin anither. Sae he t on page 14
Yarnin, bletherin, slabbrin, collogu on page 21
In tha yarnin banes' crack on page 22
s at tha dailygaun o tha year yarnin o tha ferlies o tha oul year on page 37

4 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
I hae been yarnin wi Barack. I taul him we'd gi (2014) twitter link
A wheen o Twitter folk yarnin aboot somethin caaed #Rugby . (2015) twitter link
be doon aboot Newtown (Ards) yarnin wi the aul hauns a fair bit h (2015) twitter link
-yin o whuskey, then he'll be yarnin in daicent #UlsterScots! (2016) twitter link
have a quare lot o Ards folk yarnin in daicent Ulster-Scotch... h (2020) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

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