A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ina'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
inaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus30.710224
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 127.5 39 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 137.4 31 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 43.4 7 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 2
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 111.6 8 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ina in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Steerd ina dish on page 116

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
y go aboot thir iveryday wark ina dwam. A second letter gaes no on page 38

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A cat ina doll's pram waeran doll's cla on page 42

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e roar's, bit Jim turn't roon ina, an aw theis tyme Jim nivver on page 12
her baak. Aye jist meynt ina eit we hid big granet steen's on page 49

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
°ll nivver guess fa's awa!" Ina cam breeng; doyr "Oh! Ah jist on page 22
miss an affa lot, Ina. Ye'll git yersel in trouble, on page 23
in. It's sic a shame," sighed Ina. "The bools winna bi the same on page 24
sie, comin roon te stan aside Ina. on page 25
"At's me hame!" cried Ina, closin the door ahin er wi a on page 26
Also on pages 27
34 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ide Elsie fa spiks te folk at ina ere. on page 45

1 matches

Mitchell, Kiera Fit why nae?, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
i leave bit I'd hate ti leave ina!
1 matches

Mid Northern B

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
a hid broken ma airm. Noo am ina bloody cast fae the tips of m
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
k festivals ootthrou the 'ear ina, sic as the 'Iceland Internat on page 12

1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
the wee sea quine dwined awa ina glimmer o fite faem, as the S on page 128

1 matches

Noble, Brian , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Sine there’s pudding ina te boot
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
dog221170 Aye some young eens ina https://t.co/8Pand0qBY5(2020)
oilypaws There is affa skitey ina??(2020)
ker The foreneen wis nae, bad ina https://t.co/D1QRhG03uq(2020)
@LeftPeggers Beards trimmed ina fits nae ti like(2020)
ed neuk few mair heids ti pop ina(2020)
and 12 other occurrences.

@daleser23 tweeted
bloods. All the walking deads ina. Got all the modern family th(2013)
. Haha. Sven vath at timewarp ina(2013)
d. Theres sumin on the sunday ina i thnk(2013)
ot seen. Iv dustin johnson on ina. Hes hinging aboot like. Stil(2013)
ats a shout. Id prob do that ina. Dina think il bather we a na(2013)
and 5 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
spends an extra couple o' bob ina wee mindin' fur me or the bai on page 25

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
when they're jyned thegether ina sentence?' : on page 70

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
a Kyle said she'd like tae go ina hot air balloon. on page 112
n she's tae huv three or four ina row. She kept moanin fur aboo on page 152

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Tad’s heavy fuit ahint her. Ina couple o paces, Tad had catch
airds assemblet the newcomers ina raw ootside, an the man wha h
had never shawn ony interest ina wumman o childbearin age till
, naethin happent. He waukent ina panic, an sut on the edge o h
en. “Beatrice,” he sayed, ina tone o desperation, “will t
7 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
lift an shift an lay the men ina lang raw side by side in dath on page 54
ent the fire an weel happt up ina warm plaid; Jennet fand herse on page 71

2 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
e fund affie funny took place ina shop in Kirkcaldy when she wi on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Keaveney, Marcus Lallans 102 - Bein a Wid Tink, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
estie crawels ower mossy bark ina zig-zag peth o unco-curious c on page 71

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'Naw,' said Pooh, ina puir voice. 'I dinna think sa on page 129

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
wird which here means "smiled ina sleekit, unfreendly wey", on page 95
when she fankled her hair up ina ribbon tae keep it oot o her on page 111

2 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
mornin ma Faither took me an Ina, who was eight, by the hand, on page 120

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Ina on page 18
Ina sits by the window, wi the sh on page 20

7 matches

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
, great bitta castin wi them. Ina, as Daphne, fair enjoyt hur c
1 matches

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