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The word 'shaain'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shaainOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.6155
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 81.4 14 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 shaain in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
times fir shaain you care, an times ta say whi on page 51
Shaain your Feth on page 171

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
od tak dem i da trootie burn, shaain dem da hols he used ta fish w on page 9
ir lippenin royalty. Shi. wis shaain me da bedroom wi da new pink on page 47

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
only een at's shaain signs o wear: on page 35

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
noo. Da horse wid onli start shaain up in Shetland aboot 1,000-1, on page 13
4.3.1.2 Shaain politeness in Shaetlan on page 54
ive system: da proximate dis (shaain at sumthin is clossbye), on page 58
tense - (e)s, as shaain idda example prardigm below. on page 71
ur is bøn nottit idda DSL as shaain up aa on page 80
Also on pages 90, 93, 104
8 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
shaain mair as dey wir tryin ta hoid on page 115

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
lug: *somethin about a bodie shaain ye the wyé back tae your sha on page 39

1 matches

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