A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'shi'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shiOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus44.21448
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 160.2 49 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 892.1 84 1
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 shi in Corpus

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Orkney

Mainland, Marlene Home Truths, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Shi's geen tae whar the good dogs
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ch just took advantage o him. Shi's come a da kind, I ken her m on page 11
tin tae my aunt ae night whin shi: didna ken I wis listenin, wi on page 28
"Shi's aafil artistic, wants ta be on page 42
ink dey wir lippenin royalty. Shi. wis shaain me da bedroom wi on page 47
"Willie, shi's gane by hersel - come an s on page 61

6 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e thi preesher weis up anuff, shi weis set tae blaw thi fog hor on page 5
rbed. "Dayvideee, Dayvideee," shi wid roar, an we offin hid tay on page 9
r, "Bob Young," an aifter aat shi weis mair offin onna thi rock on page 13
Stabbin thi boat tae see eif shi wis rotten or no. Fin finnen on page 18
in we thi compression aff til shi slackint a bit. En she wid fy on page 20
Also on pages 21, 30, 32, 34, 37, 40, 41, 46, 47, 49, 55, 57, 59, 64, 65, 68, 69
49 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
An' shi'd the neighbours fa' ahin on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Oma A've been practeesin Tidn shi celestal scrievin since airli on page 3

1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
ir nippet in defence! Dom Baw Shi’d b’in up thon loon Sinclai(2018)

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
aboot in the wids wi his fier Shi De ('Picked-Up'), cairyin on on page 39

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
- respect - mi lady an now shi talks great Dundonian. An Nei on page i
Shi said that eh wiz too disrupti on page 13
Shi Wore a Dress on page 14
Shi blew me rite aff meh feet on page 15
shi wishes. on page 50
Also on pages 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 67, 68, 77, 84, 120
84 matches

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