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The word 'shimmerin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shimmerinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7128
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
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 shimmerin in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da sea da cone o da Wart is a shimmerin Kilimanjaro. on page 42

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Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
e prepared. Doon fae ess is a shimmerin blae lochan ye can dip yer ta on page 37

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
obie. He touched a han te the shimmerin silver cord at hid appeart at on page 78

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
is han as he steppit inte the shimmerin mid-day sin. "Look it aat hea on page 7

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ur. Ae boorichie o aits stude shimmerin in the strang efterneen sun,
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General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
water wis jist shimmerin again. Ere wis lots o activit
ay, the water on the loch wis shimmerin in the weak
2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
he inside efter twilight came shimmerin doon in the Bruntlands. Even
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Shimmerin lik a starn oan its tapmaist on page 57

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Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The laverocks rase oan shimmerin wings o sang
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General Central

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
s; the bonnie birks, laden wi shimmerin dreeps o copper an gowd. Lari
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Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
l war up, birse puffit oot an shimmerin in the sun. Tae see sic gleds
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