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The word 'signin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
signinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12714
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.1 7 4
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 25.6 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 30 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of signin in Corpus

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Orkney

@HJosephineGiles tweeted
se sharein the petition an no signin it. hou are we sposed tae mak (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r rinnin in an oot the crood, signin autographs an posin fir photi on page 41
...she telt ma she's stairtit signin the mairrage certificate in p on page 77

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Is ere jist the ae day fir signin up, than?" on page 6
orry, min, bit ye'v missed my signin-up day. Dinna panic, though, on page 10

2 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
dee’d. This happened efter signin that form tae pit aa the MacD
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
y tires himsel oot wae aw his signin and questionable chants. He d on page 101
ur either dancin, or joyfully signin along wae his captivatin word on page 172

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
shop, “what wey is’t yer signin’s that guid?”
wer til her she’s seen them signin an pynts tae hersel. “Mrs L
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
lin will be tae haund for the signin o copies an aiblins tae gie a
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
oy ur fitbaw wee man - great signin for the mill without a doubt (2020) twitter link
robbie n the mill - crackin signin guys (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an it's pure brilliant. Thir signin copies at HMV the day an ah'm on page 115
tuck doon the Job Centre Plus signin on wi aw the dafties. The Car on page 169

2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
t in yir account but ye'll be signin oan an ye know a whitey is co on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e gemme, like us, rather than signin oan the dotted line fur a kit
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
A signin in book wae a biro cellotaped
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Signin oan.’ ah sais, passin by hi
while.’ he sais, slidin the signin oan booklet taewards me. ‘I
2 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
bride and the groom, and the signin o a written agreement in the on page 97
loy wis dinged doon by Violet signin wi her left haund insteid o h on page 152

2 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
, 'Aw best'? Ony ither ways o signin aff in Scots? #Scots https:// (2019) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Catholic or Protestant afore signin the kirk roll, but sign it ye on page 77

1 matches

General Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
appened fer signin' oan Novemmer 5th 1992. on page 4
ht bae intherested forebye in signin' ap fer a free waarkshap oan on page 8

3 matches

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