A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of da in Corpus

Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Dinnae believe yer da on page 33

1 matches

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
lk sayin ye luck jist lik yer da, poor Wee Jack no kennin ony on page 80

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Ah seen mah da die right in front ae me, mat on page 104

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
cos he dis nae bad. His maw n da huv git a wee bit ae poppy tu on page 7
confidence is hereditary. His da wis a fuckin mad cunt in a sc on page 8
quiet hard-workin wuman n ma da died years back. Didnae know on page 37
A'm yir da, ya fuckin dafty!" on page 42
n his maw n Wee Broonie n his da ir aw sittin here. Ma maw's g on page 51
Also on pages 54, 55, 56
11 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ut near enough. That'll be ma da steered up. 'Slam it again, w on page 1

17 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Da keeps inexplicably rollin dou on page 49

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
A cried when Da telt me that the fishes that on page 36
eparing them fir the pan. But Da telt me that other folk dae t on page 37
pinging oot and skelping me. Da made me a tng breakfast wi ba on page 38
k aboot winning and making ma da and old Wendy proud. Da reall on page 39
'Wit's the matter Da? It's fine, a took Clyde tae on page 40
Also on pages 41, 42
43 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
surely? Ahi've awready lost a da. He walked oot on us, classic on page 1

5 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Then da cries, 'Jings!' - and he's n on page 29

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
c jist dinnae gee a fuck. You'da thoat ah'd ate the fuckin Bat on page 53
n poonds heavier, eh? Then ah'da telt her tae git the fuck oot on page 152
it's been chargin. No that ah'da been in a hurry tae pick up. on page 175

3 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
ist wantit tae hear yer voice Da. on page 99

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Whit did ye dae, Da?' the son asked him. on page 18
dae this tae a lot o motors, Da?' on page 19
'Aye, Da,' the laddie said. 'Ah've got on page 45
addie said. "You're some man, Da.' on page 46
'Ye done aw that in yer heid, Da?' the son said, gawpin. on page 47
Also on pages 55, 56
8 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
'Mah da likes whelks, He says they're on page 1
'Da, ah've bought us some whelks, on page 2
e probably chapped mah maw an da's room door tae tell thum abo on page 3
sick an basically killin mah da. on page 4
SAMMY'S DA'S FUNERAL on page 75
Also on pages 76, 173
23 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ma da's got bad feet. He says it's on page 11
Ah said tae ma da, How dae yi no go tae see a s on page 12
Aye but how no, ah said. Ma da said, Naw. Ah said, But how n on page 13
Ma da wis staunin talkin tae the te on page 15
pendin on how bad yi look. Ma da's at his work an ma ma's away on page 18
Also on pages 39, 41, 42, 43, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, , , 66, 67, 68, 69, 77, 83, 86, 87, 90, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 109, 110, 111, 114, 119, 120, 129, 130, 135, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 154, 156, 159, 161, 162, 163, 164, 169
203 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Da,' said Veruca Saut, 'I want a on page 93
'Hiya, Maw!' it said. 'Hiya, Da! Hoo ye daein? Gonnae look at on page 152

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
ause the nixt thing I kent ma Da wis doonstairs, shouting and on page 12
this verra day, I'm shuir ma Da thinks I'm wired tae the muin on page 13
Thing is but, ma Da's clatterin aboot at 6:00 in on page 17
Ma Maw and Da watch oot for Mannt like he's on page 21
ough I keep tellin ma Maw and Da tae get him tae stap. on page 22
Also on pages 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 37, 38, 39
26 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'Ma Da says it's guid for a man tae on page 5
noo, Grannie, Geordie said. 'Da's jist had this haill room re on page 46
we canna leave her up there, Da,' Geordie said. 'Whit if it s on page 69
'Aboot whit, Da?' Geordie spiered him. on page 73
'But haud on a meenit, Da,' Geordie said. on page 74
Also on pages 75, 76, 77, 84, 91
16 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
d the airmy blankets that yer da hauf-inched on page 27
Da's and Maws livin beyond rehea on page 45
But for a novice his da's pinned the nappy quite clev on page 75
And mammy wi ma da in clink in Paris on page 95
Whaur yer da gat his airmy pey. on page 110
Also on pages 135
7 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ence (for an instance, I gied da denner tae dee). on page 28
Haes da cat got de tongue? on page 35
uth. If A say 'A'll be hom at da back o six', this maks perfit on page 36
van, but in parteeclar Buddha Da that A fund baith hilarious a on page 58
ry o poyems that reenges hoo 'da dialect' an staundart Soothro on page 60

6 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Nivver fear, Da. I?ll find a wummin fer masel on page 79

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
d it'll soon grow back again, Da,' said yin o the Wee Tods. on page 15
'Think o whit, Da?' on page 18
'Whit's gaun on, Da?' skraiked the Wee Tods. 'Whi on page 23
'Och, Da,' said yin o the Wee Tods, 'c on page 31
aid yin o the Wee Tods. 'Och, Da, can ye no dae somethin?' on page 34
Also on pages 35, 36, 37, 39, 44, 48, 55, 57, 63
20 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
bairns bided wi their maw and da in a muckle mansion at the he on page 2
"Yer maw and da," Mr. Poe said, "hae dee'd in on page 8
ge o aw the money yer maw and da left ye, and wirkin oot whaur on page 9
daud o bean. "But oor maw and da never even said onythin aboot on page 15
come oor maw and da never asked him ower for his on page 16
Also on pages 31, 32, 37, 58, 66, 93, 100, 117, 118, 121
16 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
l up tae Maw's hoose. Ah hear Da in ma ear the moment the car on page 1
Da's favourite haunt, the Clydes on page 3
irthday cake ah've seen since Da died reminds me o the last ca on page 4
'Grow a bloody backbone!' Da shouts in ma ear. on page 8
drink. But ah know ma limits. Da liked a drink and then some, on page 9
Also on pages 10, 13, 14, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 75, 76
42 matches

Clark, Thomas Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
(Ma Da wid run a mile.) on page 18

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Ma ma an da wur havin a feeld day tokin a on page 41

5 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
he faither isnae the lassie's da on page 24

2 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
His maw an his da said he aye went tae bed, on page 114

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
"How, whit did he look like, Da - tell us teh noo. on page 4

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Jordan's New Jaiket, (Education Scotland 2014) Central, weans
‘Da, I cannae find ma new jaiket.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
the laddie's reaction tae his Da's bein let oot the jyle an hi
1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
pendin on how bad yi look. Ma da’s at his work an ma ma’s
1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
Ma da’s got bad feet. He says it�
annae swim yet so ah asked ma da if he’d take me tae the bat
Ah said tae ma da, How dae yi no go tae see a s
able tae take me swimmin. Ma da jist laughed at me though, an
thegether lik a corkscrew. Ma da took the shoes back tae the s
15 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
i ma ma bein a catholic an ma da bein a protestant an his fami
Aw ah really know is that ma da disnae talk tae her da or any
disnae talk tae her da or any his other brothers or
’s apart fae me an ma ma an da an Karen. How’d yees no jis
he said, Jist cause yir ma an da don’t talk tae Kelly’s ma
16 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
cravin a wee scran. Ma maw an da were in their kip an ah wis s
me onyways, but even my ma an da didnae know aboot ma nichtmer
cannae. Ah miss ma maw an ma da. Wit happent tae me? Am ah de
3 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
wumman, Maria 1050 de Almeida da Cruz
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
back years ago but his da’s fae Glasgow so he’d alw
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
t efter the time ma dear auld Da ramshed aw ma gluten free bre
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
jist dinnae gee a fuck. You’da thoat ah’d ate the fuckin B
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Italy’s Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c1525–94). Or,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’d be surprised if his da even knows he’s gaun, never
St. Paul’s same as us. His da wis pissin in the wind fae th
A wee boay walks by wae his da wavin a Union Jack wae an ima
d oan it an ah think aboot ma Da, an wonder if we’d huv went
d when ah wis a wee baby. The da gies me a funny look but ah�
5 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
His da but, Ronnie! Fuck! Ah mind th
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e sais ah reminded him ay his da, in fact, an went intae his p
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
anlon’s oer gien McDade’s da whit fur, callin him fur ever
in ootside. Some cunt sais ma da thinks McShane wis tryin tae
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
uckin been listenin tae their da’s Led Zeppelin albums afore
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
map he’d consulted wis his da’s AA road map an he hud onl
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
used tae come up here wae ma da an ma uncle Jim fishin an tha
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
them doon the road tae their da’s who’d gie them another
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
watchin the gemme. Ah left ma da wae his mates an ah came hame
ah? Fuckin junkie bastart. Ma da just bought the fuckin thing.
k, blues. . . you name it. Ma da knows him.’ McDade sais oot
e. Made us feel shite cos yer da’s still payin the provie lo
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Ann Donovan's ‘Buddha Da'
etten her debut novel, Buddha Da, in Glesca whaur a series o e
Buddha Da is published bi Canongate. An
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ntin the kenspeckle humour (" Da what's consumption? " "Consum
novan's airlier novel, Buddha Da, this hinnermaist wark is wri
the owthor o the novel Buddha Da an the cutty story walin Hier
nplay for the picter o Buddha Da.
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Da peerie man daundered trou da shoppin streets
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
MA DA'S A nutter. Radio rental. He'
When ma da gets embarrassed he looks lik
Ah'd never seen ma da lookin like that afore; there
Ma da turnt roond and spotted me, s
e that much difference tae ma da. He used tae go doon the pub
35 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t is whether or no ti tell ma da aboot this madman. He’s no
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ls his eyes and tuts. ‘Sake Da, rattlin’ on the door at th
‘Naw. Jeeso. No this again, Da. A wish you’d gies peace ab
��You asked me that last week Da…it’s July, the summer hol
a forgot. Anyhow, mon gie yir Da a cuddle.
‘Am goin back tae bed Da.’
9 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
get it sortit. And ignore yer da, he gets awfa crabbit when he
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
the 18-ratit action movies ma da watches. Wan time last year a
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Mindin, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ed a choked phone-call fae ma da. Ah couldnae hug him and ah s
a really busy schedule,” ma da explained.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
r whit he sais, ‘Ye knew ma Da?’
e headed the same waiy as yer Da.’ he sais tae me, coolly.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e me. Ah huvnae met her Ma an Da yet though, that’s true. Ho
ly, ‘ . . . Ah’ll tell ma Da, ma Ma and ma Uncle Ronnie th
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ess, ‘It’s – it’s, ma Da.’
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Ma Da wance tolt me a story (or whi
1 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
Moa sat up, heard her da ask:
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
the 18-ratit action movies ma da watches. Wan time last year a
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Da, Dad, Daddy
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
- the works. Spencer an ees Da came ower fur some chow an aw
Da hud oor haversack aw ready fr
h mind a the Girnin Gates, ma Da used tae take us tae see thum
"We seen thum Da. We did. We seen a set a Girn
An Da goes:
19 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
aw wis fillt up wae evacuees. Da gote a haud a some blankets a
n ootwards lik a wee mole, an Da shoutit:
he's greetin wae the pain, an Da's haudin ur
Anen Da goes:
Well, ma Da might well huv ees faults, bu
6 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
ay green seats. I says tae my da, how could they no huv played
I sat with my da behind Scott Thomson's goal.
urope. I points it out tae my da. Aye, he says, that's a good
en everyone, everyone, me, my da, my teachers, the boys frae s
in the corner. I looked at my da and he shook his head and he
7 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ppose it’s cos of ma ma and da, they’re dead agin thievin.
dny wait tae show them tae me da, but as soon as ah opened the
2 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Do you speaka da lingo?
Do you speaka da lingo?
2 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@19Mcculley @rosebrook22 Ma da did it too ??(2020) search twitter
ydfc @amyelle11 Just like her Da ????(2020) search twitter
GrahamMaloney8 Learnt aff her da. ??(2020) search twitter

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
ocial My Das bigger than your Da x (2021) twitter link

@IshbelMcF tweeted
�m like, ‘Aye, nah. Wear yer da’s shirt backwards an gies ye(2018) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
Ur You Ma Da? ??. ???????? https://t.co/Hn(2019) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ristinaSNP @KateForbesMSP She da week's queen o the fan girl c(2020) search twitter
@celticwitch1995 What da Fochabers?(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
im dae ma gairden. Him an his da ur pesterin me tae pey thum, (2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
@Aibagawa @BRWombat Ma da winnae let me!(2020) search twitter
Ats ma da awa oot wurkin a nite shift i(2020) search twitter
pider is *Spinne* A luvs at!! Da ist eine Spinne im Wasser!! h(2020) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
4 wurds a munth ago. A'm oan da'y 49, ach first 10 da'y ae wi (2021) twitter link
tson18 @MizLiot As a child,ma da usd tae tell me tae speak "qu (2021) twitter link
@ARothaiche @Lenniesaurus Ma da used tae sae k'nit....as ma m (2021) twitter link

@johnstone_shane tweeted
n a mental map ae whose ma 'n da had Italian an whit stages th (2020) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
Click here tae listen tae 'Da Night at Christ Wis Born' in (2019) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
Ma da used to chip ps1’s for folk (2021) twitter link

@ricky_ballboy tweeted
Yer da shops at Hobby Lobby https:// (2020) twitter link

Doric

Petrie, Kimberley Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Letter Tae Ma Younger Sel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
and I da mean fan yer in yer Eighties, on page 25

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Overheard at Wetherspoons, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
An ma da niver gaed a cheep. on page 32

1 matches

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
shift aat the hospital and ma Da wid jist be finishin his shif on page 41
bered we'd run oot o coal. Ma Da hid forgotten tae pay the coa on page 42
'Ah shuid be sae lucky, sais Da wishin he hid sumbody tae run on page 43
Ah luik at ma watch. Da'll seen be hame fae the pub. on page 44
Ah wyte fur ma Da tae cam back fae the pub. It' on page 45

25 matches

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Efter the war memorial at Cowdry Hall, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
the livin. still, maist fowk da ken they're plooterin aboot i on page 61

1 matches

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Exodus20:3, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
deities, then da ken fit tae on page 67

1 matches

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
an tae dee onything - but my da, Chief Inspector Mackintosh t on page 74

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Da ken." Ah shrug ma shooders. on page 94

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
"Ye can't expect yer da an me on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
eis, weel eit leest a hid ma da eit thi Sooth syde 'o' ma tae on page 4
Anither job eit ma da did ower thi yeer's apairt fa on page 7
ick't enstructien's fac hee's da, "Aik Don" nay tae on page 12

8 matches

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
n ye heed up tae Bowies Beach da be feart o the bourachie o se on page 37

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Fit dis he luik like? Tell me Da! on page 1

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ck, is the place far Leonardo da Vinci on page 17
ds aroon Clos Lucé, explorin da Vinci's projects as ye gang. on page 18

3 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
the Fittie Bar, ma da's favourite, on page 1

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Ye da deserve thi name o de'i!! on page 13

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
in oatmeal canna fail fir me, da-da-n'''da-da'n'da on page 98

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
'A sign o fit, da?' I speired, ma een roon as t on page 51

5 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
tae be in that hoose fan his Da got hame.
she eence said tae me. “Mi Da nivver hits me,” she said.
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
His da lifted a gean fae the fruit b
“Reid, Da,” cam the repon.
“It’s a fite grumphie, Da,” lauched the bairn. He lik
k aye telt him. Noo, the day, Da wis tellin him the exact oppo
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Dow, Matthew Bruce, Minnie's da, wis clartin grease on the bi
stole neeps an firwid, an her da turned a blin ee tae thon, fu
hrow the winter, tho Minnie's da cut less an less each year. C
Wisn't it jist like her da tae swick? Isie her cousin wi
be an ancestor o Fauldie, her Da's favourite horse, tho Fauldi
66 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hid skailed a wikk syne. Her Da hid fleen back tae Sri Lanka
ll twal. Her Ma wirkit at her Da's surgery as a nurse an wis r
uncle an aunt, Kieran's Ma an Da, Jude an Cammy, twa agein hip
mash efter he'd bin born. His Da, Joe, hid remerriet quick an
nin it wis Setterday an their Da wid be bleezin drunk onywye �
19 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
shae wid jist da her nittin aw day an maist o
1 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
unties or Uncles, ma Ma or ma Da!
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
It’s ma Da’s fault really. Een minute
be left masel for as lang as Da wis stuck aff the coast o Phu
k tae the mattress mannie. Ma Da wis sure that crook had picke
Oh ye’r the marris o yer Da, she’d say at least three t
lation: I really resembled ma Da. I wish I didna. I’d raithe
16 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ties. An she LIKIT garrin her da read stories an sing tae her,
nnie-mony-feet, an sae dis ma da” quo Katie. “An yon’s
ere... ye can be Joseph.. yer da’s a chippy jist like the re
“Oh thank ye da, an thank ye ma, yon’s the
kist. His da hid gaen him a meccano set fu
9 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
But ma da still grinds and grits at the
nd fan I ging hame tae see ma da or ma granny, and appen ma er
skit the same quaisten tae ma da, and git the same reply aince
Then ma da, ay cannie and quate, says:
4 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
I da ken aboot youse, but I thocht
1 matches

The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
I da ken aboot youse, but I ayewiz
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Nicholson, Hannah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Smooriken, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Shetland, prose
r brak an we wir staandin oot da back o da gym hall. We haed w on page 52

11 matches

Mundair, Raman Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
steadies slips an grips da burra on page 10
abön da white kirn o da sea on page 11

5 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
Da tell's lang-telt a'foo da aald fokk on page 13
at lang syne, I lookit in apo da faes a'daeth, on page 14

11 matches

Mainland, Jim Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
whit played on beneath da soonds aroond him - on page 28

7 matches

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Lewis Carroll is a pen-name: da writer's richt name wis Charl on page V
tink Shetland Scots micht be da best thing ta caa it: hit's a on page VI
An efternön o golden sun, Da river calm afore, on page 5
An if da tale wis laek ta stop Or linn on page 6
Doon da Rabbit-Hol on page 7
Also on pages 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126
1719 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
At da very Start on page 3
- da sun be day an da mon an starns be nicht.' So h on page 4
Eden - da Boannie Piace on page 5
Noah an da Doontöm on page 7
saved. Da Göd Man dan said dat dis wid on page 8
Also on pages 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 72, 73, 75, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 88, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 113, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 17, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 169, 171, 173
1097 matches

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
Da sie's da wye da wirld kums tae wis on page 24

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
e man at bade aa his lane, at da back o da hill. on page 1
He wis da vexed dat he couldna manage t on page 5
hene sheetin gud dirlin aboot da hill. on page 8
s Grottie-Buckie gud fyshin i da voe whin naebody wis aboot. H on page 11
Grottie-Buckie nivver herned da peerie moose an sometimes sha on page 14
Also on pages 16, 17, 19, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 35, 37
33 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Tammie fae da Daal on page 1
Merran saa ower weel what wye da wind wis blaain, an a wife wi on page 2
ut his greatest love o aa wis da paet hill. He wis up dere fla on page 3
Jessie an Willie o da Toogs on page 4
against her. Whin ony ane at da wark spakk aboot sometheen de on page 5
Also on pages 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 91, 92, 93, 94
1290 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
eftir da Norskie o on page 11
eftir da Yslaandik o on page 12
eftir da Yslaandik o on page 13
eftir da Yslaandik o on page 14
eftir da Yslaandik o on page 16
Also on pages 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
90 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
laek ta splinter da raem-calm Vågen. on page 25
On seein Munch's Da Scream on page 26
bi Fara, Flotta glansin i da mirror o moarnin. on page 27
pö Moor Fea man be conductin da waves. on page 28
Der a uncan pooer i da fine air an aa. on page 29
Also on pages 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
84 matches

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
I hate da wye at peerie bairns never do on page 17

22 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
as lang as sea is töllied wi da laand on page 19

62 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
At da Noarbie koarnir, on page 27

48 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
hin a plaece caad Backaboot i da laand o Knap wi twa muckle tr on page 35

102 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Eemis Stane 1 - Dance o da Selkies, (Eemis Stane 2022) Shetland, poetry
We rise up fae da watter, on page 14
Is lost in da fiddle music, on page 15

19 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
l sketch o whit wye it wirks. Da on page 3
Shaetlan is da language spokken alang wi Eng on page 7
languages an plaesses tae hae da sam or braali seemlar naems. on page 8
ant a language variety is tae da fokk an da sense o plaess til on page 9
isles fir weel efter da Scots tøk ower in 1469. Da s on page 10
Also on pages 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107
1076 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
an touch da hert-holl at we tocht intact: on page 21
I da saga he wrat on page 22
ivery tirl, ivery whenk o da wird on page 23
Ha'in, fae da start, mair as ee wye o spaek on page 24
da eens at med a difference on page 25
Also on pages 26, 28, 30, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 84, 85, 86, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98, 100, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117
426 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
folk wir aye on an amp until da hay wis in. So, when da day d
hay wis in. So, when da day dawned wi a warm south ea
easterly wind an blue sky wi da promise o a good few hours o
e knew we wir in for a day in da lower toon. We couldno start
art afore ten o'clock or else da grund wid still be damp wi de
114 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
der wis a kinda tradeeshin wi da Mizpah. Every year, upö da s
Mizpah. Every year, upö da sam date in Mairch, we wid st
ear, hit wis a brisk wind fae da noardert, maybe norwasterly,
rly, an we were jöst clear o da Roost, whin I saa dis peerie
is peerie skyiff ahaed o wis. Da boat wis aafil peerie fur yun
63 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
d a been aboot nine year aald da first time I saa her. Her mid
er. Her midder brocht her tae da track, a peerie bit o ting in
shö nods her haed, luikin at da grund.
Weel aa da rest o da squad wis years aalder dan he
s aalder dan her. Shö ran at da back, an if I tried ta save h
68 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
s he canna use onything oot o da medicine cabinet. But der ple
Da first een wis a bottle labell
SHAMPOO. He emptied hit inta da pan. ‘Dat owt ta wish her b
be o TEETHPAEST an birsed oot da hale lock o hit in wan lang w
layin wi aerosols. He pressed da button an keepit his finger a
50 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
Charlotte Anne took da rodd her ancestors drave
strampin ower da heicht o white cappit waves
k a flat stane skitterin ower da ream-calm.
Her sail filt tae da brim wi a nor-wasterd,
ie, skipper, an Willie wirkin da sail.
47 matches

De Luca, Christine Soondscapes, (Shetland For Wirds 2015) Shetland, poetry
I da dizzied hoose, a strum of fle
Apö da broo, ahint a wheeshtit chape
da laand, kert-wheelin alleluias
o whaaps an peewits. Da wind
troo da grind is a spaekin in tongues
7 matches

De Luca, Christine Paes Eggs, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
I dy harned haand du held ta da licht
een o da eggs at du wid gie her
da ruckly wye da shall wis med
hit wis da hidmost time du’d feel
da lichtness at shö browt. Aa d
11 matches

De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
at cared aboot da sowls o Pictish fisherfock.
Foo da bairns a Rörick man a gawped
Someen man a shaan dem whaar da piltocks took
Da burnin pavements o Assisi cou
is hit kissed da sheenin saand; a smush
12 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Sang Oda Post War Exiles, (Shetland For Wirds 2003) Shetland, poetry
Da aert is tired man, sae is du,
We’ll sell da sheep, we’ll sell da coo.
sheep, we’ll sell da coo.
Gie up da lease.
Across da Soond o Papa
13 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Pieriewys, (Shetland For Wirds 2005) Shetland, poetry
Wielkum t’da Fokkmjoozieim
Sies du da pierie Sjaetlin ky,
da pierie poorie, lyin kloorin,
an da pieriemootie hoos
fir da pieriemootie fokk
6 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Metadist Metafir, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
Ati’da plen widdin chappil
at da Noarbie koarnir,
ati’da pierie Metadist kirk,
da mukkil kullirt stamps
Jun en a’ Him ati’da bow a’da boat
9 matches

Sinclair, Lise Juist laek Maunna, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
Whin I wis a buyy, da age at platched
Fur da new hairst-taest o burstin br
But nauthin laek da traet a store
D’duys da sixareens cam a sitht
Der sails dark on da silver gaet
14 matches

Williamson, Christie Truth, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
Da answer phone’s caald
accuses me o da crime
2 matches

De Luca, Christine Gaet-markers, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
At da stert, dey wir a makkin o wir
Some o da aerliest wis shurley ‘haem�
laek a dorro an da haand apön da tiller
haand apön da tiller
Some o da best wirds is for finnin
10 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
peerie grice at bed back ower da hill at Lungatou. Dey bed wi
irna enyoch room fur dem aa i da sty, so ee fine moarnin, shö
k you dis an mak awa oot ower da hill".
Da tree peerie grice opened up d
tree peerie grice opened up da clooty pockies an hed a skoit
102 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
it. Maybe he just pits it ta da back o his mind.
But it's just da wye, isn' it? Da men says at
wye, isn' it? Da men says at you're no ta worr
rk. Dönna cöllie aboot dem. Da sea is a hard rodd, but dey'r
it lines ta dem, an you watch da sky. An awey dey go, an dan y
85 matches

Williamson, Christie Continuous at sea defence, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2015) Shetland, poetry
If du hed da power
da brains o a billion bairns
da medicine fund fur gun deals
flick da switch? Wid du no
scatter da thieves an murderers
9 matches

Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
at bit mair convoluted here i da Wast o Scotland whaar some ee
lation fae whaarivvir iddir i da Celtic tide as ta accept at G
ekkirs as med dis country, an da toons an da traivils athin hi
toons an da traivils athin hit, whit hit
an aa, an ony iddir body’s. Da mair da merrier. Whit unites
14 matches

Williamson, Christie Slainte Bard, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, poetry
Scraep aff da char,
da crust an hay onythin
Lift aff da lid an fin ess,
i da deep dark
da nicht’s da nicht
10 matches

Williamson, Christie Gairden, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
wi da key bellt awa
da magical realm o dy imaginatio
An dere, du’ll streetch da leemeets
3 matches

Williamson, Christie Bellows, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
doon da ancient
da tap half
o da sax
fae da tap
o da pile
8 matches

Williamson, Christie Pre nuptial, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
tae da last
Ower da kjist
o da Lion Rampant
fur da job
4 matches

Williamson, Christie Böd, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
sinks stons anunder da saat
o aabody’s faat, an da mortar
wi da best company
slips, da tilly lamp pleepses
da lintel i da moarneen
13 matches

Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
Da day, I sent half a dizzin poy
hin else at I ony realised in da past year or dat, is you can
gear mair as ee plaes. No at da sam time, weel I widna onywye
t een o dis poyims A’m sent da day as been read an passed by
ime wis, I wid takk dat ta be da end o dat poyims useful life,
6 matches

Sutherland, Stella Midder, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
Shö drew me fae da dark, da strood
da world o sense ta me:
ane, an da only ane.
Whin dark again faalds ower da hill
4 matches

Sutherland, Stella Half a Twalmont, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
da light begins ta win,
Doon at da Hall
da young anes play at pairtners
da night, bit
for dem da reel begins.
10 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Frisk Waatir Troot, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
he's tentilie rowin da flatboddim
slappin at da syd.
fae da quhyt-waasht hoos
akross da girssie mødoo an sie
4 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
I gae da butter ta da lad.
e wis gyaan, an richt dere at da very coarner a da hoose he da
very coarner a da hoose he dang in ta da twa la
hoose he dang in ta da twa lasses.
Baabie an Kaitren wis bön at da Dutch Loch wi a burden each a
82 matches

Tait, Christian Da Hegri, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Whittled oot bi da wadder’s sharp knife.
Sweems inta da shadow o dy faersome neb.
�ll gie strent for a start ta da hunter
Bit dey’ll come ta da sam
At da end o da day.
5 matches

Ritch, Paolo A Remembrance Day, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, poetry
Een o da last still livin
At fowt i’da trenches
Da nineteen hunder gale
Duntin trow da soond.
Fur whan it cam tae da stories
15 matches

Sinclair, Lise Fauld up da Feddoms, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, poetry
Fauld up da feddoms an stow dem awaa
Turn da tide nu til a flaow
Lat da wind clear his ert an da sails fill
Hentin da horizon on a white ship’s k
We’ll screev anidder line o da teil
6 matches

Graham, Laurence Flans Frae Da Haaf, (Shetland For Wirds 2000) Shetland, poetry
Da wind flans in frae Fitful Hea
Hings ower da far haaf's wastern rim
me cauld black tochts at numb da hert
An slokk da emmers dere.
Afore da daylycht dees,
7 matches

Johnson, Laureen Moarnin Ida Kames, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
da brokken line ta Lerook
meets da brokken line ta Sullom Voe.
on da railwye we never hed.
wis at da wheel
watchin da tail-lights,
15 matches

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
plooin da voe wi a frush a froad
Tae men dat fished da Foula shaalds, a voe
an hooses strung alang da banks
We'd sprit tae beat dem tae da pier, watch
lik dunters i da jap, nay sicht o varg,
12 matches

Mainland, Jim Performance (After Les Murray), (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
a rocket oagin up ta spret da mirk
fae da boddim ta da croon ida lift;
da mirrie dancers geen halliget;
naethin can aese da döl I dree.
4 matches

Mainland, Jim Love (After Miroslav Holub), (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
A year lost ida moorie o da mind.
An it swees lik da beginnin
o da world.
3 matches

Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Wi da gale blawin an a wasterly swe
oost a bulderation in-anunder da banks
an du sees yun big baa oot by da point
akkin a peerie skiff doon aff da beach
Whin we hailed da creel, we got tree lobsters
11 matches

De Luca, Christine Love in a Caald Climate, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
nor da openwark o steyns set
ta brack da wind, nor
da hedder he prammed
da tang he tör fae da ebb
nor wis hit da sun scrimin
7 matches

Williamson, Christie Guide, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
laek staurs da lift
da goodness o life
ta keep da time
haudin strang i da storm.
Du is da maist
9 matches

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
wrie, kin you please tell wis da story aboot you fitching da M
story aboot you fitching da Maa’s eggs?” whinned Rasm
y tusseled we een anidder apa da floor.
ng on afore wan o you land in da hospital! Noo, git intae your
ae your beds and all tell you da story afor Willy Winky comes.
42 matches

Manson, Finnley Wir Beach, (Scots Hoose 2017) Shetland, weans
Da waves is brally strong
Aa da rocks is slippery
Da muckle waves dunder
Da fierce wind howlin
Da waves smashin da rocks
11 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
per John 'Broon-beard', son o da gret Lowrie 'White-whisker',
moorit beard, starin' oot at da vast, blue ocean dat stood af
Peerie chunks o' ice littered da horizon, as if an artist haed
Da temperature wis freezin; fros
. His faeder had been aa ower da wirld, travellin on da metal
88 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
I wakened up wi da bright, blazin, morneen sun i
recollection o’ whar I wis. Da unmistakible smell o strang,
egs wir in agony underneat aa da ruckly stanes. I swear, heari
uckly stanes. I swear, hearin da saft, swishin soond o da wave
saft, swishin soond o da waves wis aboo tae send me af
32 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
icht dan, yun’s me, awa tae da shop, is du needin ony errant
“Weel, just da usual, saat, ta keep aa dis f
An aff Mansie gied, awa tae da shop, aboard his boat, we da
shop, aboard his boat, we da sail riggit an ready. Mansie
eady. Mansie hed tae fitch aa da errants, fir his midder an fa
53 matches

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
idder, Fraser in Sandsound on da Wast side o Shetland. Since i
ided tae go for an explore at da shore near tae dir hoose. Whi
se. While dey were climmin in da rocks, dey fun a cave. It wis
unny cave becis dey could see da sunshine comin intae da cave
sunshine comin intae da cave fae da daylight ootside.
53 matches

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
trow da graphic equaliser
presets (aa da power du haes)
ring true, unlocks da keys
trow da sooth moo
ta mind da wye o da lie
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Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
Da Odyssey (1-75).
Sae faar, sin he spuilied da helly broch o Troy.
An mony's da pain he dreed apo da haff,
pain he dreed apo da haff,
ts - aetin Hyperion's baess! Da sun-god
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
uistics, Jim Miller contrasts da Public an da linguistic conce
Public an da linguistic concepts o dialect
t is, whit linguists means bi da wird, compared wi whit fock i
tiver linguists micht mean bi da wird ‘dialect’, hit’s d
ta wirk wi, caase if we oese da wird ava, hit’s dat public
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Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
Athin Shaetlan da expression "X an dem" means "
ession "X an dem" means "X an da fokk at's associated wi X". J
is referrin tae depends apø da context, but der seldom ony d
ek, if John is athin a baand, da question, "Will John an dem b
Will John an dem be playin at da festival?" der nae doot - hi

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
ook or soond seemlar or jüst da sam, but dir meanins irna. D'

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
In Shaetlan da indefinite article "a" is da
indefinite article "a" is da sam whidder or no da nixt wir
sam whidder or no da nixt wird sarts wi a consonan
or a vowel: a aple, a bottle. Da wird originally cam fae Aald
d English ān 'ee/wan' an fae da 12t C startit lossin da hidma

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
Shætlan shaas da perfect tense by da øs o BE:
perfect tense by da øs o BE: A'm seen da film aa
øs o BE: A'm seen da film aalreydy, but du isna /
bags, onnly we irna. Dis isna da sam as Standirt English, whaa
am as Standirt English, whaar da perfect tense is shaan bi øs

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
e constructions eekit on apø da end o stætments or commaands
n dem intil yis/no questions. Da idea is d'ir a wye tae axe fi
ation. Athin Standirt English da tag is meyd wi da pronoun ala
tag is meyd wi da pronoun alang wi da contracte
pronoun alang wi da contracted negative auxiliary

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
Athin Shætlan da present participle is shaan w
resent participle is shaan wi da suffix - in (pronounced /ən/
in He's rainin. It comes fae da Aald English - ende, an dat c
ende, an dat comes tae be fae da Proto-Germanic form *-andz. I
Idda Sooth English dialects, da Aald English form wis waikent

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
Da soond ø is weel-kent an gyaa
onded vowel", an phonetically da onn'y diffrence atween da soo
onn'y diffrence atween da soonds /e/ (laek da "ai" in "
soonds /e/ (laek da "ai" in "traivel") an /ø/ (a
") an /ø/ (as in bød) is at da lips ir roonded wi /ø/. Aald

Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2021) Shetland
took my peerie friend Rasmie da trow(troll) tae see Ertie da
trow(troll) tae see Ertie da trow dis eftirnoon but Ertie
in(just some claes drying on da line).

Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2021) Shetland
what dis strange creature fae da deep dis is?

Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2021) Shetland
Canna beat da legs for peace n quiet places

Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2016) Shetland
lkie havin' a peerie sleep in da golden rays o da Scatness sun
golden rays o da Scatness sunset

Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2016) Shetland
able day, a peerie reminder o da boannie days recently

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
eel, eftir a peerie email and da help of Cllrs Vaila Wishart a

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2017) Shetland
ok irr encouraged ta write i' da Shetland dialect... wir midde
lect... wir midder tongue, as da group is aptly caa'd!
For onybody no familiar wi da dialect, we will be mair dan
an' you will be excluded fae da group.

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2021) Shetland
just tae let you ken I'm put da last bird posters tae Loose E
ir 3 weeks I couldna trip oer da box any langer!.
I might look at re-licensing da images an doing anidder print
I do hae something else on da drawing board

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
Spikkin da streen aboot owld days in da
streen aboot owld days in da Isle, an foo we oosed tae hae
e tae geen tae takk yowes fae da banks - especially in da Voa
banks - especially in da Voar, whin dey wid reenge int
dey coodna win up fae tae get da first green pikk. As weel as

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
ir place-names an it's no for da better.
y life and as I played aroond da doors as a bairn I aye mind d
doors as a bairn I aye mind da fardest in street being caad
old photos show dis(before aa da hooses came).
Sadly, twartree years ago da old sign was replaced wi a ne

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
ing if ony o you knitters use da word geng no sure o da spelli
word geng no sure o da spelling. My mam used tae say

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
n Dad danight, on me wye fae da wark joost afore tae-time. Ma
shu said, an auld recipe fae da Dunrossness School. Well, I c

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
Da Grind o da Navir is a spectacular place.
ce. Grind is gate, but whit's da Navir?
attle grids dey wir grinds on da rods tae keep da hill sheep i
rods tae keep da hill sheep in, an as bairns d
n as bairns dey wid geen ower da Hoswick hill tae open a grind

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
used tae be used commonly in da sooth end for weekend.
ternational group latterly in da university labs in Edinburgh
wid come up in discussion in da break room - an efter ee suc
ar wirds (some at could soond da sam but hae very different me

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
examples doon in a workbook. Da wan dat caused a bit o confus
caused a bit o confusion wis da letter 'i' as in igloo as opp
i' as in igloo as opposed tae da i in ice cream. I aksed him w
sed him whit wirds startit wi da 'i' soond an he says "idder"
ined dat no, idder was really da English word "other" and so h

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telling me dat dey would bait da fishing line wi dis peerie "f
ie "fish" caad "Guddicks" fae da sand using "hjuks"(hooks).
"We wid hjuk dem oot o da sand".
I ken we hae da ö and ø soonds but dis was
nt soond when she spoke aboot da "büdies". It soonded shorter

Nicholson, Hannah Da Wye At I Spaek, (self-published 2021) Shetland - Brae, poetry
Da Wye At I Spaek
Da fokk at tell me tae spaek Eng
Ir da sam eens at try tae tell me
At da wye at I spaek isna a languag
Da self-contradiction is brawly
11 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Whit excitement for da Truncherfaece faimily dis mon
herfaece faimily dis mont. As da newboarn lambs spring aboot t
oarn lambs spring aboot trowe da hills wir been celebratin da
hills wir been celebratin da arrival o twa peerie trows. B
ins, a common trait in trows. Da bairns canna wait tae meet di
27 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ak fae dir wark sometime ower da summer. An mine wis lang ower
ne wis lang owerdue. So I wis da blyde tae fin a younger, mair
fae me dis mont. I fen her at da Waas Show.An wid you believe,
homasina has helped Vaila win da Bertie Deyell Memorial Cup fo
ial Cup for dialect writin at da Waas Show tree times noo. Dis
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Walterson, Vaila Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Da nicht afore da trowie show, der wis an aafil
der wis an aafil kerry on in da trowie knowe.
Peterina wis oot in da hills lookin fir wild flooers
s lookin fir wild flooers fir da show. Anderina wis wirkin on
show. Anderina wis wirkin on da most lovely flooer arrengment
11 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Da year wis 1803, an aabody faer
ar wis 1803, an aabody faered da sight o a press gang ship. Da
sight o a press gang ship. Da press gang forced young men t
ang forced young men tae join da Royal Navy. Dey wid raid hoos
fin strong, fit men tae help da Navy fecht Napoleon. Maist wi
31 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Wid you believe dat da increases in da price o fuel
increases in da price o fuel is even budderin
e dunna even buy ony! But noo da paet is back in demand an fok
demand an fokk ir maakin for da paet hill.
Naethin can baet da waft o a paet fire. Wis trows
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Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
mewhaar fine tae veesit afore da end o da summer holidays: Mic
end o da summer holidays: Michaelswood
olidays: Michaelswood. Oot on da Wastside in guid trowie terri
chaelswood is aesy tae fin on da main rodd intae Eid.
Me an Meenie set aff wi da bairns for a lang henk ower d
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Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
n for idders. Hit wis a mix o da twa for wir bairns. Wir peeri
citement aboot her first day. Da tree aalder boys wir less aab
bairns but tocht hit wis for da best. Wi modernisation threat
. Wi modernisation threatenin da trowie wye o life, we wir ton
wie wye o life, we wir ton wi da subjects on offer.
30 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
et shoppin has fairly grippit da trowie community. Wir bairns
gledtrow.com ivery nicht geen da chance. Twartree clicks an an
oit trowe my favourite shops; da eens wi da dialect names.
eens wi da dialect names.
it wis The Hansel. Meaning “da present” hit wis da obvious
29 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
guid freend. We coont Birsie da Hedgehog as een o wir best. W
wa. We see even mair o him as da nichts draa in as he’s noct
ine. But we ken tae lay aff o da mylk an bread. Dere’s naeth
hin waar for gaein a hedgehog da scoor.
Da bairns laek naethin better as
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Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
I canna gie awa much aboot da location. I didna geng tae da
location. I didna geng tae da Nort Pole laek a lok of fokk
e. I headed for Lapland, near da Finnish-Russian border whaar
eerie elf struggling tae reck da latch. Wi his red an green cl
pointy lugs he wis joost laek da picters on Christmas cairds.
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Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
s helpit him tae lug hit ower da hill. Snurtyleeves an Guttery
aa prints? Dey hed dir eye on da Eco-Trow Enviro-Howe trophy a
compost. Dere’s nae debate, da wye o life o a trow is enviro
trows. Wir kept trang helping da yowes when dey ir lambin. Wi
yowes when dey ir lambin. Wi da wye time is fleein hit’ll b
25 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
u reeselled oot o your bed by da earthquake? Da Görwill trows
earthquake? Da Görwill trows ir da eens tae
Görwill trows ir da eens tae blame for whit happe
for whit happened at 5:32 on da moarnin o da 15th o January.
moarnin o da 15th o January. Da British Geological Survey ir
45 matches

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
aggly effort you want tae tak da sheers tae. Da bearded champi
sheers tae. Da bearded champions hae a tick
tell you whit A’m eaten for da last twartree days an offers
oot him,” she said, coontin da loops on her knittin wire. �
Da bairns gaddered aroond Meenie
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Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
inese New Year. Hiv you heard da laek? I tocht she’d hiv hed
nie even managed tae convince da bairns tae help oot. Muttonti
help oot. Muttontief cleared da speeder’s webs fae da röf
speeder’s webs fae da röf an Snurtysleeves strippi
öf an Snurtysleeves strippit da beds. Him an Uggledlugs platc
32 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ighlight is frogs gadderin in da loch tae laeve dir spawn. For
rog wid be a decent scoop for da wirld’s ony journalist trow
n eventually agreed tae spill da beans on life as a frog.
First, I axed him aboot da history o frogs in Shetland a
k took dem in fae Sooth. Ower da nixt hunder year dey spread a
30 matches

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
y a terrible feerie dis mont, da laek o wir niver kent. First
laek o wir niver kent. First da bairns fell ill, den me an Me
Dis is da time o year for trowie illnes
hed a snurty nose. Wan by wan da bairns drappit doon wi da sam
bairns drappit doon wi da sam feerie. Dey lay in dir bo
26 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ochts an news ivery mont. Noo da time has come for me tae step
as come for me tae step oot o da limelight. Laek aa celebs A�
ays. Me, blate? Hiv you heard da laek?
rsuade me her wye o tinkin is da best wye. Dere is laekly some
Dere is laekly some truth in da fact dat we’d better keep s
27 matches

Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
Da Problem o dese Paerts
t twa year fae syne, in 2019, da essay fan me as a form. Haein
apö - a Tom Leonard poyim, da presence o Shaetlan (geograph
Dis last wis med, laek da iddirs, in Ingleesh, an laeti
or's request. Sic laek, hit's da first bit o prose a'm ivvir m
17 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, poetry
Aa’ da horrible deeds dat happened a
An’ da stories o’ hair and bluid
Athin’ da brick wark. Da brutal earl
An’ tirn wye bein’ da scourge
An’ da rivers o’ bluid at ran
14 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
Da fokk in Papa Stour wid laeve
aboot me an whit I did. Whan da bairns saa me oot an aboot de
id run awa in terror, an whan da adults saa me dey wid gie me
didna care fir – a bit lik da poor waddir at we haed a lok
oor waddir at we haed a lok o da time. But da main thing wis d
35 matches

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
waitin fur da tide ta turn, fur da ebb ta c
tide ta turn, fur da ebb ta come,
we could shut an tow back oot da voe.
Fur da engine hadna muckle peester,
ower peerie an you could hear da groon
28 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
'. Shö wis boarn on Bressa i da haert o a paetstack. Her midd
ch mice an guddle sillocks at da shore.
Du man stow awa apö da Leirna.
midder watched her gyaan doon da rod, head prunk, tail up. Sh�
At da pier Smootie waited fur da ferryman ta turn his back, da
109 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
rafter I wisna sure, but when da thing I hed at da Shetland Op (2014) twitter link
leave college at 3 and sat in da peerie shop with suzie and ra (2014) twitter link
@Peerie_kj in da hoose??? (2015) twitter link
@Peerie_kj oh my days!! Is da bird still tae da fore? (2015) twitter link
Shoutout to da eens at Bayes who got a mount (2016) twitter link
and 85 other occurrences.

@tattooedselkie tweeted
I started da first een (pictured) on the f(2021) search twitter
t be better tae juist bide in da day, in me new fun status as (2021) search twitter
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Da rest o da cleanin an tidyin will juist (2021) search twitter
a I'll hae tae feenish it aff da moarn. Me room looks lik a bo(2021) search twitter
and 31 other occurrences.

@HazelTindall tweeted
#Shetland dialect: Da Night at Christ Wis Born http(2015) search twitter
t Fine ta see you on Landward da night.(2020) search twitter
@barklandcroft Reminds me o da bairns stories about Smootie (2019) search twitter
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Rua2000 Anidder bleak day for da nort mainland.(2020) search twitter
and 8 other occurrences.

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
joleinR : In Nordic Mythology da first man, Ask, and woman, Em(2020) search twitter
etland's mythical water horse da njuggle (similar to Scotland'(2019) search twitter
would've been warming up for da Shetland Folk Festival today (2020) search twitter
Here's wir first programme o da winter. Mike finds oot aboot (2019) search twitter
couple o blackbird moments in da kitchen where I've allowed my(2020) search twitter
and 223 other occurrences.

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
d Alfie say “dey’d geen tae da limpet ebb”, in reference to(2018) search twitter
tooskit pup is NOT a fan of 'Da Full Rigged Ship' https://t.c(2018) search twitter
etlanders, plz dunna run doon da tourists https://t.co/SfQXsXr(2018) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Came into da utility room daday tae fold s (2018) twitter link
available in hawaii. Folk in da us ir resellin dem fur stupid (2020) twitter link
k aboot onyting. Except im at da pool for V’s swimmin lesson (2019) twitter link
o issues and is loving it. On da idder hand? I’m devastated. (2019) twitter link
uilty dat I’m hivin to do aa da homeschoolin we da lasses but (2021) twitter link
and 60 other occurrences.

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
but her Da an' Mam were smilin on page 158

2 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
Loves his da, this boy ?? https://t.co/RhE(2020) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
@Tam__Jardine As ma auld da yuisst tae say - ye cannae h(2020) search twitter
kFC @Burkeman29 Brilliant. My da used tae dae Ronnie's garden.(2020) search twitter
ed ye like it. Missin ma auld da the day.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Da, stoor tae stoor. Nae succeed on page 6

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Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
s a brave guid crap the year, Da," siz Liz. "Aye, it's a power on page 8
"Da! Luk ower thonner! Whut's tho on page 10

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
t aa thïs here whaniver hïs da dees. If we kïll hïm, aa th on page 103

1 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
say naeb'dy bothered him; me Da maintains he wus danced aff h on page 44

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
An' sates lake mae Da's ermchair, on page 26
There's nane o' this la-di-da Inglish on page 28

2 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Dinae da ait like tha last yin. on page 24
Sabbath da' tha we'ek begin' on page 28

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Whan ma da wus reddin oot ma grannie's h on page 8
rs an twa sisters. His ma and da wus lang since gan, an thair on page 15

3 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Me Da on page 7
Said me Da, still scraitchin his heid on page 8
Me Da jaist shuk his heid an said " on page 10
Fur me Da wud aye hae seen a uise whaur on page 11
Or time wae yer Ma nor yer Da? on page 16

7 matches

Hume, David The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
Ma da telt me aince aboot it — sa
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Thompson, Mark Address to a Nintendo DS, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
, efter weerin doon his ma an da wi gurnin an gan on, he got a
1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
Me Da on his bike wi the sun on his
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
Aye, the Brontes' Da was Paddy Brunty fae the Coon (2016) twitter link
Efter a feed o champ, my Da wull aye gie a quare rift, an (2015) twitter link

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
@StuartPoet One of my da’s classic questions is “hae(2020) search twitter

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ly tongue when she cud but me da, he majored in Latin??! You'r(2021) search twitter