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Use in varieties of Scots

dads Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 4.1 4.5 19.9 5.8 41.3 4.4
Number of occurrences198 3 2 1 4 1
Number of authors16 8 2 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of dads in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
And the nixt words oot ae ma dads mooth left me paralysed on page 198

1 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
And tattie dads hissed in their tottie weans' on page 15

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
luff ahent thaim. The souns o dads an yellochs lowdent as the ke
1 matches

Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
and weans, fur mammys and fur dads
1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
@AidanMo0die me mams a witch, dads a muggle(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
....especially as my mom and dads deaths were smoke related. Ha(2015) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
avourite programmes. That and Dads Army(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ts for awe the royals n boris dads a roaster but whae cares - i (2021) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
t the ither end far a group o dads stand aboot in varying shades
The dads shak their heads as their bai
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ppy Faither’s Day tae aa the dads an grandads fa cherish an lo'(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
isode that git's passed on be dads. on page 76

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Dads Big Bane alarm clock. on page 45

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
e wir claas afore we heard da dads o da bairns runnin hame. Gutt
1 matches

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
k all mobile aboot ma mum and dads mobile phone. Better sending (2020) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
al for weans, teachers, mums, dads, papas, grans and aabody. My (2020) search twitter
athersday2020 to all the good dads oot there, those gone and tho(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
he majored in Latin??! You're dads a sound (2021) search twitter