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Use in varieties of Scots

grandpa Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 0.5 4.5 39.7 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences91 3 4 0 0 1
Number of authors5 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of grandpa in Corpus

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Central

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
, as ma mammy pointed oot, ma Grandpa built. Then past the big, gla
1 matches

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
atures. He miynt weel his ain grandpa's last few years, bidin in a on page 75

2 matches

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ever yon time. Tae my Macduff Grandpa Jim, fae hid been in Valparai on page 25

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Thee Grandpa's oot. He's in the byre. on page 5

4 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Naw grandpa spake oo nicht like this, on page 18

1 matches

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