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mairriet Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.2 21.1 19.6 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences5541 13 0 0 1 0
Number of authors18 11 6 1

Occurrences of mairriet in Corpus

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Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
e mair - nurse tae the man I mairriet, on page 81

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
An Ketil's dochter Aud wis mairriet oan Olaf the White, King o Du on page 14

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
lass in her thirties that got mairriet tae an American airtist jist on page 113

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
fine! It wis hairder for the mairriet men tho, A daur sey there wer on page 47
a fae hame, had trades or had mairriet on lads wi guid jobs, an ther on page 58
fact they were fixin tae get mairriet pretty soon an she howpit tha on page 78

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
juist as ithers are fir the mairriet yins. Noo, if Sallust hud the on page 112
whether yer pairtner's a mairriet wummin or a twenty quid hooke on page 113
Mairriet weemin dinnae mak it obvious on page 114

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Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
ng hamelins wi wir blissin as mairriet man an wyfe." An thai gaed, b on page 45

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Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
weir ye maun disyde fest. He mairriet on Tittie as sune as he cuid on page 4

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
t afore demob in 1945. He wis mairriet gey young (an gey briefly) sh on page 133

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
. The rowthie Robert Scott is mairriet, wi the ae laddie, but whan h on page 140

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
mairriet on a chiel shae cryed “The
“A mynd at Andra Szkocja at mairriet on Jeannie Stothart, is a hie
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
American sodger at mairriet her at the hinnerend an broch
roit. She jaloused at he haed mairriet her for a peitie,
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
War and Poetry’. Scott haed mairriet Catherine Goodhall anelie wee
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
consait that the state o bein mairriet is "as
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
edical dischairge in 1943, he mairriet ma mither Isobel Young in Gal
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
the best for a lang an blithe mairriet life thegither. Thair happy d
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ma mither an ma mairriet sister.”
ma mither an ma mairriet sister.”
2 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
A braw airt tae get mairriet. https://t.co/8XNDmNI5ds http(2020) search twitter

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
anada as a young birkie, haed mairriet an sattlt there. An ingineer, on page 30

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
She mairriet yon lad Hamish Grant on page 15

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
r een says, 'A've jist gotten mairriet, sae A canna come'. Back come on page 106

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
fa could blame the quine? She mairriet Jeems Buchan fae Banks o Lyne on page 18

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
s a Perth lassie an haed been mairriet in St. John's. An wha, in tha on page 12

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
tae be spierin, espeeshally a mairriet umman; an A didna richt ken f
ein’t reglar, wi her bein a mairriet umman an aa; an noo A haed ta
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ah’m mairriet tae a richt mockit wifie - s(2016) search twitter
ifie an ah are tae be the new mairriet couple in the judging panel o(2019) search twitter
e wis a success! Ah’m gettin mairriet aat the wikkend an ma bride i(2019) search twitter
aat ah thocht ah’d apply tae mairriet at first sicht on Channel Fow(2020) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
The dochter, Dorothy, mairriet ae Paul Hunter, the son o ae
1 matches

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