Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'grandmither'

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Use in varieties of Scots

grandmither	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	4.7	15	11
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central	185.5	4	1
SEC - (South) East Central	7.7	3	3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	4	3	2
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of grandmither in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
didna hae a clue. tf his own grandmither said hid, then hid shurley mu on page 79

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
ife o the ferm asked me great grandmither ‘Wid thoo be blide o a swin
1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ousin Ellen's grandfaither an grandmither came fae the Caribbean, part on page 57

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ee this!” Her mither — ma grandmither — wis pyntin oot the sculle
till you see this,” says ma grandmither ance mair, an ance mair the b
a puckle year syne, whan her grandmither haed caa’d her tae the wind
witness tae these lichts. Ma grandmither saw it, wir neebors in the cl
4 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
les. At the heid, she sat her grandmither's crystal ball. Aw the world on page 1

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
year nou, an A speired o his grandmither if he wis talkin Scots or Eng
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
rdin tae her, it wis mair her Grandmither Tongue that was sittin dorman
1 matches

General Central

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
ke - a horse an cairt lik ma grandmither haed. Yer dwynin yer life awa on page 2

1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ly 13 mile fae Glesca) but ma grandmither stid wae us and she wis fae t(2020)
molach95 @tartanroots My auld grandmither used tae sae 'shin' when she (2020)

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
Kilmeny, lass, it’s me, yer grandmither .”
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
* The grandmither o a faimily wis aft-times ken
1 matches