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The word 'in-law'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
in-lawOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.53716
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 58.9 18 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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) 98.5 3 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of in-law in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
t o grund there fae me fither-in-law. I keep sheep, and it’s bee
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
that any more.’ Me faither-in-law minds the postie walkan right
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ink? They hiv me for a mither-in-law on page 15

9 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
as he thocht aboot his mither-in-law, Gertie, an aa her weirdy-wil on page 34
irious as he heard his mither-in-law's camera, clickin awa, captur on page 42

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
er hid he gaen nur the mither-in-law cam hame frae mercat sikkin h
angs back hame, an the mither-in-law is wytin, wintin tae ken far
wis pregnant, an his brither-in-law Brian wis a culture-cairrier
is sister's yett. His brither-in-law Neil answered his chaps. Fyle
t douce-like till his brither-in-law Neil gied a wee spiel aboot c
6 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
n’t for her American sister-in-law’s Christmas. Jenners is a b
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
e hoose here. His auld mither-in-law bade in wi him, auld Mrs Maga
wisnae aboot. His auld mither-in-law wis hame, but, lyin in the be
2 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
's a healthy bairn. Ma mither-in-law, weel guid-mither as we cry t on page 4

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
'd nipped roond tae ma sister-in-law's the other night and she's t on page 56

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The mither-in-law's strawberry flan o it, on page 3758
rlfrien, Joy, wis Sulla's son-in-law, on page 113

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n the experience o ma dochter-in-law bringin ma grand-dochter in t on page 94

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
o praise tae his late faither-in-law Agricola - it tells o a grea on page 13

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ignified his Scottish dochter-in-law wis. It maun been gey strynge
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
her fae clypin on her brither-in-law, but wha tellt her story by w
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
hae said Donald Turnip 's son-in-law...!(2018)

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
@cal_ann My late dad-in-law did this. My husband worked a(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
Having an Italian son-in-law who lets you raid the gardyve(2020)
reet in the company o her son-in-law Jim. “Ye haenae chynged at a(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Maisie blinked. Hir brither-in-law had died on the Normandy beac on page 4
here was Margaret, her mither-in-law, on hir knees scrubbin the fl on page 51
what she lairnt o hir mithir-in-law in France. "She teuk hit shoe on page 56

3 matches

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