Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'mairriet'

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Use in varieties of Scots

mairriet	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	17.2	55	18
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	26.2	8	3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	47.4	4	2
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	10.2	4	2
WCE - West Central	32.2	7	2
DUN - Dundee	63.7	6	1
EDN - Edinburgh	31.4	5	2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	24	18	5
SEA - South East (Borders)	25	2	2
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of mairriet in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

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

3 matches

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

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ahm mairriet tae a richt mockit wifie - s(2016)
ifie an ah are tae be the new mairriet couple in the judging panel o(2019)
e wis a success! Ahm gettin mairriet aat the wikkend an ma bride i(2019)
aat ah thocht ahd apply tae mairriet at first sicht on Channel Fow(2020)

Aberdeen

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

1 matches

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

1 matches

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
2 matches

General Northern

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

1 matches

(South) East Central

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
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
consait that the state o bein mairriet is "as
1 matches

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
1 matches

West Central

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

5 matches

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

1 matches

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
1 matches

Dundee

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

5 matches

Edinburgh

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

2 matches

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

1 matches

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

General 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

1 matches

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

12 matches

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

2 matches

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,
2 matches

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

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
edical dischairge in 1943, he mairriet ma mither Isobel Young in Gal
1 matches

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