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Use in varieties of Scots

father Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.8 13.9 79.9 9.9 11.6 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences8627 53 1 2 1 2
Number of authors33 15 13 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of father in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
them up for your mothers and father. My explanation, I'm sure, wi on page 54

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ettin thaim doun. 'Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days on page 22
hty God ... in the name o the Father, the Son, an the Holy Spirit, on page 36

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
the son my father waited long to sire; on page 51

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Dedicated to my late Father, Joe on page ii

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
could go an she said, Ask yir father. Ah said tae ma da, Mum says on page 51
ately, said ma ma, That's yir father's auld dear. on page 66
askin questions lik, Dis your father wear a skirt (as in a kilt), on page 123

3 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
esperately at the clock while Father Martin says his piece. Ah've on page 14
'Glory be tae the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit on page 30

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
ill-daeins he deskreived. Ma father wes aye sayin we wuid be rewy on page 6

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
David would huv been a great father tae one. Ma eyes fall oan Maw on page 7
. Ah'm supposed tae honour ma Father and ma Mother. on page 47
Father Murphy said God doesnae know on page 54

3 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
ly February 1961. Oor priest, Father McPherson, said that, for the on page 136

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
'My Mother was Ma Mither, My Father was Ma Fether'. Her Scots is on page 54

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
'Father Cosgrave says it's durty so w on page 46

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
A knife, a father's throat had mangled,
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
oap, oan, gweed, flair, daid, father an glass is some like English
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Stirling, New Jersey, to his father, Robert Stirling, Waterside K
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
rents see that you are also a father, they will he more likely to
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“I beg your pardon, father, but it’s a very different
a wi ye, lads,” sayed thair father. He waved tae Bill tae sit do
2 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
er (kite - the Scots ward ma father yaised for stomach) #PutBodyP(2018) search twitter

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
bbled like a bairn, takkin es father by the haun an draggin him up on page 84

1 matches

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Winifred: Certainly. Ee 's Father Mummy, ane-time high priest t on page 40

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
Aberdeen Man Honours Gardener Father, and it wis a' aboot a chiel on page 35

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
A HISTORY LESSON Father an Peter they set tee Tae red on page 15

5 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Father spared ma a beltin at nicht, on page 66

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
excuse ti Adam. Her Mither an Father wis awa ti a bowlin do an she on page 94

5 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"In ma yooth," Father William replied till his son, on page 44
oot her repeatan "E are owld, Father William," till e Caterpillar, on page 100

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
s!” “Ken this,” quo his father proodly, “Yon wumman’ll t
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
tae practice wi, in case his father shood tak him golfin. En ere
spent the holidays helpin his father on the ferm. He did hae
her mither an father, an her sisters an brithers.
ake an tell him he's nae your father an watch the tears in his een
4 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Spring time fin his father wis makin neep grun, he used
ol an started tae work wi his father on the
ferm. His father aye insisted that they lowse
them quait, Jonsar Eck an his father set aboot the muck fae the
ten meenits later an telt his father there
9 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
In 1596 Father James Dalrymple owersett Bish
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
n the Aga tae the photo o her father an mither’s waddin day an a
jected the offers though. Her father hid teen affa ill wi his hear
at that time. Eventually her father died and the doctor said his
type o hert complaint and her father haein been a piper also added
4 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
tae oor parents. My mither an father seemed pleased enough that th
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
es broo. He got a job fae his father in the ragstore he echt at Cr
on weel as a rule. Ae day his father tellt him tae tak a cairt loa
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
my life came tae see me. His father wiz a doctor at Banff but on
t in he wiz fullin in for his father. He’d jist came hame fae a
et so she tellt ma it wiz her father’s. He’d flown mosquitoes
gator hid been killed and her father badly wounded but somehow he
e spear, “Far aboot wiz yer father wounded?” She pointed tae h
7 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ning tae be a lawyer like his father. Mistress Gordon said he wiz
Jessie earned as much as her father in a month aa thanks tae the
sayin, “I told you earlier, father, it wasn’t me and anyhow I
n she saw the laddie pour his father some brandy the bottom fell c
letter saying as much tae his father. Hugh wiz niver heard fae aga
5 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
sonally but reported that his father is and liklihood his grandpar(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Clestrain - me father's tales, plooan wae Clydesdal on page 13

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ong for a Setter tattie, with father's fresh piltocks.' on page 76
'My dearest Mother and Father,' it began, 'I am happy to te on page 77

2 matches

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
Father and son ramble to explore the(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n the King's English like her father." He smiled. on page 35

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Wull father kid, an stand on guard on page 45

1 matches

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