A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fishermen Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.7 11.6 10.5 39.7 17.4 31 4.4
Number of occurrences4123 7 4 3 3 1
Number of authors20 7 6 3 2 2 1

Occurrences of fishermen in Corpus

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Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ll hae oor 'elders', the auld fishermen that gether roond the herber. on page 13
her men git him oot. The auld fishermen say that's the weiy naebidy g on page 16
he fermers kint fine that the fishermen cudnae staund the beasts, an' on page 32
Onywely, aw they fishermen started tae look fur the caul on page 33

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ors an fish-wives, dockers an fishermen, as weel as monie o the toun' on page 93

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
the edge o the deep blue sea. Fishermen lowsed fae their wark tae lis on page 94

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
intil the loch, for they were fishermen. And he said tae them: "Folla on page 97

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Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
al wull be as welcome tae the fishermen as a pint o cauld sick.
Europe sin ‘its no lik the fishermen are gonnae vote Labour’.
1970s that regairdit Scottish fishermen as expendable gaein intae the
front; thae wull sell oot the fishermen whan thae leave.
the interests o 12000 fu time fishermen micht be important politicall
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
nish speakers. It's said that fishermen frae Great Yarmouth cuid unne
eat Yarmouth cuid unnerstaund fishermen frae Friesland cause o the hi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
s. Uncle Rob wis preses o the Fishermen's Associe sae he wis shuir ta
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
hat she'd won success for the fishermen in key areas. It wis juist th
opposeetion MSP's – an the fishermen – that didna gree wi her.
he Preses o the Firth o Forth Fishermen's Associe an o ae time that h
le for the Scottish seine-net fishermen. The delegation wis heidit bi
won ane or twa inlats for the fishermen. They'd haed tae gie up a whe
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@ThonJacobite tweeted
ed: "Have you tried sucking a fishermen's friend?" Dougie replied: "D(2021) search twitter
ae the Queen, parliament, the fishermen, the fermers and the hale pop(2021) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
"Lowering the pier's for the fishermen to get off and on their boat' on page 29

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Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
fishermen, bakers, candlestick makers on page 10

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Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
Fishermen. Deils. Ih real sharks o’ i
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
lk here lang ago were fairmer fishermen, and they’d weer kilts file
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
at got a bad name amangst the fishermen. If ony o them happened tae m
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Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
s producit bi local fairmers, fishermen an ither fuid production wark
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@cligeey tweeted
dle for a while as well ,keen fishermen as well(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
e is aalways free, encouragan fishermen. on page 37

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Hershaw, William Seivin Verses for GMB, (Scottish Poetry Library 2015) Orkney, poetry
Fishermen wi lap tops,
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Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
noo, wae the set wather, the fishermen wid likly no be apace bit try
Nee doot the fishermen wir heedin for the Ooter Grun
2 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ans dat he aksed wir twartree fishermen. on page 87

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
an tha Myrtle, an aa seeven fishermen aboard on page 88

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Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
The fishermen's fyres haud me wauken. on page 39

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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Fishermen ir singin awa,
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The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
Hei said that wasnae guid for fishermen like him cos it was gei late
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Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ish. Whaniver ït wus fu, tha fishermen haaled ït ashore. Then the' on page 9

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