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Use in varieties of Scots

wife's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 5.7 12.1 39.7 11.6 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences2911 8 4 2 1 3
Number of authors25 10 6 3 2 1 3

Occurrences of wife's 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.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
upit auld arse ae yours,' His wife's aw watery-eyed like that, 'Pl on page 2

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
It didna lowden his wife's mane tae ken he wis made a Ca on page 8

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
this breid-winnin wife's her man's shame. on page 18

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
uidman. 'Ye've biled the auld wife's biscuits!' on page 98

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
he middle o the numbers an ma wife's face when he shouted her. Aab on page 28

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ang man camm oot. Gruppit her wife's lang airm an near throu her i on page 68

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
pushiont, but Scott kens his wife's as guiltie as get oot. He hae on page 140

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
gless or twa ilk nicht o yer wife's elderberry wine."
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ES Hogg wis aince in the guid-wife's kitchen aboot brekfast time,
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
's Neuk), Autobiography, Auld Wife's Sang an The Arch.
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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
"Help! My wife's watters huv broke! She's gonn
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Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
hot Rob wid hae At hingin the wife's new paper on page 15

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
kens him noo or his wife's folke Faa'll on page 10

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
some affa queer ideas. An his wife's ideas were ivvry bit as queer on page 74

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
it lang at Northies, the ferm-wife's due tae bairn, bit she's drap
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
grammed tae mak repon tae his wife's skirls fur help. Curfews war
le oot impurities, as wad his wife's eggs. Gin the prognosis o the
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@cligeey tweeted
@oilypaws We hae The deid wife's burn at the bottom o the park(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
k tae mine, fill yer boots as wife's deen her roots" fit ye think?(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"Your wife's just had a little girl - bot on page 30
wages in the packet that yer wife's already spent. on page 65

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
kshop, no glett upon his poor wife's on page 17

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The Wife's Story on page 72

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Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
iefolls? Try hid! See if thee wife's no on page 18

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
dey saaften lik a wife's mind in mink on page 111

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Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
I mind the sicht o the auld wife's face begrutten on page 135

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
a fantasie played oot in his wife's mine. But it was real, an nae on page 50

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Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
He girns aboot his guid wife's fowks, on page 43

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@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
@raiphsays @nweir1 Oh aye, my wife's scunnerd as a cannea go oniwh (2021) twitter link

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