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woman Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words34.6 35.5 30.1 39.7 34.9 62 26.6
Number of occurrences11169 20 4 6 6 6
Number of authors58 36 9 3 4 2 4

Occurrences of woman in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the woman busy wi smoke-blackened on page 15

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'A woman of your age shouldn't be beha on page 8
bunch of neds. You're a grown woman, Angie, maybe it's time you s on page 16

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
m n a taxi pickin another eld woman up. Everybody else hus dogged on page 49

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
e silence. In the corridor, a woman walks by the office on page 1

2 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
without a woman. But even wi three bodies on page 41
spout without even baggin the woman. on page 42

5 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
d Stag And made her an honest woman. on page 16

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
se wae this stylishly dressed woman in her fifties. The sweat is on page 51

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
There was a woman went an died in that hospital on page 153

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
fou length o the distance o a woman's smile, on page 107

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
cklace,' he says. 'She's some woman when she gets a bee in her bu on page 11
ht. That's rich comin fae the woman who threw a lit cigarette int on page 28
andra posted a status aboot a woman being too fond o the drink, s on page 85

4 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
These woman's cheans that bind me! on page 21
A woman canna bear it. Sisters, think on page 23
Mary: Ach, a woman's phantasies! on page 29
He's likener ti a woman than a man! on page 35

8 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
," cried the tallest bonniest woman o the lot. This wis Queen Hip on page 39

1 matches

Landles, William Lallans 73 - Welcome, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
And the woman sae near her time. on page 57

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The comeliness o woman is the haund o God. on page 79

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
n ma faither says, tuttin, 'A woman like that playing Saint Joan, on page 46

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
day, away and fetch the Rapet woman,
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
A decent-lookin’ woman came in with a laddie about f
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
he is betrothit to ane ither woman, then he shall be free.
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
“Doris is a kind woman,” reponed Miss Marjoribanks
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Noo Eve, wi woman's intuition,
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
n a Human Heid) and A Pictish Woman (A Pechtish Wumman) creatit b
1 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
awmaist don’t recognise the woman who has just crossed ma path.
1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
y, but ye were a fine lookin' woman in yer day.
ma mither - there wis a fine woman. She never said a word tae on
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
- me, two auld guys, an auld woman an three lassies, who ur aw w
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ndness o' this wonderful, wee woman.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Pour it thru a pair o’ old woman's tights.” This caused the
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
volition, unemployed - young woman. Of course, Professor Varshin
ully. “You were the mystery woman helper, then?”
your condition, Guzul is your woman.” He paused. “How much di
t means a lot to a man if the woman will just give him a hint ...
ciates that kind of tact in a woman.”
7 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
hen, and richt-weel man frae woman; for it is a curious fact tha
1 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
ssin a beautiful boy/girl/man/woman/kettle/toaster named Sue. Awh
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
let “In praise o ane Gentle Woman”, which contains the lines:
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2022) Central
niver err wis, certainty, nae woman.

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
a bam, fuck sake Bob the only woman I want attention from thinks (2020) search twitter
@ThatWeeRedHead Yer a grown woman we cannae exactly tell ye tae(2020) search twitter
1 @MartinJKeatings yer a good woman ??(2020) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@Carolro28744016 Yir a guid woman ??(2020) search twitter
elfer744 She’s a lovely auld woman. Don’t know if she even has (2020) search twitter
@JeanTelfer744 She’s an auld woman too, but no lovely ????(2020) search twitter
@meandbobbie Yir a hard woman ! ??(2020) search twitter
@rosebrook22 I had an auld woman behind me in the bakers the o(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
sce the parliament and nation woman ... with the press behind her(2020) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@AnneSutGB Nasty wee woman.(2018) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
This woman is oor modern day McRae and B (2022) twitter link
l62 Well, I'm no "fan" of the woman (tbh, she disnae touch me in (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
@leakylike @7ellis96 If some woman has put so much effort into l (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
Woman in the shop gave me marlboro (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
hich she refers are men. No a woman or bairn in sight. (2021) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
And if a woman have an issue, and her issue
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
; “This greenhoose is mine, woman; an under nae circumstances i
1 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
in “The Miraculous Headless Woman”. A wifie withoot a heid. Y
is indeed a miracle that this woman is alive today. Thanks to the
2 matches

Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
O’ a braw woman. Sweeming richt across the fl
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
’s earth will ever stop the woman spikkin, but I’m really wor
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ked intae the kitchen. An aal woman stood at the table rollin oot
ang the shore. She wiz an aal woman that got a bad name amangst t
her, she wiz jist a peer aal woman that happened tae hae a ringl
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
k windae and could see an aal woman sittin at a desk aside a big
bad enough as tae how an aal woman in her seventies could mak su
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
at Bogsoakin an speired o the woman there if she kent far aboot t
o the skweelhoose an saw the woman he’d spoken till earlier wi
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
gry an glowered at ma!” The woman hid tae sit doon on the tailg
he jaicket doon the hole. The woman turned tae me sayin, “Since
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
The severe woman wiz obviously the Mrs Gordon
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
And this woman, for she’s nae a quine, wil
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
thin tae dee with her beein a woman. If onythin, you hiv assumed (2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
I am indeed some quine....nae woman!(2011) search twitter
settin up twitter. Fa says a woman's work's nivir deen. hoosewor(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Oh Bessie, thank God! A woman yelled tae me as they threw m on page 20

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
A Woman's Wark is Nivver Deun on page 23

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
and an owld woman in a mirror on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
wife = 'woman' in StE (no necessarily mairr on page 106

2 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
yarning wi a lovely 90+yr old woman fae Yell.

@tattooedselkie tweeted
on we grew up wi wis a selkie woman marryin a land dweller eftir (2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
hology da first man, Ask, and woman, Embla, were fashioned oot o'(2020) search twitter
ou're oot on da hill. Missing woman spent night on Ronas Hill | S(2014) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ong written from the POV of a woman/girl as Tibby's version also (2020) search twitter
rnationalWomensDay a Scottish woman from @LoveDunfermline right a(2020) search twitter
guid skeck of her new book. A woman's voice and art particularly (2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
s muckle courageous than that woman up there!(2020) search twitter
kooBarpaga Sorry man! a typed woman by mistake, ma sincere apolog(2020) search twitter
@RinkooBarpaga Ye are the woman! Wee dane and wish ye aa’ th(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
liness intae questin. 'Filthy Woman!' That was the end o the road on page 21
d have been. A wean born to a woman with kind hands and a kind he on page 35

2 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
in up for her; that hale "wie woman" thing definietely chimed wae on page 46

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Like woman sweepin oot her hoose, on page 23

1 matches

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
a sweet juicy plump wee roon woman
Ivery man, woman, wean he cud fin
2 matches

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