A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

cousins Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.9 14.4 19.2 9.9 17.4 10.9 8.8
Number of occurrences4627 12 1 3 1 2
Number of authors23 13 5 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of cousins in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
brothers, cousins, husbands, sons. on page 7

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
fur name-drappin. They've git cousins galore n cunts that work fur on page 9
e yir pals, n the army ae big cousins, brurs n elder wans who feel on page 11

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
try set up bi oor neebors, an cousins, ower the sea in Norroway, an on page 23

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
dae the same hing ae mah wee cousins noo. on page 75
early skewerin wan ae mah wee cousins in the process. 'The auld cun on page 171

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
meh mither, meh brither, cousins on page 17

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
family, she said. Ah said, Ma cousins an ma aunts an uncles an aw t on page 56
are always talkin aboot thir cousins: Laura Kyle's relatet tae hal on page 57
Broon Street. Laura Kyle had cousins that went tae Moorpark Primar on page 131
ntet tae be pals wi any ae ma cousins fae my da's side then that's on page 169

7 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ld o saved at least one seat. Cousins and aunties and second cousin on page 5
Ma cousins, Mick and Phil, are at each o on page 6

3 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
soothwest villages; brothers, cousins, husbands, sons. on page 69

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - In Liverpool Cathedral, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Yer cousins ken't the cry. on page 103

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
mes we wid hae a fight wi wir cousins. Thomas wis feart fae naebdy on page 44

2 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
ntet tae be pals wi any ae ma cousins fae my da’s side then thatâ
mbles. Wan ae Kelly’s other cousins brought gatecrashers an the g
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
es. No lang afore, oor aulder cousins haed sleepit in the same chau
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
Ishbel's 3rd cousins daen a braw job in Embro lett(2016) search twitter

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
tivist2 @mcdonji1 A mind. Big cousins gave me some when a wiz aboot(2020) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
knawn tae speak Doric roon my cousins frae the broch (2021) twitter link

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
dlin in the double bed wi her cousins. They'd read bits o their mag on page 15

1 matches

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
nie, clivver an confident. Ma cousins Ellen, Shirley an Maxine. on page 57

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
he lave o the clachan, as his cousins merched aff tae the Great War on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tae the Earth Hoosie, the twa cousins devauled a meenit, at the sic
Whyles, the cousins played in the foun o the Eart
e bide at Steenhillock wi her cousins, Minnie an Matty till it wis
Dow spakk looder, an the two cousins dinna hae tae strain their lu
a, faith, puckles o his Bruce cousins war skittered aa ower Malaysi
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
The Anderson cousins flappit doon aside Nava, an j
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
The ferm wis simmer days an cousins lauchin
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ther wis fae Buckie and I hiv cousins that bide in Kingswood, Houst(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
tin the messages by’, an her cousins wid say ‘pittin the shopping (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Quoyclerks - Granny's end, cousins, Auntie Maggie's scones - fu on page 13

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
wait tae meet dir new peerie cousins; a boy an a lass.
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
ould lay een apön some o her cousins. Maybe dey wid tak her in. Na
s wis sisters: dey wir second cousins!
2 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ically we're much closer than cousins or neighbours. Twin but not i(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Tam an Esther wur cousins. Leonard didnae know what his on page 1

2 matches

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