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Use in varieties of Scots

familiar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.6 16 30.4 79.5 40.7 10.9 8.8
Number of occurrences6730 19 8 7 1 2
Number of authors38 15 9 7 5 1 1

Occurrences of familiar in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ards it. The shade o gowd wis familiar an it gave him a warm feelin, on page 48

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
just sees me as a wee guy, a familiar look. on page 39
breaths. Yi feel safer as the familiar fields, paths n trees welcome on page 48

2 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
tal Europe an America werenae familiar wi. This is that, in the last on page 33

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
tak his leave at last o this familiar shore. on page 20

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
a comment. And then ah hear a familiar voice hysterically chucklin a on page 58
ls the hing ah kin smell that familiar sickly aroma omittin fae it. on page 63
me long before ah cloack the familiar sight ae a group ae the selfp on page 68
ce comes in though. A female, familiar voice, which isnae Justine. on page 81
walked in a caught sight ae a familiar picture. Aldo proppes up agai on page 98
Also on pages 116, 145, 165
8 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an familiar faces, el even throw in a bri on page 1

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Familiar friens, 'The North Star' and on page 20

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Laddie, and ah gat tae aw too familiar wi Wee Laddie whenever ah'd t on page 28

1 matches

Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
e did spak tae the chiefs wae familiar wirds, in wiys they could unn on page 11

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
necdotes of Sir W. Scott' an 'Familiar Anecdotes of Sir Walter Scott on page 116

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Then Satan, ma freen an' familiar, said, on page 63

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
is a wird ‘appropriated to familiar fire in Scotland; to call suc
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Familiar friens, ‘The North Star’
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Liptons: the aince familiar grocery chain maks an appeara
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
orrowing them, including such familiar words as commiseration, emend
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
impish smile that ah’m mare familiar wae fae him an ah leave it th
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
e dark, ears pricked, fur the familiar sound ae Ailsa’s door closi
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
f-time whistle goes. The mare familiar bustle an drone ay cunts talk
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
he Labrador. The one which is familiar with your dog?’’
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
her stitch it hersel? Ah'm no familiar wi quiltin at aa.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
er, Niebuhrs? Chapman I'm not familiar with, but these Niebuhrs, Tyl on page 57

1 matches

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e windae and luik oot fur the familiar shape. Aifter a file ah sees on page 45

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an age afore tummlin sweet an familiar fae's lips: on page 9

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tracks as the soun o Joyce's familiar keckle driftit up te meet him on page 12
in springtime as Ah trace yer familiar image wi a fingir. Nooadays, on page 19
ddenly, Ah recognise the aul, familiar feelin wellin up inside ma ch on page 80
t an lookin roon the kitchen: familiar things seemt siddenly strange on page 90
an saa his faither's name an familiar han. He teen a deep breath as on page 94

5 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nnin ma escape fin Ah heard a familiar craichin lach comin fae the i on page 32

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
, “bit your face looks affa familiar.”
1 matches

Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
ave access to - an' aabody's familiar wi' - the maist glorious an'
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Fit's a familiar, ma?
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
the mirk, he could smell the familiar mix o linseed an 3-1 oil that
n thocht he could mak oot the familiar shape o a doe’s lugs twitch
lang wi the bolt. Reachin the familiar sanctuary o the bogie, he pit
3 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
mething in his een that seems familiar.
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
alaise, blandness and boring, familiar story for anither season Pitt (2021) twitter link
the point is tae condemn this familiar west central Scotland behavio (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
e @NorthEPolice Thocht it wis familiar ??(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu owns wan familiar, a cat. on page 15

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
A few o the group wir already familiar wae the stories. Poems starte on page 34

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I met familiar faces so I bowt them aal a ni on page 29
"My word - you look familiar! Pleased to meet you - my na on page 69

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ower the familiar cowld, on page 22

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The sweet familiar smell on page 56

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
tae laern hou tae uiss a haaf-familiar language, fir hid maks ye pey
1 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
Although weel kent does mean familiar too, doesn’t it? ‘Guid tae (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
r. Shü gaspit as shü saa da familiar faces a da Bay City Rollers o on page 24
nedly detached attitude as da familiar beeldins cam inta view, bit a on page 57

2 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2017) Shetland
For onybody no familiar wi da dialect, we will be mai

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
a rod wis a toll rod). Is dat familiar tae onybody?

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
he says A’m gittin far ower familiar wi humans an dir wyes. “A t
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
never mind da name o dis auld familiar friend. I'm more used to seei(2020) search twitter
Day5: I lik when da familiar does somethin unusual, lik di(2017) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
enin tae a body the day, that familiar.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@fairfaaye tweeted
"Up tae high doh" is a familiar phrase in Ulster-Scots meanin(2020) search twitter
Most of us are familiar with the verb 'to blether' me(2020) search twitter