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Use in varieties of Scots

fether Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 4.5 0 0 0 0 87.1
Number of occurrences279 0 0 0 0 18
Number of authors11 3 8

Occurrences of fether 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

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
hid tae dae it, of coorse, ma fether dee'd whan we war aw jist bit on page 6
ks fur? They cannae be fur ma fether, he'd git in them richt enoug on page 7
trusted that wee drochle o' a fether o" hers as faur as Ah cud hae on page 26
n be gan tae the sea with his fether. Tae me he's jist a bit bairn on page 37

7 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
s Ma Mither, My Father was Ma Fether'. Her Scots is fouthie and na on page 54

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
h @TheShireFC eeve no seen ma fether dustir lol (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"Repeat, 'Yae ir oul, Fether Wulliam'," said the Caterpill on page 45
"Yae ir oul, Fether Wulliam," the yeng man said, on page 46
"In mae youth" said haes fether, "A tuk tae the laa, on page 48
Said haes fether; "dinnae gre yersel airs! on page 49
oot hir repeatin "Yae ir oul, Fether Wulliam," tae the Caterpillar on page 103

6 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
r time, bak tae the days o me Fether on page 44

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
n tha hoose nixt-dorr til his fether, wi his wife, Sirrah Mcllroy, on page 7
eeved maist o his life in his fether's hoose, til tha hale raa wus on page 8

5 matches

Ultach Midgates, (Reddit 2020) Ulster, poetry
Aucht tae his mither an fether.
1 matches

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
t is a fit Dad and Mum become fether an mither Yer clothes is yer
1 matches

Glass, Ewen Yarns 3 - Waash, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymony, prose
Tae a prectised fether laid tae gormless graipin,
1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
"Come take a look" me fether he said ,and sure it was only
So thanks tae me fether that I write this wee poem, a
2 matches

Mc Donnell, John Joogins, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, prose
's in joogins...wait till yer fether gets hame...al tha time shae
1 matches

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