A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fisher Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 13.9 24.1 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences4527 16 0 2 0 0
Number of authors18 9 8 1

Occurrences of fisher in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
'Luik at thae fisher fowk hunkerin doun ahint thon on page 14

3 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
got hime, aw aboot the time a fisher lassie near hid the breeks af on page 18
She telt me Ah'd niver mak a fisher's wife. on page 29
places. The thing is that the fisher an' the fermer niver got on. on page 31
rowin' atween the fermer an' fisher. It really aw gans back years on page 32
there he wis in a kirk fu' o' fisher folk an' him yammerin' on abo on page 33

10 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
And the daurk fisher's boat Growes ti a ghaist-shi on page 29

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
xcept her bosom buddy Heather Fisher an a new lassie on page 169

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Deid-thraw fed fousome on a fisher's lead. on page 37

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
twa kinna fowk in this warld; fisher-fowk an treds-fowk. Gin a bod
treds-fowk. Gin a body wisnae fisher, they wurnae "ane o oo".
Howanever, bein fisher brocht its ain responsibeilit
3 matches

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
t, hi’est quality floor fae Fisher an Donaldson’s bakery in to
cakes an th’ biscuits fae Fisher an Donaldson’s (they ur del
e, ah picked up the floor fae Fisher an Donaldson’s and gaed tae
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
twa kinna fowk in the warld; fisher-fowk an the ither kind. Thon
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
nument. Pouerfu stuff! Archie Fisher sings it weel tae.(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
jist like yer maister, Willy-Fisher Supreme, BoJo the Clown. ??(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
they did!" Ah said. "Wi'd the fisher an the butcher's on page 87

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
r nets on e watter. They were fisher fowk. Jesus spak tae them: "C on page 10

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
MacColl giein us, 'Cam aa ye Fisher-Lassies' as ye tak sicht o th
Come a' ye fisher lassies, it's come awa' wi' m
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ie Rannie wiz famed among the fisher fowk for her knowledge o ‘T
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Afore nicht the fisher quines wid make their wye tae
catch ye I'll eat ye!” The fisher quines took maitters intae th
The fisher quines got their bait an wun
a chap came tae his door. The fisher quines were there wi a big ha
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
kie McNab wis a creashie auld fisher chiel wI a tarry hat, a muckl
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
Spukken bi fermer, fisher, baillie, orra loun, an traiv
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
the rairie waves. They say a fisher quine needs a strang back and
rinds and grits at the sea, a fisher wi his weel-wirked erms, dipp
2 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
fficially in Huchter Teuchter Fisher land. Glad the be hame ??(2019) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Hiv ony fisher fowk ony auld nets they can c(2017) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
cargo baith wyes' trips o the fisher weemin. (2020) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
3600 BC. Dis settlin fokk wis fisher/hunter-gadderers an we dunna on page 13

2 matches

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