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Use in varieties of Scots

girl Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words23.7 27.2 6 19.9 11.6 20.7 57.5
Number of occurrences7653 4 2 2 2 13
Number of authors36 25 4 2 2 1 2

Occurrences of girl in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
The Watter Girl on page 32

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
When you find yourself a nice girl, n have a nice flat na nice c on page 37
of them jumped him walking a girl home, Mr McGiver. It's an abs on page 54

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
a surviving girl child, I wished I could be on page 51

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
s. "Ye jist seemed lit a nice girl' on page 1

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Aw aboot this boy an the girl that he hurts, on page 32

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Yae really ken how tae make a girl feel special." on page 82

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
but a big girl's blouse. on page 46

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
the teacher makes us sit boy-girl-boy-girl, Charlene endet up s on page 46
acher said, An what could the girl have done that would have pre on page 83

3 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
im. But he niver really had a girl friend, Ah mean somebody he b on page 76

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Torn-faced as a factory girl wi a lost pey packet, on page 67
A firstborn boy and girl asleep alane on page 88

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
A plukey girl wi lang, black greasy hair wa on page 6

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ve got another beautiful baby girl.' on page xx
'It's a girl!' a voice shouts fae ootside. on page xxi
stand fur hur puttin doon ma girl. on page 12
'You're a stupid girl who'll never amount to anythi on page 37
ky like no other when the new girl Sheena called hur Mr Bert and on page 38
Also on pages 42
6 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
Pussycat. She got "very good girl!" We aa hated her. on page 120

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
a! See them heidlines, "Young girl taken into custody after an i on page 113

1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
ure’. Ah cudnae believe the girl. Ah hung aroon in the relativ
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
o do the Gay Gordons with the girl with the warty hands in front
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
the top o’ the hill, when a girl frae Scott’s group came aff
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
’m nae complainin’. Bonny girl, bonny weans an’ they widna
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ed tae dae when she wis a wee girl. ‘Dae ye want tae sleep in
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
itatit. “You have a Tibetan girl living in your house in Kalim
family. You do enough for the girl already. You have to know whe
?” She wis dumfoonert. “A girl my parents want me to marry.
oached wi a fifteen-year-auld girl o the opposite species. Till
oached wi a fifteen-year-auld girl o the opposite species. Till
6 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
pronoonciation o the wirds ‘girl’ or ‘world’ in a Scotti
I know the girl who went to Linlithgow two ye
I know the girl that went to Linlithgow two y
I know the girl that went tae Linlithgow two
I know the girl that went tae Linlithgow two
7 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
lin. 40 denier mustard tights girl, wae the heavy patterned shoe
Ah’m kissin a beautiful boy/girl/man/woman/kettle/toaster name
2 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ve four boys, she’s ma only girl ????(2020) search twitter
e bed thinking about your wee girl, and gave Maisie a huge hug. (2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
effBrazier @katedwyerPR Lucky girl is Kate! As a just get tae wa(2015) search twitter
Way tae go Sage! You got this girl! ??????(2018) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
is Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?, by Savage and F(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
is @TriciaMarwick an EastFife girl soz to the ither stunning smo(2020) search twitter
g sookin up mair than only P4 girl wantin tae play with the big (2020) search twitter
She da week's queen o the fan girl crush!(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
row balls, but we can put Big Girl Pants on and grow a fuckin sp (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
For she's some girl on page 15

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
’ ‘Oh mak me the happiest girl in the warld, Angus ...’ Oh
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
“Sit down, girl!” This was fae the grumpy l
1 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
s sharing a flat wi the Poiis girl who lifted me for public into (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Your wife's just had a little girl - both well and looking fine on page 30

1 matches

Flett, Alison Harbour, (Scottish Poetry Library 2004) Orkney, poetry
cum hame girl mina
1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
t you couldn't have the other girl as well - as long, of course on page 35

1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
What happened to the little girl who slept with her head under
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
itten from the POV of a woman/girl as Tibby's version also is. R(2020) search twitter
jammach @Jackson_Carlaw A wee girl did it and didnae run away.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Aal Maisie knowed was that a girl had been sent up tae Broughsh on page 4
aal growed up. I was onlie a girl whan I was sent up tae the ki on page 6
"Jealous o an eleven yeir-oul girl who'd just lost her map" excl on page 21
A girl communicatin life wi a dreebl on page 33
rappered on the shouler o the girl in front. An she minded singi on page 49
Also on pages 53, 60
7 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
and volumptuous Ellie Mae, a girl who was allus interested in f on page 46

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
wudnae like it. ‘We need a girl!’ ah saed.
med the baith o them. ‘No a girl!’
enny’s han wi nae jellyfish girl amangst us.
‘Dinnae be sich a girl,’ saed Gary.
‘I am a girl,’ saed Jenny.
5 matches

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