A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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granfaither Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.9 14.9 22.4 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4328 14 0 0 0 1
Number of authors13 7 6 1

Occurrences of granfaither in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
In by the forge, Granfaither wid be bent ower his wark, on page 21
that's aa lang by wi noo, an Granfaither tae. on page 23

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
lt for help fae ma mither, ma granfaither, tae Trev ma scuil-maik, ma n on page 22

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
York Irish". I says ma great-granfaither had came ower tae Leith fae I on page 136

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Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
him aff wi oot a penny. Syne Granfaither wis pairtit frae a his siller
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Granfaither faced a fearfu fate,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ut in his chair, Beatrice’s granfaither felt his legs turnin tae watt
of Beatrice?” demandit her granfaither.
The granfaither noddit weakly. “So I’m to
a moment, wait, wait,” the granfaither protestit. “She can’t liv
k wis in - an gae on tae her granfaither’s bit in Delhi. The gran th
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
e wis fae the Lothians ). Her granfaither wis an Ulsterman. She influen(2020) search twitter

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
rivven's!!! You'll bi Bobby's granfaither!!!" on page 100

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
stannin they soun ower lik mi granfaither an his cronies kickin up a st on page 46

1 matches

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Ma granfaither on page 114

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
, you an aa, Tam. Fit wid yer granfaither think o ye noo, eh? Makin rub on page 8

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e it Hillies. My great, great granfaither broke in ess grun wi the swea on page 89

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ed tae bash yer heid in wi mi granfaither's cas chrom, bit Ah'm sweirt on page 89

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ile aff in the wast. Minnie's granfaither, Auld Mattha Bruce, bedd yonn
k-clunk o the pendulum on the granfaither clock hauf wye up the stairs.
in ower taen up reddin up her granfaither's affairs tae worry their hei
s hid tae be wun up, the auld granfaither clock at the fit o the stairs
k o the landin, ower frae the granfaither clock, wis Uncle Dougal's roo
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Brian hid contactit his granfaither, Pat, tae see gin the polis c
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
onar at ony rate. Gutcher for granfaither an oys for granbairns. A’d
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ced he wisna alane. Tommy’s granfaither wis there, powkin aboot
1 matches

Ulster

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
tha time A wus a wean, bit ma granfaither kep a wee tartan purse fu o o
1 matches

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