Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

mithers	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	25.9	26.7	33.2	39.7	5.8	10.3	13.3
Number of occurrences	83	52	22	4	1	1	3
Number of authors	49	31	12	3	1	1	2

Occurrences of mithers 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

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
thae days thay jaloused at aa mithers wis like yon. As thay grew au on page 15

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
s an gaither brammles for oor mithers tae mak jeelie. The wey doon on page 23

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
rs, faithers wi their granda, mithers an girnie-tikes, scuil-bairns on page 58
s. The auld sang makkit up bi mithers tae frichten thair bairns awa on page 59

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Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Ah jalouse aw mithers wull tell ye theez, bit fur m on page 78

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hud she no been there. Single mithers got short shrift in the villa on page 1

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
near stervin, faithers, mithers, weans in claes on page 30

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ere ither folks that hid guid-mithers wha wad gie them a haund wi' on page 37

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Mithers and faithers are weird. Even on page 1
She hud heard that there were mithers and faithers like this aw owe on page 93
'But dae the mithers and faithers no say onythin a on page 110
wid gang hame and tell their mithers and faithers. Ah ken ma daddy on page 111
h suppose,' she gaed on, 'yer mithers and faithers say yous ur wunn on page 135
Also on pages 198
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Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
sses wad stan lookin on, like mithers at a playgroup. on page 89

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
rby Chairlie, had baith their mithers and faithers wi them, and it on page 63

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
The postie brings the mithers send on page 121

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
And I see mithers, far frae lean, on page 31

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ms tae open the bookies. Busy mithers pushin fat babies in buggies on page 35

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Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
n Bretane wes nou faithers an mithers an hed a greinin fur hir ain on page 6

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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
Mithers sang ill-willie lullabies. on page 19

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
caain lassies frae thur mithers on page 39
rive the bairns fae their mithers on page 46

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Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
sses wad stan lookin on, like mithers at a playgroup. on page 89

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
The auld breidmakers, the mithers an faithers o the 50s, are pe on page 90

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
winless days, like faithers, mithers, sisters, brithers, sons, doc on page 51

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Like the mithers did afore. on page 97

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
parteeclar aboot the wives an mithers wha waitit, ettlin tae keep f on page 18

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
fair awa that bairns an thair mithers an faithers, libraries, an sc
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Cameron, Peter Lallans 75 - The Raid on Clydebank, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Mithers hing frae winnock-soles
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
uid in a lyne wi aw the proud mithers, ilkane wi thair sweirt laddi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
tae thair vocabulars. Gin the mithers an faithers can eik tae thair
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Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
washin line o a leid that oor mithers left us, an howpin that it cl
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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
Onything that threitens oor mithers an grandmithers threitens oor
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Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
eecher at oor wee school. Oor mithers an’ faithers hud learnt fra
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
an gied tae bairns as porage. Mithers could stap giein them breistm
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Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
eek. Livin bairns dee’d, an mithers haed still-born bairns. These
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
d anely píty the puir harrit mithers haein their lugs deavit by ba
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
that generation, we kent oor mithers an faithers haed tae mak the
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
llions o Scots bairns, an for mithers an faithers an aw, Oor Wullie
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
thair teachers an some o the mithers an faithers, it wis gey herte
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
itters o bisexuality, lesbian mithers, unner age pregnancy, miscair
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
chuil the follaein moarnin wi mithers comin an gaun an whiles roose
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
leon teuk them awa frae their mithers, sayin he wad mak hissel resp
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
, an translatit thaim: Best o mithers, best o rivers, best o goddes
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McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
sts, bairns, bloggers, single mithers. An is it no jist ghastly? Su
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Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
lued by fowk electit by their mithers an faithers. Bairns like the
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@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
@IshbelMcF Weil, whit are mithers for, if no thon?(2016) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
r twa - ve comments fae their mithers&faithers though. (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
A braw way tae engage the mithers an faithers o yer lairners - (2017) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
MITHERS-IN-LAW on page 15

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
Mithers on page 10

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
hubberin, cryin oot for their mithers in the nicht, prayin tae Jesu on page 16

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
' stertit, sae noo A hiv twae mithers, thou ma rael mither is aye t on page 80

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
ot on better wi their pals’ mithers than their faithers. Faithers
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ae the coggie insteid o their mithers' teets. These last three wikk
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
squallin geats wis raised bi mithers nae muckle aulder nur thirsel
he skweels, ithers the wint o mithers an faithers. Ilkie skweel noo
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Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
arent faimlies and even their mithers wurkit. There wis plunty o fl
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
n are threatened fae scunnert mithers wi the ‘Cat thit goat Erchi
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e wye they tried tae tell the mithers, fathers or wives it wiz.
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
hin, ithers greetin for their mithers, some jist dying, and Big Rab
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
baa, like a real show. Aa the mithers
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Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
Then ye hae the single mithers. 92% o single parents in Scot
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Guid luck tae a the mithers an faithers as the skail holi(2017) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
r. He's nae mine, but my auld mithers. She got him fae the fine loo(2019) search twitter
3 @SheepFanFaeEly You ken fit mithers are like. Sometimes I'll come(2019) search twitter
@TacketyBeets Aye. Mithers sideboard hid babycham and Ad(2019) search twitter
Fowk say you canna beat your mithers mince, but my faither dis the(2019) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
Raidin th mithers cupboards. Diz abdy de this o(2012) search twitter

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
helped be mithers and sisters in Orkney. on page 8

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Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
o hand - they caal fur thir mithers. on page 27

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
o hand - they caal fur thir mithers on page 152

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Hall, Simon W. New Lambs, Owld Stone, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
haet o the piggy bulbs. Milk. Mithers. Atrocious waather. Joni Mitc
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Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
fae Unst (Baltasound too) and mithers fae Lerwick but sho grew up o (2020) twitter link

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
uage ?? Braw tae see weans an mithers an faithers likin ma new book(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ise up agin thair faithers an mithers an hae thaim put tae deith as on page 9
r gan tae hae babbies, an for mithers wi weans at tha breesht. Thai on page 105

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Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
ir tae be eneuch o a caa frae mithers an faithers fur tha Ulstèr-S on page 27

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