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Use in varieties of Scots

smaw Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.8 24.5 0 0 0 32.8 0
Number of occurrences4946 0 0 0 3 0
Number of authors18 17 1

Occurrences of smaw in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
The smaw air o mornin hauntit it wi gr on page 4
Sic smaw distance in-atween the twa! on page 26

2 matches

Aitchison, Craig nobody remembers the birdman - Fishin the Mairch, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
t stanes, till bait rests oan smaw watter. on page 1

1 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
airly this morning. There's a smaw tradin ship comin upstream. F on page 54

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
t mair! She tynt the claes an smaw siller. What recks? But A've on page 48

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Scots leid maiters great and smaw, auld, young, hurtin and hert on page ix
Smaw craiturs courie doon as still on page 57
In the Smaw Injuries Clinic." on page 68
n abuin ye doon the roch, the smaw stair on page 141

5 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
Ma faither telt'm nae, verra smaw companie, the mair wes the pe on page 4

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
equered wes a sunket chape an smaw an teuch, an o a dour an pace on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
n Normandie. He hed a wife an smaw faimlie bot thair expairience on page 4
an hed a greinin fur hir ain smaw faimlie. on page 6

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
laddie got stuck cause he wis smaw on page 15

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
an a whein ither plays, an a smaw clekkin o sonnets. on page 116

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
a leids: Bit it wis a nicht o smaw lown tae heez birlin thowts. on page 119

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
esponsibeilitie for Scots. In smaw, the’r nae ower-airchin pol
1 matches

Scott, Hamish Lallans 75 - Televeision, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
the Muin an tak his ane stap smaw
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Goggles yokes tae in the wee smaw oors, whan uisers haes tae re
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
ntment an hert-hungir. It wes smaw wunner, than, at o a suddenti
eitilt as ye treitil whan gey smaw, bi the syde o a carle at hau
s he govit, sumthin bricht an smaw semed ti skinkilt doun i the
; an it wes owre glisterin an smaw fur a lowe-clok. Than as he l
red itsell ti be ane ei; an a smaw faiss begoud pece an pece ti
6 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
es a wie lad an growed inti a smaw man, he wes aye strang an bau
Howsomdevir, smaw biggars wes neded ti impruive
at the Inglish sein as haein smaw vaill. Thai
gied bot smaw soverance..
smaw ours. Tammas Grunstane wesna
7 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
er puil o writers nor the wee smaw curn o Ulster activists — i
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
st pairt on laund an biggins, smaw-scale manufacturin an sindry
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rks o leiterature. Here, in a smaw wey, I waant tae ruff ma feet
wi its theme o ill-deeds in a smaw toun, no a million lang Scots
ce. In sum, owersettin is nae smaw drink; its potent speerit inf
3 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
oot tae fetch the flag in his smaw clathes. It wis ower much for
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
the siren lure o the myriad o smaw screens that beguile an trans
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
es, ah realised there wis wan smaw hing ah could dae tae make su
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
nority o votes. Or, even wi a smaw majority o votes, gets dispro
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
in noo nor they did i the wee smaw hours o Wadnesday whan they l
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
ve jist realised there is wan smaw hing ah can dae tae make sure
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
ut little difference wid that smaw mercy make tae me, the new ar
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@SeanCampbell_67 its a smaw world brother - twae legends (2020) twitter link

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
The smaw wusps o clouds abuin on page 36

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
twa smaw bodies, wi nae ill in thaim.
The smaw rain is souchin aye
2 matches

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