Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

uncles	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	6.2	7.2	6	0	11.6	0	0
Number of occurrences	20	14	4	0	2	0	0
Number of authors	14	8	4		2

Occurrences of uncles in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ither kin?' Matilda speired. 'Uncles or aunties or grannies wha ca on page 192

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
meh uncles, meh fathir, on page 17

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e gang an tell his aunties an uncles, an afore ye wuid think it po on page 67

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
id, Ma cousins an ma aunts an uncles an aw that. Widyi want tae se on page 56

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
We loved wir uncles. Larry wis deid handsome an h on page 76

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Ma uncles an aunties an grannie an gram on page 44

1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
sae wis twae o my mither’s uncles, Alec Young, an Alec Smith.
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
tell his sons that they were uncles again, an pray God, for a lot
the past sixty years, wi his uncles an kizzens daein weel in busi
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
to drink. I went with my dad, uncles and siblings when the women w(2020) search twitter

Doric

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
Nae Aunties or Uncles, ma Ma or ma Da!
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
A' yer aunties an' uncles rally roon
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
grandfaithers, aunties and uncles, skail is oot an yeve sax l(2019) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
is fu eh great folk...mah fav Uncles family aw brought up in the p (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
is persuaded tae join his twa uncles in dir beeldin business whin on page 37

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
uncles, bridders.
1 matches