Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'mither-'

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Use in varieties of Scots

mither-	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	0.3	1	1
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)	18.2	1	1

Occurrences of mither- 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
There wis Zak - aal mither-naked - he'd cheust been oot on page 59

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ommon link? They hiv me for a mither-in-law on page 15

6 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sighed as he thocht aboot his mither-in-law, Gertie, an aa her weir on page 34
rtie!" Donald glowered it his mither-in-laaw. It'd bin years since on page 35
t?" Donald sut doon aside his mither-in-laaw an lookit doon it the on page 37
Bit Donald's mither-in-laaw wisna sae easy gotten on page 38
expecktint faces an saa his mither-in-laaw's self-satisfeed smirk on page 39
Also on pages 42
7 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
tae Seemon's hoose. Seemon's mither-in-laa wis i the grip o a fivv on page 86
ther an dother conter mither; mither-inlaa conter dother-in laa an on page 103

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nished it wis, wi braw inlaid mither-o-pearl flooeries on it, and w
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Nae suner hid he gaen nur the mither-in-law cam hame frae mercat si
anny gyangs back hame, an the mither-in-law is wytin, wintin tae ke
2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
e in the hoose here. His auld mither-in-law bade in wi him, auld Mr
hissel wisnae aboot. His auld mither-in-law wis hame, but, lyin in
2 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
y bairn's a healthy bairn. Ma mither-in-law, weel guid-mither as we on page 4

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Wad never be as my ain mither-speik. on page 21

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
cuidna speak it', an hou the 'mither-tongue-plus-twa norie haes tae
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The mither-in-law's strawberry flan o it, on page 3758

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
An orra mither-son weavin. on page 18

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
saunnies. Aw oor lives in ma mither-gab tae see ane o the sorriest on page x

1 matches

Ayrshire

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
oot, in an Inglish tung, the mither-leid, or in the Hielands’ sw
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
led an auld surnem frae thair mither-side faimlie, chynged the spel on page 28

1 matches

Keaveney, Marcus Lallans 102 - Bein a Wid Tink, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
howf gangst tha ruits o this mither-awthawids, moss-hoachin and co on page 71

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
heep, the Pownie and the auld Mither-goat on page 59
gied some tae Alma, the auld mither-goat ... on page 67

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
air tae tice an pleisur baith mither-tung speakers an lairners o Ed on page 126

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
erate chyce at Stage 4 atween mither-tongue Scots an pitten-on Ingl
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
leukin up ower his kep at his mither-inlaw wi an ait o uncertaintie on page 45
Then there was Margaret, her mither-in-law, on hir knees scrubbin on page 51

2 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha strang mither-dauchter coard. on page 32

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
r, a dochtér-in-laa agin hir mither-in-laa; ° it'll be tha yins l on page 9
dochtèr agin tha mither; tha mither-in-laa agin tha dochtèr-in-la on page 93

3 matches