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Use in varieties of Scots

faimilies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13 19.2 1.5 0 5.8 20.7 0
Number of occurrences4238 1 0 1 2 0
Number of authors23 19 1 1 2

Occurrences of faimilies in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
faimilies an freens haud hans, on page 7

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Lallans 90 - The Myndin o Lockerbie, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
on tap o straungers, neebors, faimilies, bairns - on page 37

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an faimilies in port a toon on page 77

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
their ain ambitions - an the faimilies they micht faither in the yea on page 78
rs o cottagers an findin hale faimilies deid in their beds, or puir s on page 81

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
o fowk wi faimilies lookin oan, wha aye wull say: on page 93

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ivin' fur themsells an' their faimilies. on page 24

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
uvin tae steal tae feed their faimilies. Aw, and if that wisnae bad e on page 21

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
nor a puckle o them come fae faimilies wha tak a pride haein provide on page 123

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
As fishin faimilies livelihoods are taen, on page 42
The bad times? It broke some faimilies up, on page 70
Thrang wi big sma faimilies o Irish fowk, on page 99

4 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And lines o faimilies, caw thaim clans or wirkers, on page 15

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
wean's bedroom. Wirkin-cless faimilies are, if onythin, mair likelie on page 9

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
nd they're talkin aboot their faimilies on page 24
on tap o straungers, neebors, faimilies, weans - on page 26

2 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
uld lady like a Trojan horse, faimilies, this country, is foonded on on page 23
In Machars hames an kirks, faimilies an freens haud hans, fin word on page 69

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
bank, tae, maks uiss o warrin faimilies as ane o its narrative strins on page 138
ar. He seiks the aid o nobill faimilies ti win hir back again. Sum sp on page 142

2 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
s an young fowk thit come fae faimilies whaur Gaelic is spoke an tae
is spoke an tae thaim thit's faimilies hae juist a wee drap or nae G
mitments anent Gaelic uiss in faimilies an communities?
3 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
re were tended tae belang tae faimilies whaur the faither wis addicte
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
juist tae oor freends an oor faimilies an oor communities, but tae a
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
tae conjure up images o Bisto faimilies aw ower Scotland haein muckle
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ody, leavin their tombs tuim? Faimilies stertit biggin muckle kists w
staffed by local men wi guns. Faimilies o the recently deid stertit h
e the kirkyaird an fechtin wi faimilies an greivin freends. William B
3 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
revolution that gied thae few faimilies the chance tae growe an pit d
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
, wi the seemin muive awa fae faimilies daein things for theirsels or
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
u coughin, it could rin throu faimilies lik a plague. Anent treatment
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
n toddlers by the haund. Hale faimilies oot thegither, their bairns w
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
s guid, cheap nourishment for faimilies. We war gled o them.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
tae twa halely different leid faimilies - Germanic on the ae haun, a
us fae halely different leid faimilies, there is naetheless exemples
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
kin see. There’s an army ae faimilies dotted acroass the large open
1 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ta hae a blether aboot thair faimilies, lik
1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
an aafil lok o budder. An dir faimilies git nae help fae da Laa Coort on page 27

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
carin concern atween the twae faimilies, is still tae- the-fore
1 matches

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