A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

faimilies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.1 23 1.5 0 5.8 20.7 0
Number of occurrences5046 1 0 1 2 0
Number of authors24 20 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

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 on page 12
ody, an it wis gey common for faimilies tae keep an ee oot for aulder on page 23

8 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

Purves, Jamie Lallans 102 - Aince, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
d atween the trees, thrang wi faimilies o wee spotty grumphies wha sq on page 12

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

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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