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faimlie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words44 29.8 1.5 0 0 558.2 123.9
Number of occurrences14158 1 0 0 54 28
Number of authors16 10 1 2 3

Occurrences of faimlie 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.

Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ie o her frae 1944. Athin the faimlie it wis cryed her 'Hollywood g on page 17
yde a holiday wi David an his faimlie in the seatoun whaur thay bad on page 19
ti gang wi her an dae't as a faimlie, cause she winna be telt an s on page 23
htlie wiven inti the fabric o faimlie life. Yon wis her mither's ga on page 26
David an his faimlie left an thair mither revertit on page 27
Also on pages 28
9 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
. Tho gin ye hae onie pals or faimlie that did vote Tory, ye micht on page 11
distant cousin o the Windsor faimlie. An ahent the scenes producer on page 48
! thegither, neer mind feed a faimlie or buy a hoose. Sae yung fowk on page 53
s A hae made time an agin tae faimlie, an ither freens, fae sooth o on page 80
e gets tae choose whit kind o faimlie they are born intae, an A hae on page 84
Also on pages 90, 94, 105, 142
10 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
A cam fae a Dundee Communist faimlie, 'Ah the auld Dundee Communis on page 9
hen in America tendin tae the faimlie business. On Watson's recomme on page 26
is nieces wis on board an the faimlie wuid be fell glad tae see him on page 34
table wi aroun a dizzen o his faimlie wis the merchant. Takkin aff on page 35
an raise baists tae feed his faimlie an like aw his neebors he wis on page 78
Also on pages 83, 89, 120
11 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
z faither the craift at thair faimlie hed follaed fur generautiouns on page 42
w skeill, bot A winna tyne ma faimlie feth." The Kildie luikit at B on page 43

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
lang simmer afoir hir, wi hir faimlie an freins, saulin on the loch on page 2
mandie. He hed a wife an smaw faimlie bot thair expairiences o sax on page 4
her subjeks. Shae kent at hir faimlie in Bretane wes nou faithers a on page 6

6 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'I doot there's a haill faimlie o them doon yon hole,' Boonce on page 14

1 matches

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
heir leisure. The first o the faimlie ti quat the lan an dae ither, on page 21

3 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ken til the prayer o the hale faimlie on page 97

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
An Asian faimlie that rins a post office in Ca
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
wes aye strang an bauld. Hiz faimlie hed an auld estaiblisht beisn
He wes manishin hiz faimlie feirm an we gried ti complout
ren an in a saicont jyned hiz faimlie ablo the timmers. Thai kent a
“A mynd a faimlie bi thon nem, frae bairnheid!â
feillit a cauld win blawin, a faimlie jirr wes threitenin. Thon
8 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ack in the Saxties, Jenny’s faimlie haed a neibour on the ae side
Sen ma ain faimlie bade on the faur side o toun
whan she saw the haill o her faimlie killt afore her een. She
3 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
in fine time for the hale faimlie tae see Le Tapis
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor Hippies, Authenticity and Globalisation, (Wordpress 2022) Central, prose
teid o a greenin fur a global faimlie linkit wi a list o the latest
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
st a leid, it's yer hame, yer faimlie, an yer kintrae. It haes soul(2018) search twitter

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
heestory o aul wifies in oor faimlie that wis jist plain aff therr on page 84

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - A Whein Auld Chinese Saws, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Naebodie's faimlie can hing up a sign sayin: 'Aw on page 83

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ah dout thon faimlie is in truibil
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
th wur occupied bi the Tamson faimlie. The Tamson’s wur it Howpas
rae the Hope. The Glendinning faimlie wur i the twae houses it the
oose whar Tammy Wulson an his faimlie bade. Tammy wis the gairdner/
wuid, wis whaur the hind’s faimlie bade. Ay, Geordie Foster wis
oose; an A mynd on him an his faimlie flittin doon tae the Meadshaw
52 matches

Ulster

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
Meet Wullie an his faimlie. Wullie is marriet oan Sadie, on page 3

1 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
tha hannin-oan o leid ben tha faimlie hoose bes a maun-dae gin a le on page 42
Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom's faimlie o agentries (Museums, Bibliot on page 52

2 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Mesel, this bes ma bidin or faimlie hame
Faimlie memmers, takkin in pairtners,
, gin this bes their bidin or faimlie hame
e o fur wark). Thair bidin or faimlie hame bes some ither place
Furst name Faimlie name
21 matches

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