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Use in varieties of Scots

granny's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.5 14.6 6 198.7 17.4 0 4.4
Number of occurrences5729 4 20 3 0 1
Number of authors19 8 3 5 2 1

Occurrences of granny's in Corpus

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Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
ow whit tae write aboot. Posh Granny's hoose by the sea. Ah love Sco on page 7

3 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
rway or suhin, heading ae mah granny's hoose, then, when ah wis leas on page 76

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And you in yer Granny's shawl for comfort on page 132

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ow whit tae write aboot. Posh Granny's hoose by the sea. Ah love Sco on page 21
y in the amusements near Posh Granny's hoose. Fur aw they didnae huv on page 22
'Ah wrote aboot ma Granny's hame oan the West Coast,' ah on page 24
Ma eyes open, and ah scream. Granny's photie o the Sacred Heart is on page 38

4 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
MOIRA: It wis ma granny's recipe an it's fer the adults on page 62
raves. "It lands on wir great-granny's grave an sings tae her aa nic on page 76

5 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Looks like Granny's still kicking off about that on page 11
Granny's Stories on page 25
your gut instinct, ah repeat. Granny's line cannae ring fast enough. on page 27
Ah'm stunned intae silence. Granny's graspin at straws. on page 29
in the twenty-minute walk tae Granny's house. on page 34
Also on pages 35, 91
9 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
ma Granny's a on page 49

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Granny's winnin her aits. on page 64

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
ld sideboard that came fae ma granny's. And of course he'd start it
˜Ah'm just gaun roond tae yer granny's for an hour. See yous later.'
2 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
en on holiday wi ma bairns at Granny's Heilin Hame. The damage on th (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
But my grandchildrens' granny's nae aul at aa on page 15

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
I reached my granny's faa wid ask, "Fit like on page 44

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
randa's dairy onymair, it wis Granny's, because Granda Bruce hid dei
coal shed an the wash hoose. Granny's hoose wis far finer than Minn
2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
No! Dinna poke in Granny's fire. on page 5
Oh! Dinna hit Granny's poor, sore knees! on page 6
I use me granny's spurtle and hid serves me wee on page 44
Granny's Hoose on page 53
There's plenty o room at me Granny's hoose. You'd be warm and cosy on page 54
Also on pages 56
14 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
dna go far ... only as far as granny's gerdeen... on page 128
it inside the hoose sittan on granny's chair wupped up in her Fair I on page 129

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Quoyclerks - Granny's end, cousins, Auntie Maggie's on page 13

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ully stoprotted ivery summer; Granny's on page 47

2 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
led through the starlight tae granny's. on page 29

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
chs, bit mind whin we gude ta granny's, foo we smootit Molly in atwe on page 48
ys, foo we used ta race up ta Granny's, an I always wan. Different n on page 60

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
'White! His granny's at da grind, on page 68

1 matches

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
free state, but mind me great granny's were Ulster Scots. So ma wee (2021) search twitter