A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

grown-ups Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 5.1 1.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1210 1 1 0 0 0
Number of authors4 2 1 1

Occurrences of grown-ups 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

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
there wis wan ither thing the grown-ups kent as weel, it wis this: th on page 33
e think o it. There were nine grown-ups and five bairns, fowerteen in on page 71
he door. Five bairns and nine grown-ups elbaed their wey in - and oc on page 73
hegither wi the five remainin grown-ups, follaed efter him. on page 117
ie. And there were jist three grown-ups, Mr and Mrs Teeveeheid and Gr on page 135

6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
idna grow, we wouldna ever be grown-ups.' on page 4

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
three bairns wirnae used tae grown-ups bein nice tae them, and they on page 43
seemed like things that anely grown-ups ever had. For aw that she wis on page 72
t we're hauf the size o maist grown-ups," Klaus said. "Will thon no l on page 76

3 matches

Doric

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
An’ the grown-ups got bletherin’ wi’ cuppie
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The grown-ups did the 'Grand March' and the on page 74

1 matches

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