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Use in varieties of Scots

ma's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.5 21.6 9 0 0 0 106.2
Number of occurrences7242 6 0 0 0 24
Number of authors11 7 2 2

Occurrences of ma's 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

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
that babies only drank their ma's milk fir a while when they're on page 40

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
high school an she forges her ma's signature aw the time. on page 17
ok. Ma da's at his work an ma ma's away up the toon the day, an on page 18
me. Ma da's at his work an ma ma's helpin Margaret upstairs fix on page 39
dreamt that ma grampa (fae ma ma's side), who's been deid fur ye on page 41
ight-yir-auld or somethin. Ma ma's face wis pure trippin her. Ac on page 51
Also on pages 53, 57, , 66, 76, 90, 104, 108, 109, 135, 136, 137, 139, 143, 148, 153, 155, 162, 163, 169
36 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
things in the cludgie and on Ma's dressin table.' on page 76

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Ma ma's groundet Karn fur a munth. Ah on page 41

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An hearken tae yer ma's advice,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
series is aboot Iain Fleming, Ma's husband. I used tae drop in t
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
cud get nordic an cry yersel <ma's first name>dottir. Or ye cud (2020) search twitter

Doric

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
he een wi' the darning stuff, Ma's secret hoard
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
preeens o een, like Minnie's ma's hat preen that she wore fur b
a winked at her frae ahin her Ma's back, an wyted wi the quinie
pstairs quinie, an sleep. Yer ma's nae hersel jist noo. Aathin'l
3 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Wi' yer ma's shoppin' bug in yer han'
Huddin yer ma's money tightly in yer fist
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
cousin o mine. Reared bae ma ma's oul aunt Libby." on page 9
"Daniel's no an orphan. His ma's alive." on page 16
n aroon his neck, clockin hir ma's exaggerated turn o the neck, on page 17
that she wasnae follaein hir ma's script fur gittin on in the w on page 18
bak onie memnes o his ma's at Gretna Green, but a chill on page 25
Also on pages 30, 31, 33, 34, 42, 44, 45, 46, 51, 53, 55
23 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
disnae luk guid. Ah hope yer Ma's aa richt! Fergie, tak iz hame on page 10

1 matches

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