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Use in varieties of Scots

mammy's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6 8.5 0 19.9 0 0 4.8
Number of occurrences2017 0 2 0 0 1
Number of authors9 7 1 1

Occurrences of mammy'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

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
Ally Bally Bee, sittin on yer mammy's knee, greetin for a wee bawbe on page 23

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
In ma mammy's native speech: on page 36

1 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
ow her so ah can enjoy it. Ma mammy's at the cooker makin toast fir on page 9
bes clinkin in a glass but ma mammy's tonics put colour in yir chee on page 10
t weak.' Ah've nevir taken ma mammy's airm afore, no tae help her. on page 10
Mibbe ma mammy's havin anither wean. That's wh on page 11
the door the doctor shakes ma mammy's haun: 'It's yersel, Eve, Stil on page 12
Also on pages 15, 18
7 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
aid. 'It's the same colour as Mammy's, only much clartier-lookin,' on page 56
lookin richt and ye jist took Mammy's bottle o hair stuff affy the on page 57
er durin the holidays and her mammy's pleated it intae pigtails. Ga on page 106

4 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
e'v gat yer granda's een, yer mammy's nose on page 17
In yer mammy's bone cheenae. on page 131

2 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
haein ony o it. He pu'ed his mammy's sleeve and said, "The High He on page 68

1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
n the street, He wis always a Mammy's boy onyway.
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu's really me Mammy's auntie on page 1
I dated a couple o mammy's boys and twa that turned oot on page 43

2 matches

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
euphoric she could sing For a Mammy's luve wuz everything Nae stoos on page 30

1 matches

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