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Use in varieties of Scots

mammy's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.1 17.1 0 19.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3634 0 2 0 0 0
Number of authors7 6 1

Occurrences of mammy's in Corpus

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Central

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

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
But ah'd still gane alang wi Mammy's preferred choice o fitwear. I on page 7

9 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

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Mammy's always said ah'm as deep as t on page 12
Ah'm at Mammy's car before ah've a chance tae on page 13
Mammy's set trap efter trap fur Gus, on page 28
want tae admit tae masel that Mammy's richt. Ah tried tae write a s on page 29
Ah wander intae Mammy's bedroom and take oot an auld, on page 30
Also on pages 33, 51, 53
8 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'It's a mammy's joab tae know everyhin gaun o on page 29
nce fur no comin back fur hur mammy's funeral. on page 52
Mammy's words knocked ma confidence f on page 55
and a green jaicket, and hur mammy's wearin a lang, puffy, purple on page 59
further ye huv tae faw,' wis Mammy's advice tae me as a wean and h on page 74
Also on pages 76, 78, 113
8 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

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