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Use in varieties of Scots

manners Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6 7.4 1.5 9.9 0 10.3 9.7
Number of occurrences2015 1 1 0 1 2
Number of authors17 12 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of manners 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

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ss Chisholm and remember your manners, as she Is also a fine lady." on page 1

2 matches

Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
sh of our native tongue [and] manners is particularly, nay peculiar on page 60

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Where are my manners," he says. Clearly a wee bit on page 48
e mighta misunderstood ma gid manners as a declaration ae war. Fae on page 192

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
rld urnae kent fur their guid manners.' on page 117

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
'elite' in Scotland apein the manners, attitudes an language o the on page 60

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
manners far fae polite on page 7
whars yir morals, an yir manners? on page 107

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
y anythin cause it's pure bad manners but the rice wis dead mushy a on page 148

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
rated edeition, 'The Domestic Manners and Private Life of Sir Walte on page 116

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Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
t glowered an widna touch it. Manners ae a tyke.
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
condescension and impeccable manners. Though wolves hinnae been bl
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ul, sayin that? Where’s yer manners.’ Donna scolds him.
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ake it they dont learn people manners at birmingham and aston - tu (2021) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
uite sure whether id wis good manners for her till speak first, "wh on page 56

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ing tries tae gaither Martian manners. on page 9

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
te share whether eet was guid manners fur hur tae speak firrst, "ho on page 58

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
snae that sure if it wus guid manners fur hir tae taak furst, "why on page 58

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Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
e wusnay lang minin him o his manners. He was a real stickler fur e on page 44

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