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Use in varieties of Scots

sister's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.2 11.8 10.6 9.9 11.6 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences3623 7 1 2 1 2
Number of authors20 9 5 1 2 1 2

Occurrences of sister's in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e stringe creatures o her wee sister's dream. on page 122

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
byordinar eraiturs o her wee sister's dwam. on page 44

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
'Ay, but yer sister's ower echteen an winchin!' on page 22

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
the tide risin, lickin ma sister's chin. on page 45
'God save the King.' But ma sister's saul is leal - on page 46

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Aye" ah says. "His sister's a doactur." on page 106

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
mazin. Ma ma said, It wis yer sister's idea. Karen never said anythi on page 42
ah realised it wis Harpreet's sister's pal, an Harpreet's sister wis on page 48
aura Kyle saiq, Wan ae ma big sister's pals is veggie an whenever sh on page 88
she said. Ah swear on ma wee sister's life. Aye right, said Charlen on page 132
Your sister's a pure shrimp. That's whit ma on page 169

7 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
The sister's no that fusst on page 68
And than his sister's gaun'ae brak the hert o ony m on page 92

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
here wisna enough cash in her sister's wallet tae pay the fare. on page 83

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
said, like he wis readin his sister's thochts, "cause o aw the mist on page 6
d a roch, croupit laugh. "Yer sister's no auld enough tae get mairri on page 97
his haund whaur he thocht his sister's heid must be. "Sunny." on page 101
e the grund, imagined her wee sister's last thochts bein yins o abso on page 107
But the wey I see it, yer wee sister's jist a stick ahint a thrawn c on page 108
Also on pages 122
6 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
crochets a shawl for her wee sister's bairn that gets 'wrapped roun
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
sed aroon like a parcel. "Yer sister's really excitit te meet ye" Ma on page 97

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
n me The day, though, my dear sister's time hid come An she, like yo on page 15

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e strange craters o her peedy sister's dream. on page 120

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tty's buiks tuik reist in his sister's heid an daunced there awhile
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
no the lobby that led tae his sister's yett. His brither-in-law Neil
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
ds me oan ma man the day o ma sister's waadin. Ma grunny gied him a (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Tae see the luk o envy on me sister's shilpid face. on page 9

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
unecan craiters o her peerie sister's drem. on page 125

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
t da look a joy ipo her deein sister's face. on page 35

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th strange craiters o hur wee sister's dwam. on page 123

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n was greeted bae a wave. Hir sister's shouler-lenth curls wur loose on page 25

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
wi strange cretters o hir wee sister's dream. on page 124

1 matches

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