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The word 'families'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
familiesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.23024
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 9
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of families in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
r pasta, it’s whar a hunder families distil the richly dark balsam
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
wid jöst carry on wi da twa families sharing Smootie.
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Shetland families - stuck for ideas for activi(2014)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. It's a perfect location for families." She tap, tappit on page 39

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
les than they did o their ain families. It wis naething fur Minnie's
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
prayers/thoughts tae bereaved families an those fa support loved ane(2019)

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
h bide in London wi their ain families. They come up a couple o time on page 75

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Now families Mum, Dad, Bairn, Auld-Yin on page 63

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
s man thinks he is gonna stop families enjoying the festive period - (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
dies. It wis aw aboot nuclear families an extendet families an conju on page 56

2 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
tae this day lookin fur lone families or couples or anyhing they ca
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
we celebrate hogmanay wae oor families an bring in the bells. ?? (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
they smilin, laughin Italian families, kids playin a ball game on t
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ack in time tae their grievin families - tae be treisured wi pride. on page 54

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
o a ages spikkin aboot work, families an ither things; young lads s on page 87

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
says. 'These hings happen in families, and ye've gat a better reaso on page 47
ocks wur built fur rearin big families and that's exactly whit they on page 80

2 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
atween Heilan clans an Border families, the import o bein hingit fra on page 127

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
hous ye share wi fower ither families, haein tae count ilka plack a on page 127

1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
secure shelter/home for young families. https://t.co/sTwy893z5A (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
Border riding families, Scott, Elliott & Armstrong l(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
uniting wae their parents and families. Gies peace Scrooge.(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
ay 10th August, bletherin tae families an bairns aboot Scots. Mon al (2019) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ear for wir holidays (aboot 5 families o' us). The Geordie's aye tim (2021) twitter link
d any Tory supply the poorest families in England wae some recipes t(2021)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Oor twae families wur close i friendship n’,
owdien. A kan mynd on saivrel families bidin i Hoscote Ludge,
the ither families up Borth’ick i thain days,
meet, an providing fur thair families needs, keepit fock juist gey
4 matches

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