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The word 'female'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
femaleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus24.78234
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 2
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central 26.6 6 4
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 43.4 7 3
GLA - Glasgow 25.6 5 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 59.1 45 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 327 2 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 female 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
nd miscaal him as you will, o female flesh he hid his fill on page 77

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
r drakes squabble ower a lone female on page 16

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
uldn't worry about them..each female Common Starfish can produce u(2020)

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
best until he fan a mate. Da female frog he fell in wi laid nearl
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ers, he hid niver bin short o female company, an ower the years, h
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ord/s o the month Cowpit Yow, Female sheep which has fallen over o (2020) twitter link

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
her crime, tae be female an
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Ahent me a female. She dealt wi it,
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
he haed a collogue wi a young female social wirker, fa arreengit f on page 30

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
heer baskin in the sunshine o female adoration, til Bob Erskine sa
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the voice comes in though. A female, familiar voice, which isnae on page 81
d eighty instead ae the usual female twelve. That's no right, ah c on page 119

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
on til the specific deeferent female addressees o Sorley MacLean's on page 95

1 matches

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
No lik the ferlie female cratur that sat at the bottom on page 11

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
The Trunchbull, this michty female giant, stood there in her gre on page 155
furious female giant and said, dead calm, 'A on page 162

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The federated female flute players union, pedlars on page 110

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
on ilka representative o the female sex he can, includin his nour on page 142

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
d frae be-in an extremelie ‘female’, til a stranglie ‘male
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
'They're leein,' cried a female vyce fae the door. 'Drag the on page 98

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
the brawest form o female beauty. on page 70

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Smith, Jamie O pigs and dugs: what for dae we treat them sae different?, (Mak Forrit 2024) Central - Edinburgh, blog
In 2022, the’ war 343,000 female pigs uised for breedin in the
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
eid. Triple flexion. Only the female body can dae it. He realised
wird folder. Somethin vocal, female an wae wis whit he wintit. So
. An Ah’m as guid a judge o female beauty as ony man. She’s ex
“He canna hear his female ancestors,” a wumman explai
ampant male tae the envelopin female in a braith ...
5 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
i ir gettin scooped up by the female teachers, the Florence Nighti on page 46

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
tae fin fresh new female talent on page 22

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ably used to "charming" young female traditional muslcians. I don' on page 3

2 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e. The windae iz lowered an a female leans oot. ‘Did you get my
1 matches

General Central

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
s abuin tae bes played bi wan female actor. Apairt frae the twa-th on page 1

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
yall females an thae Scottish female curlers wha wun gowd at the W on page 91

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
ne sculptures. Fur exemple, a female figure, wi lang hair and a mu
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
Oor female poet sets oot a wheen biblica
The female voice is makkit explicit at m
e poet and ventriloquises the female voice”.
inine persona does not entail female authorship”.
ral voice anent absence fae a female lover, which micht be tholed
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
earliest ayebidin instances o female homoerotic poetry in Renaissa
wechtie evidence no jist fur female scrievership, but fur the scr
The anonymous, nine-stanza, female-voicit poem o 72 lines taks t
The poet first heizes their female luve abuin thon which existit
anza on idealisit mairriage a female couple: Ruth and Naomi, invok
24 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
broadcast whaur ane o Trumps female accolytes announced "Trump [.(2020)
@Carer49 A rare female example of a gowkairse(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
wummin wha wis banned fae the female chyngin rooms o a store acaus(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
Yep. When it's an adult human female we want tae lionize, my prefe (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Who triumphs over female fraility!' on page 37

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@StuartPoet tweeted
"Myla Corvidae, 30, was born female and now identifies as non-bin(2020)

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
That the female o' the species is mair cunnin on page 18
Wae a female yince agaen, on page 19

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
tay his work kitted oot as a female and went tae dances in the Qu on page 44

1 matches

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