A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'grandson'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
grandsonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32117
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of grandson in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
peedie warriors led bi me own grandson on page 74

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
d tae the Howe, far her great grandson, yer faither, cam tae live at on page 84

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
flicht car. His repon tae his grandson wis that he maun luik mair ne
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
trick’s great, great, great grandson, Paul wiz twaul year auld an
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
co/EJWIaz1gV4 means to lie to grandson Mony thanks tae contributor -(2016)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ill jist aboot alive, but her grandson
1 matches

(South) East Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e umquhile Arthur Argo, great-grandson o Gavin Greig. It is guid tae
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Great-grandson Orion Jack appears,
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
oor bane fur heartsease. Grandson on page 112

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
shinin light though, ma young grandson. Twinty years auld he is, a s
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
randa son? You listen tae yer grandson Mr –?’
l, Mr Coyle, you just let yer grandson keep an eye oan ye fur a wee
ah furget the name, Joyce’s grandson.
3 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ns, when Chairlie, his darlin grandson, wis in the room, he seemed i on page 12

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
rocery's founder-proprietor's grandson hadna dee'd on the Somme...! on page 72

1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
tPortrush wae Ma daughter and grandson.ended up cutting a lonely pic(2019)

@billykayscot tweeted
seiven year aulder. When his grandson Paul tellt him earlier that h(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
n oan the day because the wee grandson is bidin ower. But ah'll tell (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
best o ma knawledge, Sid’s grandson is nou the fermer o
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Hughie here." She nippit hir grandson's cheeks quare an haird. "Ihe on page 15

1 matches

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