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The word 'littlins'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
littlinsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.8265
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 71.9 22 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 littlins in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
it wis Rachel greetin for her littlins, bit she wis bienless, cause on page 8

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
he hid a takkin wye wi him wi littlins, an sae wis weel likit bi cot
ie's help as a monitor wi the littlins. Maist o the littlins war fra
. Maist o the littlins war frae ae faimly, steppies
n Minnie wis sent tae gar the littlins chant their tables in a neuk.
e back o Rogie's puil far the littlins war still duntin their feet o
6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ckle sumph like him playin wi littlins near hauf his age. A bairn in
ra else did he play at wi the littlins? Fur months efter thon he kee
gear. Some quines keepit the littlins, an syne birled the ongaun cy
r or twa's time, tae bear his littlins. He hid a greenin fur hert-li
the shore bit aa its cargae o littlins – an the crew an skipper fo
10 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
her mistress. Fin the littlins that sleepit in Mary grew aul
.. ower auld farrant tae haud littlins or dallies in onymair.
dy, lairds, lassies, loons an littlins, war raxxin tae see the daunc
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
olidays, alang wi his ain sax littlins. It tells o the souns, tastes
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Aye littlins yer aul-man is aboot tae down(2014)

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Puppet Mannie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, poetry
An the raptur o the littlins, fan e puppet mannie cam!
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
“Littlins should be seen an nae heard,â
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
, a sense o place, that ither littlins niver hae. 'And mebbe noo, we on page 51

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
es in Scoots for Hafflins and Littlins bi Sheena Blackhall.
1 matches

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