Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'mainners'

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Use in varieties of Scots

mainners	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6	20	9
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	19.6	6	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	9.8	4	2
WCE - West Central	4.4	1	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	18.6	3	2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	32	3	2
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 mainners in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
be døn in twartree different mainners an at twartree different plae on page 25

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
es te spik o an hid the table mainners o a monkey. It wis nae winner on page 48
s cam back tull im: 'It's nae mainners te turn roon an gawk it fa's on page 75

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ty kinno cheil, dentie in his mainners , mair eased tae computer darg
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ns an drappit them aawye. Nae mainners ava thocht Jessie. Bit the ke
e a spear, an scunnerin table mainners , which wis tae say, nae mainn
, which wis tae say, nae mainners ava. Victor Vratch ett aabody
3 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ie shid hae lairn't ye better mainners! Aye, ye shid, Tibbie, an fin on page 10
"It's nae gweed mainners for us tae begin, ye ken," sa on page 25

2 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
r, but caw cannie an mind oor mainners ). Ms. Fabiani forby met in wi
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
The deifferand mainners o our demissioun tels ye mich
t a man juist kiz he kent hiz mainners . Bot the Crowner herkent ti h
erra suin thai growe inti the mainners an
3 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
sae twustit aw his mainners an his diction on page 139

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
iz bricht, blak ein an cantie mainners, med wi the cowt-lik kintra f on page 7

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
hale room. “Ah learnt thee mainners , did Ah no, dug that thoo is?
ged. “Thoo sirely learnt me mainners .”
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
aa that shuir gin it wis guid mainners for her tae speik furst, "why on page 44

2 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
r fairins for yon cockapentie mainners ye pit on ti lichtlie me." on page 42

1 matches