Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'maws'

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Use in varieties of Scots

maws	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	7.8	26	16
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	18	7	4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	35.2	7	4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	10.5	8	5
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 maws 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.

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
, and peerie and black keppit maws (common and bh gulls) followi(2020)
oo dat da tirricks and peerie maws are geen, da tripawd had his (2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
lices o earth es he gaed; sea-maws scrauchin, wheelin an divin f on page 89

1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
picnic bag an stowein twa sea-maws wi the orts o heez
1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
Ah'll hear the shriek o' the maws, seagulls in the English, the on page 16

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The sea-maws stoiter i the lift, Blinly th on page 29
That the maws made oor maisic, mair unco no on page 39

2 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Haimster Pairty, (Scots Hoose 2016) Central, weans
Ma maws face wis lookin awfy peely wa
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
s fae aw the Blue Wkds. Thurr maws came oot eh naewhere and ragd
1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Scottish Faust: Poems and Ballads of Eldritch Lore, (Kettillonia 2004) Central, poetry
The maws fair gleg ti chow thaim ti th
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
k aff his maw as well. Fuckin maws, eh? on page 59

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
, it wis stolen beers fae yir maws n das, nuhin major. Noo, we'r on page 5
've been best muckers fae our maws planked us doon next tae each on page 7
rvous wait. Should wan ae yir maws or das come roon n huckle yi on page 13
these schemes n schools. Our maws look horrified. They've just on page 54

4 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Da's and Maws livin beyond rehearsals on page 45

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in, inhalin sharply as ma haw maws make contact wae the surface.
1 matches

General Central

Fairnie, Robert Letters to the Editor - Sea-maws, (The Scotsman 2000) Central, newspaper
ord's wee story aboot the sea-maws (later editions, 29 August). on page 13

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Nitherin maws crouch dumb o skirlin on page 38
Afore the wind tae ither sea-maws' gabs on page 39

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
A hunner sea-maws tovin roun - on page 50

1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
eans tae mak cairds fir their maws. https://t.co/SVwdNuCeOv(2016)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Ma auld maws never done introducing me tae (2021) twitter link