A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'parent'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
parentOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72923
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 parent 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

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
is haen his third, an Erika's parent's no weel, on page 68
aet, or Erlend's, or Erika's parent? Is hid no creches an nurses on page 69

2 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
its o algae an plants. Bein a parent when you’re a frog is nae b
1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Tip fae a parent- wrap an elastic band/hair bo (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
hardly bit ane or twa single-parent faimlies and even their mithe
1 matches

(South) East Central

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
e her hoose. Jist ootside her parent’s bedroom, a shaft fae a st
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
dith Gillespie o the Scottish Parent Teacher Cooncil. Shawin aw th
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
A solicitor, speakin for the parent's group, telt the press that
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
, some right up tae pr7 ! One parent said to me. You’re kids must(2020)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
n punishment fur the pizenous parent. However the scheme that wis on page 35

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wis gaunnae apply fur Single Parent benefits, an whit baby grows on page 58

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
hakkin his heid at her like a parent warnin a bairn awa fae some d
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
juist reject as ye dae when a parent imparts wisdom. on page 3

2 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
'See at the parent's night next week, gonnae wea on page 11

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
n thought somehow somewhere a parent might ha sensed, it wiz their
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
He looks at me in the waiy a parent wid tae a recalcitrant wean a
1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
is a two-levelt process gin a parent/carer wants their bairn tae b on page 41

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
se things thegither mak thaim parent-pruif. on page 25
oot first on this website for parent. And if there's ONY kind o fe on page 26

2 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
ace tae face presentations at parent events whaur appropriate. on page 7

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
means 'actin in the role o a parent," he said. "It's a legal term on page 66

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Out circlin frae the parent ruit on page 3

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
airn gettin checked either by parent or
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
in yir life – a teacher, a parent, a pal – that’s ayewis ga
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
return. Unconditional lou o a parent. on page 52

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
de in wir leid an yit anither parent set oan passin it oan tae the(2020)

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