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The word 'dochters'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dochtersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus165317
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 1
DUN - Dundee 74.3 7 1
EDN - Edinburgh 111.6 18 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 64.1 6 3
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 60.6 5 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dochters in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
ch o wumman, o men, o sons, o dochters, o birds, o whales, o aa leev
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
as a gunsmith, that tyned twa dochters tae illness buirit them wi ex
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
the ae 'lass;' thare wis his dochters forbye, Alison, Marion, Helen on page 10

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
a weird lookin wummin wi twa dochters. Her faither telt her that th on page 78

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Provided eicht dochters, and five young sons, on page 17
Dochters o dochters, sons o sons o sons, on page 21

3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
sons an dochters on page 32

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e richt kit fer their sons an dochters on the frontline. In spite o on page 123

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
micht sae different, wi nine dochters. on page 77
e sends the rest o his bonnie dochters aff tae the well. His thirst on page 78
the dismemberit boadies o his dochters. Aw nine o them. The puir man on page 79
nald. Accompanied by his nine dochters he lived a simple on page 80
oon made intil a saint an his dochters cairried on wi the life their on page 81

5 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
dochters o Jerusalem, on page 1
[The dochters] on page 2
is ma maik amang the dochters. on page 3
I chairge ye, dochters o Jerusalem, on page 4
I chairge ye, dochters o Jerusalem, on page 6
Also on pages 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18
17 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
in the degradation o her ain dochters.”
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ken auld Jock still haes twa dochters about the place. They're aa s on page 29
her tae bear her Edam sons an dochters, sae be it; gin she had nane, on page 70

2 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
faimily o dochters, fower granddochters an twa g on page 23

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Providit eicht dochters, and five young sons,
Dochters o dochters, sons o sons o sons,
2 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
aunfaa she mairriet yin o hir dochters tae the chief men. An in Icel on page 14

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
These are oor sons an dochters, these the fruit on page 28
An nou her sons an dochters on page 68

3 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
d aaready borne him three wee dochters, but nane had leeved mair nor
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Maggie wan o Sarah Jackson's dochters exacting her revenge fer her (2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
d ae biggish faimlie, sons an dochters. Mr. Reid, whae
Zealand. Thay hed threi dochters, Ella, Myrtle an than Margare
nlop wis ae weedower, wi twae dochters an A think it wur fowre schon
schons; gin A mind richt, the dochters naems wur, Angela an Daphne a
an Mrs. Mortimer hed twae dochters, Eileen an Dorothy. The Meeni
5 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
nae prams, nae sons nor dochters on page 42

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
's reborn this kintra fir oor dochters' weans. on page 42
ers, sisters, brithers, sons, dochters generations repeatit, genes r on page 51

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
the Peninsula’s sons an its dochters
1 matches

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