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Use in varieties of Scots

iss Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words152.3 2.1 719.1 49.7 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences4884 477 5 0 0 2
Number of authors23 3 15 3 2

Occurrences of iss in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
"Aw naw, jeezo, iss cannae be right. on page 15

1 matches

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
ie unnerstannin. France uizes iss seestem. It wirks bi haein th
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Iss is the wye a ‘hink it shoul
a wis jeest ma usual mess ‘Iss is whit made me wunner whithe
2 matches

Doric

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
m askin ye tae tak aff some o iss lang time. ' on page 26

5 matches

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
er - Ah mean Winifred. Wha's iss mannie? on page 40

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Afore aathin else, iss book wis made fae a love o oo on page 9
poetry and short stories for iss buik, as weel as pittin in a on page 10

5 matches

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
young. It's lik they've been iss age forivver. Ah hink mibbee on page 44

1 matches

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Ken iss?" I says tae masel, the ither on page 49
"Ill sort iss, you hud the box riddy, bit k on page 51

3 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Snog, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
in the middle o it aa. Afore iss, ye hid bin smokin a fag, an on page 53

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Iss place isnae big enuch for the baith o us , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ye micht consider iss yer hame noo, on page 78

2 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Fit kin o sadist gets up it iss time? She's maist likely nae on page 98
golf ba, maistly tae massacre iss rugby match on page 99

2 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
is't iss een comin or the neist? on page 10

6 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Iss is e forebeers o Jesus Christ on page 7
wirship him." Fan Herod heard iss, he wis gey sair come at, aye on page 8
p hame i the toon o Nazareth. Iss wis tae fullfill e wirds o e on page 9
erlies. He says till him, "Aa iss A'll gie tae ye, gin ye boo d on page 10
s gaithert roon aboot him. An iss is e learnin he gied tae them on page 11
Also on pages 12, 13, 16, 17, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121
160 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
how many miles A've fallen by iss time?" she sade oot loud. "A on page 9
Alice's first thoucht wis at iss micht belong till wan o on page 10
ttan foulk up lek telescopes: iss time she found a peedy bottle on page 12
However, iss bottle wisna marked "poison," on page 13
n; "A advise e till leave off iss meenad!" She usually gave her on page 14
Also on pages 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 41, 43, 45, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 82, 84, 85, 87, 89, 91, 94, 96, 99, 102, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 113, 114, 116, 118, 120
122 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
's been in ma mind ti tell ee iss, moose; a littlin, a wee loon on page 83
I've ti hud up anither bairn. Iss een is bleck aa ower wi fite on page 84
an aat's e wye things are in iss warld. on page 85

5 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
er littleens' facies wes like iss: first she heild the peer wee on page 9
ae see fit it wad lyeuk like. Iss stertit a wee sprattle, at se on page 11
But wi aa iss we're lossin sicht o Ailice's on page 13
up on the brace fan she said iss, tho she scarcelins kent fou on page 14
"They dinna keep iss chaamer as braalie redd up as on page 15
Also on pages 16, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 68, 69, 71, 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 86, 87, 89, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
90 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
in on. But wyte til I tell ye iss. Neist, ey teen some sticks c
lunch wi’s an we ett it on iss bench waatchin e doos cooin a
on eir backs. Margit tellt me iss kind o hair style wis ‘drea
3 matches

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
conjurin the 'festive spirit' iss year.
n flat oot like a dyeuk's fit iss last wee fylier ae minute it
an the best me o busy though, Iss semester, Ah've bin tryin wt
Ye ken... mebbe wi aa iss spikk o skirlie and trine, Ah
4 matches

Diansangu, Mae Puddock Spittins, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
iss land
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
Iss mornin, ey hid cuist oot agan
een anither an wadgin neives. Iss collieshange wis waar as ony
it wye e twa loons focht like iss. Wis it or wyte?
wark, wark frae mom ti nicht. Iss momin, efter e loons gid oot
ack, nae twa fit frae me. Wis iss anither forego? We cleekit ee
8 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
tin fine. Nae hid tiramasu in iss lang time. See an enjoy it no(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
itten makt than i can chew wi iss een. Ach weel. Nihin better t(2019) search twitter
@sandyfintray Iss is funtustic. Wunner if I mic(2019) search twitter
@sandyfintray ?? Iss micht be i stairt o fowk owni(2019) search twitter
diabz @WifieWattie You needin iss deen?(2019) search twitter
a yon feel, he i biggest gype iss side o i border. @DoricPhrase(2019) search twitter
and 44 other occurrences.

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
sh be here!! Ah hid forgotten iss ads.. Michty me. Ah cannae st (2018) twitter link
sh be here!! Ah hid forgotten iss ads.. Michty me. Ah cannae st (2018) twitter link
Ken iss. Ah've got three settin's on (2020) twitter link
dgie challenge? Tak a keek at iss… (2020) twitter link
Byreboy?Close but naah. Ken iss. Far Ah come fae in ih NE we (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tae cheers iss up on page 65

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
derns the weys wir wirds merk iss oot. “Fouter” is alloued
1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
for entertainin and educatin iss!
onsolidation. Hid’ll remind iss o what wi’ve seen and might

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
Fiona MacInnes’s novil “Iss” – in Engleesh, the taitl
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tak houl o ft an pu ït oot? iss man no warth faur mair ner a on page 9

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
n Wood. Tha Tullynagardy Glen iss whaur Daft Eddie's Cave wus i on page 29

1 matches

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