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Use in varieties of Scots

mesel Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.4 2.1 1.6 248.4 139.5 10.9 22.1
Number of occurrences604 1 25 24 1 5
Number of authors22 1 1 6 10 1 3

Occurrences of mesel in Corpus

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Central

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tae be sre Ah cud tak care o mesel afore they left me ma lane, b
the ither sister halpit her. Mesel - three men, aal close frein
d Beatrice. “Ah’ll manage mesel, thank you.” She tane the s
n in capteevity. Ah wadna lat mesel be tane,” she addit wi dour
4 matches

Doric

@beast_afc tweeted
Gid listen, crappin mesel that shankland an pawlett wil(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I haaled mesel home tae the hoose that night on page 22

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
leuk in his eyes, "but I got mesel a right fright wi him wan day on page 19

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ae drive, I could dae the job mesel. on page 7
mit hid bit I bowt that caird mesel. on page 9
Ah'm got mesel a furnished flat. The rent is on page 10
relaxan week. I fair enjoyed mesel. on page 21
Tae book mesel a fortnight in the Gulf o Mex on page 22
Also on pages 30, 33, 36, 39, 55, 58, 59, 65, 73, 80, 81
17 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
"Be what?" "Be onybody. Or no mesel. Or jeust no hiv tae be. on page 66

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
admired mesel, minded oan tae thank me mith on page 101

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I haaled mesel home tae the hoose that night on page 76

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
or mibby me. I see mesel on page 123

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
mesel. Or jeust no hiv tae be:
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
Fir mesel, A still struggle wi hou tae
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
es juist dialect. Spaekin for mesel, I tink Shetland Scots micht on page VI
r ower far awa ta be budderin mesel aboot you: you'll hae ta mana on page 16
'm dat scunnered wi bein here mesel!" on page 20
in I growe up, A'll write een mesel-but A'm grown up noo," shö p on page 35
Oh less, sir, I canna explenn mesel," said Alice, "becaas A'm no on page 44
Also on pages 71, 86, 98
10 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
idda sentence, as in A'm hurt mesel or Mary saa hersel idda looke on page 58

2 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
time an waandered ower. Kept mesel tae mesel. Dat's anidder time
tae mesel. Dat's anidder time whin du k
2 matches

Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
be tellin nae mair truth tae mesel as ta ony iddir een. It seems
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
on da sam spellin gadderie as mesel. Bit da view o maest o da aca
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
dat is sent tae schul. Nedder mesel nor Meenie geed. We wir learn
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
dis hen wis, he wis da size o mesel an wid tak up a braa bit o ro
1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
I juist ay tried tae keep mesel tae mesel, but dey aa kent ab
tae mesel, but dey aa kent aboot me an
Weel, I thocht tae mesel, we canna be haein yun. So ba
3 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
olach95 I canna pent tae save mesel but thanks ?? an me camera's (2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I'm aye blyde tae fin mesel ootdoors gazin at da stars an(2016) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
o time durin da day to be by mesel and git stuff done! Hows du b (2020) twitter link

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
sh’ nae only that, a did put mesel ‘Geordie’ in cen(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Mesel, this bes ma bidin or faimlie
1 matches

@fairfaaye tweeted
'I'm naw right at mesel, I need tae get mae heid shir(2020) search twitter

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ourself says 'ack ave scudded mesel!'. Hope this helps??(2020) search twitter
@cee4cat Ack, I scudded mesel, he wouldn't go near it?????? (2020) twitter link
uTube Ack, ah cannea say nowt mesel lass. Ma parents were both fe(2021) search twitter

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