A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'yas'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yasOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.7289
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 2
SHD - Shetland
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 44.3 10 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 2
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of yas in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Mimi Marwick's on the move, 'Yas, Mrs Cook o the Ha,' shae say on page 86

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@jm_stout Yas it's a mighty landmass! From (2020) twitter link
@helenmoncrieff Yas, you aye get mair afore wis. (2020) twitter link
@helenmoncrieff Oh yas am hard yin here tae. Nivver (2020)
@jm_stout Yas yas, thoo should indeed. Thoo cou(2020)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
’s a randan tae be pairt o - Yas min ?? (2022) twitter link
RT @72redz1903 : Yas min! Robert Plant sold oot at (2022) twitter link
Yas min! Robert Plant sold oot at (2022) twitter link
r10 @AndrewDivine @edbookfest Yas min, look forward tae this??? (2022) twitter link
@cligeey Exodus tae Alford - Yas min Stanley ?? (2022) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

@beast_afc tweeted
@schreuder92 @siferry8 Yas let them choke on some quaver(2020)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Go the Gers! Yas ya beauty! Rangers wur beatin on page
oat. Still a drug, said Wully YAS, shoutet Tommy Campbell, Kirs on page 128
n the top ten boy bands poll. YAS, shoutet Laura Kyle, GO THE G on page 158

3 matches

@annieones tweeted
waa- heid in years, uist tae yas it awe the time when we were (2021) twitter link

General Central

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Yas! 111 follaer!(2018)

@raiphsays tweeted
pisode 3 of at prison series! Yas!(2020)
@visionsofthefu Aw Yas!! Will furra win!!(2020)
oneSome @MrMalky @drjanaway ? yas!! Furra maris piper!!(2020)
y wurds tae shout it bawjaws! Yas!(2020)
Yas! Hannibal boax set.. 7 oors o(2020)

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
@raiphsays Aww yas, peas on erf! ?????(2020)