A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ats Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words43.4 13.9 159.8 0 23.2 0 8.9
Number of occurrences13927 106 0 4 0 2
Number of authors19 3 12 2 2

Occurrences of ats in Corpus

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Central

@ionafyfe tweeted
nt in Scots is a giy boost an ats jist fit @handsupfortrad is d(2020) search twitter
@mich_scotland Ats affa kind of you to say ??(2019) search twitter

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
@raiphsays Ats a big shame. Bit, if we awe d(2020) search twitter
@raiphsays Ocht, ats a wee shame. Ah feel fur ye b(2020) search twitter
ook “ah nivvir done nuhin”. Ats cats fur ye(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
@chesters_mum Oh Ats weerd! Mibbe burnin aff fuel?(2020) search twitter
@Chrissiem18 Ats whit a dae!! :D(2020) search twitter
@Chrissiem18 Aw Ats whits aboot here! A luvs it!(2020) search twitter
@Chrissiem18 Oh Ats BRAW!! Well dun!(2020) search twitter
@dollydaydream53 Aw Ats lik me! A walk aboot aw a tim(2020) search twitter
and 17 other occurrences.

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ats nae for you bairn, ats nae for me. on page 34

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An ye ken 'ats affa bad on page 76
I'll stop at the bottom an 'ats far I'll bide on page 168
I wint a love 'ats richt but richt is only half on page 179
'Ats fit he wiz telt fan in New Ab on page 180
Fit wie am I stanin here? 'Ats nae ees ava on page 201

8 matches

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
vna boys and girls, but wi me ats jist fine
1 matches

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
s be up tae mischief wee, cos ats fit yi dee fan yur wee. Yi gi
1 matches

Mitchell, Kiera Fit why nae?, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
e winna pit up wee ma moanin! Ats fir certain!
Bit I ken ats her wey o sayin nae ti ging
2 matches

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
Alcohol, alcohol, 'ats aa that ye need don't ye see?
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Even 'ats nae the same as it eesed tae
1 matches

Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
Fa’s tae say ‘ats the wye tae write Doric stuff
Bit ‘ats nae gan happen tae ony degree
2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@cligeey Ats sic a fine spottie.(2019) search twitter
@red_swiss Hai aye. Ats Maad like Bad. Nae Maud like (2019) search twitter
@248Steve @DoricPhrases Ats mochit! Needs ti be een o yon(2019) search twitter
vinStewartSNP @staceyjaneadam Ats i perfect wird ti caa yon fee(2019) search twitter
@watterloony Michty ats niche!(2019) search twitter
and 35 other occurrences.

@72redz1903 tweeted
@RossMcCrorie4 @AberdeenFC Ats fit we want tae hear - ah th (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
es @Ali_Leith @HighlandWriter Ats the second line min it's in y(2020) search twitter
@KAZ1903 Ats, polite(2020) search twitter
@suzfirst Ats next ti watch I think(2020) search twitter
@Gaydog221170 Ats them(2020) search twitter
@73Bain Ats at West Side o the hoose(2020) search twitter
and 26 other occurrences.

@daleser23 tweeted
in live at somewhere, africa. Ats actually fit its cad. Haha. S(2013) search twitter
iggsy26 @RossAndrew7 haha aye ats a shout. Id prob do that ina.(2013) search twitter
1 @Paul_Coull @Footy_WAGs see ats fit i mean paul. Its a fuckin(2014) search twitter
good like? Im in jakarta. Bet ats banging. Fan yous gan tae ibi(2013) search twitter
@Ryaan_Legge haha ats fit tae do min. Let ma kane u(2013) search twitter
and 9 other occurrences.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
erness a burra an floss, rigs ats been neglected fur sae mony y on page 10
ht, an may da Loard guide dem ats gane tae dir rescue," shü to on page 33
some chaep synthetic fur rug ats moultin already. Dir spackin on page 47

3 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Da amount o cars ats been troo Roe dis week is cra (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
a han, an the' fillt baith bóats sae fu that the' near sunk. W on page 77

1 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
_mclean @nweir1 @Military_1st Ats fur tha morrow mornin, get yo (2021) twitter link

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