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Use in varieties of Scots

baas Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 7.6 19.5 0 17.4 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3215 13 0 3 1 0
Number of authors15 5 7 2 1

Occurrences of baas in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
rigs an furrows: the croquet baas were leevin hurcheons, an the on page 44

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
knee in the baas, clout on the heid on page 16

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
angs at ye skippit or stottit baas til, an weans the-day wadna k on page 129

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Big Schuil, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
s elbae, "tell him the rubber baas joke."
A say, you hiv ti say rubber baas. Reddy?"
"Rubber baas."
"Rubber baas."
"Rubber baas."
11 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d People tae hae somebody’s baas for breakfast, an she had a n
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
bannacks, creamy yalla butter baas, corters o breid wi great daa on page 66

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
n kerds efter midnicht kickin baas agin a wa on page 194

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ne an ground ginger made inno baas o floor or meal. Jock Dow tel
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
tae mak oot the colours o the baas. The green and blue aa merge
Yer breath steams up the baas surroondin yer moo and nose,
lookin for the reid and yalla baas, ye reply.
e baa-pit, randomly howkin up baas in the hope een o them micht
4 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
oot some peanuts an some seed-baas, ye can attract aa kinds o bi
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
. There war trifles wi siller baas. There war green, wummily jee
will gie ye strippit baas, an coo’s candy, an caramel
2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Smudge493 Cauliflooer baas(2019) search twitter
otty fir Torry. Lost a load o baas up at Balnagask...and at wisn(2020) search twitter

@glenlivetloon tweeted
ear fit'ba' - we call balls 'baas' and our 'maw' our 'Ma' etc. (2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
t wis aa rissies an furrs; da baas wis livin hedgehugs, da malle on page 83

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Dey cut da sea as watter owre baas, on page 62

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Gaet-markers, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
free o baas; an Möder Dy – inhad,
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
aw humps an bumps: th croquet baas were live hedgehogs, an th ma on page 81

1 matches

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