| lest | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 67.1 | 81.2 | 58.2 | 29.8 | 11.6 | 134.4 | 0 | |
| Number of occurrences | 218 | 161 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | |
| Number of authors | 60 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e o the ship, gin his drinkin lest nicht wis oniething tae gae b on page 54
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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e cannae afford tae dae that, lest yi be labelled a grass fae th on page 54
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e want tae birn yer scuil-bag lest weik. A juist wantit tae hide on page 23
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Awwwwwww.' Alan wis shair hes lest oor hid cam noo. on page 35
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
I wis in the lest year o ma time, an workin nee on page 85
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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
e listen aa day tae sic guff! Lest yer dowp feels the tae o my b on page 44
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ype tae onybody! No efter the lest time, a weik before, whan A t on page 59
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
But the guid times wisna tae lest ower lang. Ae Friday, whan Yo on page 26
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McNeil, Andrew Lallans 58 - Carnegie’s Turning, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Lik the lest thing he saw - on page 122
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
aething lyke aneuch. It winna lest ava. Saiddil up ma swuft naig on page 48
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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
.. Trooper, bind thaim first, lest they gang the same wey, for t on page 45
- an the warm month o Mey - lest the cruel icy fingers o frost on page 71
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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
fowk tae depose tyrants. The lest thing he needit wis a separat on page vi
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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
fa's in the watter, he'll no lest until the ither men git him o on page 16
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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
An cuidna lest. I wis left my lane, ontil on page 42
on Niklaus o the Niedergasse, lest o an auld race an first o a n on page 74
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Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
yer (1825-1898) are amang the lest o Willie's literarie dargs, a on page 5
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Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
brocht till a feenish in this lest year. DOST wes stertit aroon on page 59
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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Lest ye mibbe wid think this is a on page 84
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
l o note haes happent sen the lest ootin. Airlier this year, we on page 5
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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Strivin tae mak siccar, lest we forget, on page 129
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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Lest Glasgow's finest doth come al on page 83
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Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
Lest is the quastioun o nyow cunyi on page 11
The lest cheptour is the Composit. Tho on page 13
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Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
his quastioun; bot at lang an lest we begoud sie at he ettilt ti on page 4
n, ouk eftir ouk, an, at lang lest, moneth eftir moneth, sae at on page 6
lt up at hiz ain muisik an at lest skelpit his haun on the buird on page 7
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Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
r nerr a hauf our. At lang an lest shae passit intil ma on page 3
teid on fowre whurls. A hed a lest intervyow wi Faither Adam in on page 5
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Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
The lest tyme Tittie myndit sicna expa on page 2
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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An at the lest gangs lanesome doun the brae. on page 9
Whan lest he left, he tuik the dribs on page 12
O leivin tae the lest wi steel on page 15
But whan thon lest gret fanfare peals on page 59
Lest Luve on page 77
Also on pages 79
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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
lk'ane o the incorporation at lest wi ma virr wis smitten, on page 43
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
slep in kis I wes gey thrang lest nicht, that's aa!" on page 65
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ev hunkert doon an empied the lest o the frozent sile intae the on page 78
"Rosie aye likit kale, an yin lest stalk wullnae dae onie herm. on page 79
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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
An syne, when hame we wan at lest, on page 50
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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
henkin at he had gied awa his lest maik for the cat's buits, an on page 42
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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
aw. Ower the the coorse o the lest hunner-odd years, nae fewer n on page 107
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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
In thon lest blenk o terror on page 98
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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Oan this lest vaige on page 33
the lest o the on page 87
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Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Lest Set-Ower on page 10
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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Lest year at the Quad Bike Rodeo on page 114
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
ouce lemans fin thair pace at lest, on page 31
Ayont yon lest blae muntain smoured wi snaw, on page 32
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
e ye no mind I left the scuil lest week? I'm here tae speir aboo on page 95
the pleisure he'd felt ainly lest week at the weygaun o this ne on page 97
ang wi him," Cherlie opined. "Lest time I warked here he telt me on page 98
ny mair, but a warkin man. At lest he seen her wee, stowfie feig on page 99
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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - In Liverpool Cathedral, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Yit shairly this maun be the lest on page 102
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
s a title is the firsten ane, Lest We Forget: on page 122
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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
rin tae Scottish drama in the lest few year, wi three outwales o on page 127
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
nce, gangs on ti deleiver the lest pert o the phrase (a phrase a on page 136
The lest fower four poems frae the 180 on page 141
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Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
chive. An there's mair - the lest bittie o the Scotsoun mosaic on page 46
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ye howpin ilk time wad be the lest. Aye kennin it widnae. on page 18
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
gins say he didna slepe thare lest nicht.' on page 59
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
jits, wis a best-seller an aw lest year, pruivin that there a ri
wisnae sent oot wi ony o the lest twa issues o the STW, there n
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ung Wittins micht weel be the lest ane, or at least the lest ane
ane, or at least the lest ane tae be editit bi this edi
A've fair enjoyed editin the lest 178 edeitions o the Scots Tun
oolin doon at the boolin club lest month an efter the gemme he g
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ch, atwein April an October o lest year, an while it is shuirlie
Fife (Akros, 2007), ane o the lest teitils publisht bi Duncan. A
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
The lest storie i the clekkin is, like
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McGibbon, Joe Lallans 74 - Draps o Sapie-Bubble, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
‘That’s yer lest, ma mannie! Kep a grup o’t.
At lest I got blawin, bubbles big, bu
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
committit wi the wirds "last/lest": insteed o dingin a fause Sc
like "last in the queue") an "lest" (a verb, the likes o "it les
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Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
gang! Up we gang!’ ontil at lest, pap! hiz snout cam out intil
ert o the yird ti be tauld at lest ti the awdevorin sie.
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
me a hantil o pistils an the lest twa telt at shae wes ti be
Hul. Lest, the Fyfers liftit the rails
ce ti lae Fyfe alane. Nou the lest pynt, at awnsers Maistres
guid raison,” he speired at lest. Mirren’s speirits
wes a guid whein mair. On the lest pege wes prentit in mukkil, b
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McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
LEST year, A scrievit a column oan
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
oms. Hydrodgen on Maurs wadna lest its lane but wad in a compoon
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
cht, and faicht. Nane but the lest ane maitters. Aa the ithers s
r an shorter realisation. The lest ane haes a different vowel, b
3) compoondin this lest wi a lack o trust in yer ain
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
o the Unitit Kinrik ower the lest few year, mainlie organeized
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
e wis, an the mairriage didna lest.
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
wes proponit in 1965, sae at lest things luiked ti be muivin.
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
a clue. This details that the lest chiel tae hae the title rex P
The lest decade has seen the aye-growi
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
d haud oor collective wheesht lest they ever discover hou we wer
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
Thon lest idea, that the Scots utterly
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
uns me a phone charger. “At lest yer hame safe,” she says.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
s intae Scots, that kythed in lest month's Scots Tung Wittins Nr
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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
At lest, syne winnin whaur it greins
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McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
dle on whit’s happent i the lest 24 hours. As the initial souc
s monie issues tae dae wi the lest offer o independence that aye
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
n official document. Ower the lest year or sae, we hae seen some
y howp that this winna be the lest time that Scots speakers are
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
itics haes developed ower the lest year. As tae the election, I
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Puchowski, James Aiths an Affirmations, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ae the fift Scots Pairliament lest week teuk their aiths an affi
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
a fair few surprises ower the lest 24 hours.
The lest decade haes been defined, bra
d tae their majority ower the lest five year.
e pairty that wisna meant tae lest seiven month wull end this pa
ae Labour or no votit for the lest twa generations or thereabout
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Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
homas Widmann taks us through lest week’s general election i D
Folketingsvalg”) i Denmark lest Thursday. I bade in thon kint
tae the Liberal Alliance; an lest year when the Alternative wis
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Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
licie on the third o June, an lest week the Scots Pairlament hel
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Mair nor aince syne lest Thursday, I’ve sat doon at
e the UK wis narraly defaitit lest year, won an owerwhelmin elec
tate, but this seems certain: lest week’s election haes raised
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McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Lest nicht, the haill editorial st
anguage, but frae whit we saw lest nicht, it leuks like Scots ha
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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
e blin man ahin him, ower the lest othe stanes that wur rauchled
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
usterity. We tynt that chance lest year, whan it leukit for a br
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Celtic Connections kicked aff lest week i Glesca an wull see a v
Ower the lest twa hunner year, the developm
ar the BBC. There wis a drive lest year by some tae stap payin t
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
lish whit is maist likely the lest ful Scottish poll o 2014. The
it we’ve been seein for the lest twa month or sae. This is nae
nfechtin we hae seen ower the lest wee whilie. An, o coorse, the
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ts pooer, I maun say that the lest year or twa haes been an ee-o
ae been readin aboot ower the lest fortnicht – whit place daes
fore lang: an syne whit wis a lest resort, a terrible thing for
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
LEST month, it wis reportit on a R
THON wee story lest month anent the Eytalian POW'
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
LEST week ah duin pairt wan o twa
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@IshbelMcF tweeted
chiel, @duanalla hid me ower lest year fir tae dae twa o ma fav(2019) search twitter
Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
ed.) Phew. Fit wir ye drinkin lest nicht? It's time ye hid an ex on page 40
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Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
otten tae pay the coal mannie lest time and the thrawn auld bugg on page 42
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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
MADE TAE LEST on page 15
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McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
yit anely seemed tae lest a day pairt o the nicht on page 3
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Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
£70, nae MoT! Foo mony cars lest seventeen today? on page 14
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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
futrat, but he kent it widna lest. on page 176
futrat, but he kent it widna lest. on page 202
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
e!"A said, ettlin tae hiv the lest wird. on page 80
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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
rried upstairs, in great fear lest she should meet e real Mary A on page 32
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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ashen fae the aal cat for the lest quarter o an hour (an tholin on page 9
"but I jalouse at it wull at lest. But fit unco-like snorlie it on page 24
tae tak ony heed o the Rose's lest obsair. on page 28
ilice, stamagastert eneuch at lest tae gie her the na-say. "A kn on page 31
min roun an roun her heid: at lest it sattl't doun again an obsa on page 43
Also on pages 44, 66, 69, 74, 77, 79, 81, 90, 92
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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
nistrie in Perth, that wes ti lest on page 12
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
an, fit he hid stored widnae lest ony
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
“Ay. Yon lest bit was muckle stey, was it n
wheen o muckle stanes on the lest leg o the stent, whan oo seed
ower the lest stanes afore it tummelt doon
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
A wis tellin ee aboot lest nicht. Yon bed A wis left on
norin thair heids aff, an the lest yin wis sittin up in bed dain
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TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
Lest oor mooths git affy dry
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TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
h'd spin ye ae wee yairn o ma lest wee duander aboot
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
Ye cry? Wife hoofed ma' baws lest time, t'was gie fishy!(2016) search twitter
Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
er ye dance the longer hid'll lest on page 157
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Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
id wather that they hoped wid lest.
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Ritch, Paolo A Remembrance Day, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, poetry
'Lest we forget',
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Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
ti pey yir lest respecks; he lukks the same on page 135
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Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Chinese poems, kythed aerlie lest century, thay war frouned on on page 34
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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
for at lest Ah hae fund masell.
The wund blaws the lest leafs awa.
The desert trees skail thair lest green leafs.
Flouers lest but the ae Spring,
is fair inti gless. The lest o the chirkers
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