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Use in varieties of Scots

pose Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.1 6.6 52.5 9.9 0 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences5213 35 1 0 2 1
Number of authors15 11 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of pose in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rce que la question de langue pose un problème pour un écrivai on page 35

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ae yin place. This village. S'pose I'm yin ae they wee wheels. S on page 1

1 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
emitic leid like Hebrew micht pose. Readin in Scots can gie them on page vii

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ae there tryin tae get us tae pose fur embarrassin pictures, an on page 164

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
okin dead intae the camera to pose fur a quick photie. There's a on page 6

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
the pursuer is fearit for ti pose a sum o siller at wul be forf on page 22

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
his extant warks, is a byous pose o muisic that wis less or mai
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
culpture shaws Sir Jimmy in a pose, walit bi his faimly, staundi
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ent she wis in. She tane up a pose she yaised tae dae whiles, in
cht erm an copied her earlier pose. She staret at him, a jummle
ecisely.” He struck a macho pose, thrustin oot his jaw. “A m
3 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ht an’ two harems Bit a s’pose it wisnae meant tae be.
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
@trangpang He wis born tae pose!(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Seein es Ah'm aye here, Ah s'pose ere maun bi," agree the patie on page 8
the stibble oan is chin "Ab s'pose... it's fit wi are, fa wi are on page 9
winnert fir a meenity. "Ah s'pose it's fin ye canna dee wi'oot on page 15
the nicht,' fin an 'Ay, Ah s'pose ye'll dee' wull suffice. on page 28
ops," leuch Morrice. "An Ah s'pose ye cud weer a thong," he grin on page 44
Also on pages 52, 73, 78, 80, 85, 87
13 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Aye, Ah s'pose it'd bi aricht," Morrice look on page 11
you cam on the scene. An Ah s'pose Ah shid've resentit ye, bit A on page 20
war least expeckin't. An Ah s'pose in a wye it hid: you hid nae on page 22
keen on the idea. Ach...Ah s'pose Ah wis jist swept awa wi't aa on page 49
"Weel, Ah s'pose it'd be 'a relationship'," sa on page 53
Also on pages 62, 78, 80, 82, 84, 85
12 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
y munaged te say, "Weel, Ah s'pose at helpit keep is fingirs oot on page 9
"Ay, Ah s'pose it is," Duncan admitted cheer on page 15
he wis a bittie wintin. "Ah s'pose ye'r jist nae like hiz," she on page 20
"No... Ah s'pose it'll jist tak a meenitie te on page 21
"Ah s'pose." on page 37
Also on pages 44, 45
10 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
then I pose an! preen fur a while on page 145

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Strong doots and fears they pose on page 6
The riddle that ye pose on page 19

2 matches

Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
Billy look and nat as camp a pose(2018) search twitter