A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Occurrences of yalla in Corpus

Central

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
there in the hauf-licht, the yalla skin streikit owre his skull,
ack inti ma seat, an the auld yalla face cam soumin in afore ma e
deid hauns come up like auld yalla flouers, pushin throu the moo
3 matches

Doric

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Seaforth Road, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Yalla tabacca fingers, on page 70

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
coctions laddie Jist gie me a yalla haddie on page 15

12 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Goad kythed yon day in yalla on page 3

4 matches

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
fairm ootbye telt me it wis a yalla yitey, though an elder quinie on page 37

2 matches

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Lake Titticaca. Mony deet fae yalla fever yon time. Tae my Macduf on page 25

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
an swyte an yalla gobs o spit, far aal on page 10

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n it fit leukit like a dish o yalla ice cream. "Wi hivna hid wir on page 18
airm afore pyntin te a bonny yalla frock lyin farrer ben the coo on page 30
n aboot oan his knee, er lang yalla hair flappin in is face. on page 45
k lab." Tina grinned, a raa o yalla buck teeth stickin hine oot o on page 56
t wi loaf an bannacks, creamy yalla butter baas, corters o breid on page 66
Also on pages 87, 88
8 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
gied a nod ti the loon on the yalla bulldozer. 'Ay, you an aa, Ta on page 8

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rrice sighed an flung his new yalla beach tool doon on his sun-be on page 10
addas, lichtin up the reed an yalla wreath in the shape o a tract on page 22
eboord draar gn tak oot a wee yalla make-up bug. on page 65
he, reaper, binder an the big yalla combine aat did the wirk o mo on page 93

4 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
raced its passage in sunshine yalla on page 14
ans were cast in black, reid, yalla an fite on page 19

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nivver think o pickin up the yalla Pages afore they gaecd hairin on page 7
doon it is maatchin purple an yalla Interlock semmit an draars. " on page 37

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
em, an his een grew muckle an yalla aa in a gliff, as he pyntit w on page 59

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 67 - The Road I didna Takk, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Twa roads forkt aff fae a yalla wid on page 62

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
roadsides war clouds o hingin yalla. Restless birdies war flichte on page 51

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
The yalla wis on the breem,
1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
the display was a huge, shiny yalla Tonka dump truck, gey near as
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
nd nichered, barin his muckle yalla teeth tae receive the proffer
warmin tae the game. “Fower yalla chukkens!” “Ken this,”
2 matches

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
to his half of lager shandy. "Yalla aboot the gullet. Erchie'll h
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Is the yalla flooer upon the breem.
Yalla is the breem, trees bonny an
Doon be Penann yalla funn bush,
3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
bonny an reid, some yalla eens ana. Cabbage, maist o th
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
in the wids tho war a lowe o yalla an gowd, the hips an hawes in
here, an dreich. A twa three yalla leaves flichtered doon frae t
e speen as it turned ower the yalla dauds o scrapit neep. The low
reints o Benjy's paws, an the yalla cercle roon the claes pole fa
ringe o icicles, dreepin. The yalla sun gart the hyne-aff Leddrac
9 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
a coo hid peed ower – thon yalla-straikit fooshunless-kinna ha
Noo, the first yin's face wis yalla an hir hair wis a heeze o bla
h, the twa demon titties, the yalla an the green, cam crawlin inn
"The yalla deevil-lassie says tae the gr
"There's yalla floories ower bi the North, a
16 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
m for the Adventurers club: a yalla polo shirt, navy shorts and w
I’m lookin for the reid and yalla baas, ye reply.
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wi the simmer turnin the corn yalla in the parks, he wis still hi
black as brummles, her neb wi yalla’s a buttercup, an her een w
Rosy Vine wis a lang yalla rose buss that creepit an fur
he hinney bees lued her silky yalla flooers. The
aleerie, insteid o bein a wee yalla rose buss, bidin at
12 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fit’s yon big roon yalla thing in the sky?(2018) search twitter
Dinna aet yalla sna loon! https://t.co/T9OjVv(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@lenathehyena Here's the yalla on the breem Usually the aul (2020) search twitter
@TheMackWalks Yalla the noo(2020) search twitter
@thedecor85 Fa stood on yalla pint?(2020) search twitter
rases A wis affa teen wee the yalla een min(2020) search twitter