A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'uises'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
uisesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.43716
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 35.5 14 3
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.6 14 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of uises in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
m at’s gaen abraid an still uises thair leid. Its editorial tea
the audit. The data model it uises turns aroun seiven mukkil cat
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
e steps"). Some writers, tho, uises "step" as a noun an "stap" as
traditional texts, the writer uises the spellin "be" for "bi" tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
(1) The fowk that uises it in thair ilkaday lives for
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e's day sae the freebie paper uises the slogan 'utilitza la lleng
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
inative uiss o form. [He only uises the „standart habbie' the t
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
In Sanctuary Time, Maureen uises the rhythm and repetition o s
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
He uises "old Scots" in the sub-heidin
r a 71 year auld Secretar, he uises some kinna journalistic glamo
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
in this e-mail. Fowk in Dixie uises that sayin tae. A'm lairnin t
e says that mony o the bairns uises Scots in thair ilkaday life b
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
illion and 2.5 million of us 'uises ae form o the Scots language
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
. Bi makin oot that fowk that uises thae Scots words in thair ilk
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West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
haes thair awn merits (an he uises Morgan's wark as a kinna wey- on page 116

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rbin accoont at follaes, Robb uises sources sik as the battalioun
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
o the flim-flam that business uises tae get , muckle public cash on page 36

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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
the haund, the instrument he uises tae cairy oot aa his cantrips
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Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And noo yer Granda uises it whan he peels the spuds. on page 131

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General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Ane o the kenspeckle uises o the internet is its abeelit on page 54

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Ane o the kenspeckle uises o the internet is its abeelit on page 54

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
g-in uiser names. Awbody that uises Google Mail passes on thair I
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
no aw folk wi impaired hearin uises BSL 35 Mr Brian Monteith regi
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
wir biosphere shawin hou fowk uises the laund for fermin, forestr
a scientific experiment that uises internet-connectit computers
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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
– a lot o English dialects uises it, an some Northern Scots an
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
reeks’ (p. 72)) but maistly uises plural verbs wi plural nouns.
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
he spellin is wrang acause it uises Inglish digraphs or auld-farr
r – whan the hale jing-bang uises the relatives wha an whilk th
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the residenters o Second Life uises a virtual currency kent as Li
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Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Denmark uises proportional representation,
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
ent’. The word John Barbour uises in his Scots epic poem ‘The
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amang sic writers I hae read) uises “to shine some on” nae juis(2020)

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
vernacular Chinese, a beuk at uises a leid that’s souple, fresh
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East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"I suppose she haes hir uises! Sure, there was nane better on page 21

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General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ts daeins wus loast tae ither uises. Hit's gyely important at Uls on page 46

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