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Use in varieties of Scots

ails Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 1.5 3 19.9 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences103 2 2 1 0 2
Number of authors8 2 1 2 1 2

Occurrences of ails in Corpus

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Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
ot menstruation or associatit ails on page 12

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Nae bluid on ails, nae willyart act on page 72
In sairless ease, whan auld-ails send on page 78

2 matches

Doric

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
Fit ails ee noo ? an he dunted e kyles
Fit ails ye? Is’t Aidan? His onythin
2 matches

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
'Mither, whit ails thee?' says Jeemsie tae his w on page 37

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
ly wan on the west side. Whit ails it wae you?(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
'Saul, Saul whit ails dee? Whit wye is du sae invit on page 159

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ysteria - a validation o the ails that weemen possess. on page 51

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Its ainly me that it ails. on page 19

1 matches

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