A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ain't Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.1 4.5 0 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences94 3 0 1 1 0
Number of authors8 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of ain't in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
it ain't so bad, but eh still feel on page 110

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he dumbfuck who let this fall ain't ownin up ye're all goin home on page 53

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ithir wid wait an’ descend ain't Marion, then change roles. In
1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
otland lol. I know the fringe ain't on but: whit?(2020) search twitter

Doric

@beast_afc tweeted
@ScottishCup Never doubt. He ain't a fouling type(2020) search twitter
@GM1903_ Bet she ain't still greeting aboot it(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
Ain't it amazin how much better ye (2012) search twitter

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
s evenin. Three days in a row ain't bad!! So pleased so many folk(2016) search twitter

Southern

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
olemalone Yer havin a chuckle ain't yeh https://t.co/Bd6jxjes4R (2022) twitter link