A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

airse Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 2.6 1.5 0 0 0 31
Number of occurrences135 1 0 0 0 7
Number of authors7 3 1 3

Occurrences of airse in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
p the oars - dae yi need yir airse redd an aa, filthie wee crait on page 14

3 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
sae far up his airse they'd hae lantit on page 66

1 matches

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napdarlichis frae his shairny airse(2020) search twitter

Doric

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
at quine needs a good skelped airse.” An he chases ye roon the
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Elbas an airms an airse buckin an flailin on page 18
He pits his heid richt up his airse, on page 49

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
n some new breeks forbye? Tha airse is hingin oot o thaim yins ye on page 15
luks like shed ate a fairmer' airse thu a slap in tha hedge!" on page 24
n fur tha cave an faain on ma airse in tha burn! Whut A didnae he on page 29

3 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
tead o gettin yer heid up yer airse, on page 45
Tak the weight aff yer airse an yer thighs. on page 57

2 matches

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