A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

askan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.2 0 8 49.7 0 0 0
Number of occurrences100 5 5 0 0 0
Number of authors6 2 4

Occurrences of askan in Corpus

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Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
she'll think me for askan. No id'll no do till ask: may on page 10
crowded roond id, pantan, an askan, "But who has won?" on page 25
she sade, "than wasting id in askan puzzles at hev no answers." on page 67
till be ashamed o yersel for askan such a simple question," adde on page 92

4 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
pe there's nae adverts for Al Askan See and Mr Beaujangles. #dori(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ce warm pair o draars - am I askan fur too much? - on page 47

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
"Ir ye?' says the wife, no askan. A din-faced on page 9

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
timo swerve. Oh no! Hatimo is askan fur hur brither whose been la on page 87

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Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
A while ago I posted a poll askan fokk if they wid say ‘Whar

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
adian whan spaekan tae lokals askan fir a hand fae him; his lass
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