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Use in varieties of Scots

ax Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.3 2.6 1.5 0 110.4 20.7 225.7
Number of occurrences785 1 0 19 2 51
Number of authors19 3 1 3 2 10

Occurrences of ax in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
I ax bairns tae forgie me for dedi on page 7
y as the baobabs. Sae ye maun ax them tae dae the sums themsel on page 59

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
m bak frae'z daunner, he wuid ax gif onie sie-farin men hed ga on page 4

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
re apen til aabody, tho monie ax for a lift fae him. For aabod on page 97

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
gaed onie furder. Cuid he ax a whein quastiouns o’r. Mir
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e byre waa an smiled, thinkin ax Hillies wis fairly sellin aat on page 94

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Foo can you ax a story fae A body tired as I on page 5
d ava) " - but I will hae ta ax dem da name o da country, you on page 9
for axin! Na, I better never ax; maybe A'll see it written up on page 10
en aboot at shö wis ready ta ax onyeen for help, onyeen ava; on page 18
dem, an he'll sit up ower an ax for his denner, an aa kinds o on page 23
Also on pages 28, 31, 58, 66, 73, 88, 97, 110
15 matches

Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
ngleesh een) you micht hae ta ax yoursel if your belief in dat
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
t. Dey laekly niver tocht tae ax a trow.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ole in da grund?” I hed tae ax.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ar fae dere noo?” I hed tae ax.
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ery noo an then a huge crash, ax if a dish or kettle hed bin b on page 56

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
oun intil Harden Glen, A wuid ax ee tae staund on the
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
An ax him if He cud explain, on page 55

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ward ava) "-but A'll hae tae ax thim what they caal this coun on page 9
A am fur axin! Naw, A'll naw ax: maybae A'Il see it writ up s on page 10
aff that shae wus aal set tae ax help frae oniebodie! Sae, whi on page 18
ha's Dinah, if A'm allood tae ax?" said the Lory. on page 31
the Cat. "A nearly furgot tae ax." on page 64
Also on pages 72, 75, 87, 96, 109
11 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
s whut ye hae need o afore ye ax hïm. Sae thïs ïs hoo ye sh on page 6
° Whut mair can tha follaer ax than tae be laik hïs taicher on page 9
"Dïnnae ax fowk for mair nor ye shud." on page 74
t thaim tae tha Loard for tae ax, on page 81
t oot; yit the' wur feart tae ax hïm whut he meent. on page 86
Also on pages 89, 91, 92, 96, 103, 104, 108
15 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
An Ah ax'ed for mae cairds - dae ye s on page 3
but when Ah ax'ed her tae merry, on page 21
For Ah can hear her ax'in, on page 45

4 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Baith wul ax mair agin o' this plen an'wul on page 18
thon waark shud bae tae ax fowk, especially aulder fowk, on page 51

2 matches

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
She toul thaim tae ax a grown-up at hame tae gether
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie An Appeal frae tha hairt, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
still taak tha Ullans mine an ax yer poleetician whaur they st
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tak pride in yer ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2009) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
ionary. Why is that A hear ye ax ? Mann tha anser is aisy an h
1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
thin) oan ) 0800 587 2021 tae ax fur a new ingang code or tae
Tae ax fur a paper speirin foarm tae
aethin) oan 0800 587 2021 tae ax fur a help buik tae be sent t
aethin) oan 0800 587 2021 tae ax fur a paper Hoosehaud Speirin
naethin) on 0800 587 2021 tae ax fur a paper Hoosehaud
11 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
“Dinnae ax me, Dot. Ye ken A hae nae wit
sait an Valerie stairtit tae ax hersel gif the wurnae daft.
ed in. Dorothy spak onlie tae ax whit gate tae gae. Val wunner
3 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
Noo if ye’d ax me whut I’d lake, if ye onl
1 matches

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