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Use in varieties of Scots

bass Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 10.8 6 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2721 4 1 0 1 0
Number of authors17 12 3 1 1

Occurrences of bass in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
pet. Her hert boomed like the bass line oan that rave music the on page 1

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
- when ye were sent tae the Bass Rock?" on page 30
sot in a solitary cell on the Bass . . . wi nocht tae hear but t on page 31
e Covenant. Imprisoned on the Bass Rock, efter a year his health on page 66

3 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
n thir's nae haar. Ee tae the Bass, and dinna lat thon sail lows on page 14

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
1. Elegie for an Eb Bass Player on page 58
He'll lay his bass wi honour doun, on page 59

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Fur his "Naw!" reachan frae bass tae treble. on page 112

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
e and his scuilbag for a tuil-bass, he wis nou a man. on page 95

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Bi the tyme the Bass Rok wes be-eft o’m thai wes
i sauled in hiz yatt roun the Bass ti vissie the
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n subservient tae, the pulsin bass drum ay the track. ‘GAUN YE
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s positively bohemian. Played bass in a band that shall remain n
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
n he's talkin aboot a ae-time bass player "We've got his Fender
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ah headed doon here wae ma bass guitar, a bag ay claes an thr
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
arluke meenister sent tae the Bass Rock in the middle o the Firt

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
enced tae be locked up on the Bass Rock if he didna pay a fine o
The Bass Rock is a richt barren place

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@niallbtwit ??. Fife ya bass ?(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
@donna_gallers Bass is too bony fer ma likin. Ah (2020) search twitter

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I spied a bass an a sea bream on page 98

2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
tributor fur the Doric wirdie Bass whilk means rug.(2014) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
@mstewart_23 Boom ya Bass(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
fiddle or two, accordion and bass, on page 31

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
yscot @dundeeunitedfc GYCT ya bass(2020) search twitter