Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

baste	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	4.5	1	0	0	0	0	53.2
Number of occurrences	15	2	0	0	0	0	11
Number of authors	7	2					4

Occurrences of baste 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

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
edna yit bene wurn ti fit the baste, an festent wi brent-nyow gir on page 6

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ance while A turn it ower an' baste it, runnin' some juice aff fu
1 matches

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
is brief time tae scrieve the baste, For ilka quiver on page 21

1 matches

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
��Awa an wesh yirsel ya dirty baste”. Tam wudda gin a keckle o
us a guid jab he did, fur tha baste cum clean thrugh tha daur an,
2 matches

McMaster, Anne Yarns 3 - Tha Gift / At Sea / Hairst Light, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ulster, poetry
’ in there swims a gret big baste o’tha sea.
thon gret big, shedda’d baste
2 matches

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Fae a baste wi a hunner rid teeth
The baste munched aa the men
So the baste wi a gulp
The baste stapped for a sup
Became the baste’s larder
6 matches