A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ean Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.9 2.1 7.5 0 430.1 0 0
Number of occurrences834 5 0 74 0 0
Number of authors6 2 2 2

Occurrences of ean in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
when I got up this mornin? I ean juist aboot think I can mind on page 18
rra, for shuir: but I think I ean kick a wee bit!" on page 37
uidnae soum-' ye cannae soum, ean ye?" he speirt, turnin tae th on page 44

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
. There's a look o excitement ean hur face that kin ainlie belo on page xv

1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
uldna swim - " ee canna swim, ean ee?" he added, turnan till e on page 117

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Ye ean be sicear about ae thing: the on page 9
r tae say nor "Weel than, you ean be een o thaim an I'se be aa on page 13
ally'," the Queen obsairt. "I ean trou ye fine wuntin aat. Nou on page 68
s, but fit a lick thon Queens ean rin!" on page 97

4 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
is truly nairoo; but I tink I ean keek a grain!" on page 38
"You ean draa watter oot o a watter-wa on page 75
ything haes a moral if a body ean only fin apon it." An shö bi on page 90
, at wis sittin aside her. "I ean hardly braethe." on page 113

4 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
¶d Man said, 'We'll need some-ean ta look efter aa dis. Some-ea on page 4
n towt dat Adie wid need some-ean ta share aa dis wi, so he med on page 5
Whan dey wir owlder da first ean, Esau, likit ta hunt fir anim on page 11
sal worship me and nae idder ean. on page 16
o dir sheeks. Der wis an owld ean an twa young sisters - da ow on page 17
Also on pages 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 51, 57, 65, 71, 81, 83, 93, 101, 104, 105, 106, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 123, 125, 129, 131, 139, 147, 151, 17, 159, 160, 163, 169, 171
70 matches

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