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Use in varieties of Scots

ess Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words80.8 2.1 379.5 0 52.3 0 0
Number of occurrences2504 237 0 9 0 0
Number of authors22 4 10 8

Occurrences of ess 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

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
The ess steys warm lang efter ingle w on page 24

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
this may cause drow sin ess. on page 20

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
’s shuppit volcanic rock an ess tae touerin lums that spews p
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
n his claes war aa broukit wi ess an wi suit.
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 67 - Twa poems bi Douglas Kynoch, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
In ablo ess steen? on page 63

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
aa'en aff a shelf. Hmm. Fit's ess? Barchester Towers. Trollope. on page 30

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
fifty fit in the air. 'Goad, ess is gettin ower close for comf on page 41
here's naethin comin ower ye. Ess is easy-peasy; we dinna get m on page 44

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
it tae Hilda. "Ah've a feelin ess could tak a whilie," says I t on page 35

3 matches

Bolland, John Tales Fae The Doric Side - Hadean Eon: 4.5 Billion Years ago , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
So ess is here - or hereaboots - on page 82
olar system, an in particular ess een, wir bein biggit up fae g on page 83

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
So ess is it. It's finally happenin. on page 91
doon. "Wi'll need te pack up ess lot," said Dad, meevin the po on page 92
"Ah myn there wis ess lassie at the skweel Ah reall on page 95
p winnerin if wi'll ivver dee ess again - jist me, Grunny an G on page 96
die,"' he says, "haud it like ess." So here's me haudin ma sist on page 97

9 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
t the sun Puff oot the windae Ess on the sill Mither's nae daft on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
coloured illustrations o fit ess neuk o the country an its ric on page 10
l need te git a grip, Winnie. Ess is real life, nae some story on page 15
Ah shidna raelly bi tellin ye ess... bit he's bin a bitne doon. on page 17
"GIT ESS, AUL MAAN!" roart Blondie, pu on page 19
"Ye'r jokin! Ess hat cost ma near forty poun." on page 20
Also on pages 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 31, 35, 36, 37, 39, 42, 43, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 70, 72, 73, 75, 80, 81, 82, 86
63 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Look it ess een, Morrice!" on page 6
rs. "Ah didna think it wid bi ess far up. Ah asked fir a ground on page 8
admitted Morrice. "It's jist ess bloody heat...it maks ma aat on page 9
imsel wi the new beach tool. "Ess hisna bin waashed. It's jist on page 11
"Ess is great - so relaxin," said on page 12
Also on pages 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 77, 78, 80, 81, 84, 85, 89, 90, 94, 95
79 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
dintist. Oh! Ah dinna believe ess..." on page 6
irgotten, my erse. He kent at ess," he said, rippin the offendi on page 7
o principle. Ah'm wi you oan ess ane, Jack " on page 8
"Weel, fit div ye think o ess cairry-oan o Ivor Goodneck's? on page 9
t line an is een nairret. "Is ess your idea o a joke?" he deman on page 10
Also on pages 11, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52
62 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
y of human thought'?" Oh Goad ess is jist nae fair, moaned Jeem on page 85
switches an levers. An fit's ess he's got on the back.'?" He s on page 87

2 matches

McArthur, Kaydi Rich n Peer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
caul' and went a wee bit like ess.
1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
En ken ess East sharn neuk turned oot a

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
her/thegether tae/te fix this/ess Scots Wikipedia kirn/sotter/r(2020) search twitter
Canna wyte fir ess! A date fir the diary. Looks (2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
Did ye nae waak up a mountain ess wik?(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
chter fa's takkin National 5s ess year winna be in for a filey. (2021) twitter link
Ess wikk - usin contemporary Sco (2020) twitter link
moss, mire, bay, naze, shank, ess. (2020) twitter link
tae ken mair - hae a deek at ess film. The quine spikkin visit (2021) twitter link
topper o a first sentence in ess 1866 paper by Rev Walter Greg (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
nd koomed wir braeth gied lik ess afore wis on page 36

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
atill a stank, his moo foo a'ess. on page 21

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
stin, ithin a clood o reek an ess. Sheltie Prattle loopit til h on page 35

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
or faa'n ta ess or smoored on page 117

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Slainte Bard, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, poetry
Lift aff da lid an fin ess,
1 matches

Mainland, Jim Love (After Miroslav Holub), (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Ess.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
erday. Less a less, for sicca ess!
1 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@_amygear_ yes, ess = ash! And patti = swine :) L(2020) search twitter

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