A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

isa Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 15.9 0 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3231 0 0 0 1 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of isa in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
or the starn, tae sleep. Yon isa bonnie occupation. An as it i on page 50

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Duncan says. 'Auld as Jock an Isa?' I says. They aw laughed. Aw on page 1

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"This wye, Isa," the lanky yin snapped. "The on page 35
"Oh Isa! Isa!" The crab said ower an ower, on page 36
epped back an within seconds, Isa wis stretchered an cairted oo on page 37
pointed under the bench where Isa's broon leather shoppin bag w on page 38
like, nothin too grand. Mebbe Isa's relatives hiv got a busines on page 39
Also on pages 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46
23 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ISA Yer hat! A fryin pan wioot a
ISA Yer hat! A fryin pan wioot a
2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
irnt tae her son. “Awa doon Isa’s shop an git me a lippie o
the auld stane oothoose thit Isa cried her shop. It wis bleck
aumps oan the coonter sae’s Isa cuid see tae swick folk oot o
3 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
und, at ae sister o Matt’s, Isa Nichol, wis the servant-lass
1 matches

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