A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

jeest Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.2 12.3 18.1 0 0 31 0
Number of occurrences3924 12 0 0 3 0
Number of authors8 3 4 2

Occurrences of jeest in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
irm's peened unner yon muckle jeest, an it micht bi braken tae. M on page 20
in the burn, wi a muckle brig-jeest peenin doon yin airm. Oo bait on page 23

5 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Boswell’s Coort, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
whaur jeest trystit wi raughter,
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
A wis dain' jeest rat, readin' ri Beano fur r'u
resents fur 'ur maw an' a wis jeest browsin'. A seen two wee porc
pped ri bliddy 'hing, an' no' jeest et ri askin' price a' seventy
3 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
A waant tae sit doon bit a jeest cannae settle
t ower the effin’ tap A’m jeest effin’ gled they left oot m
lote tae make ‘ur happy An' jeest wan wee word tae make ‘ur g
e an’ eat it An’ that wis jeest me bein’ nice.
t a wantit doon et the shopes Jeest a botul a‘ bleach an' a cou
15 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Jeest a cannie mindin fae twa auld on page 97
an tryst thay wad cross ower. Jeest oot the lea o the herbour bie on page 98
a Hielanman fae Invergordon, jeest ower the watter, faar A eest on page 99
"Jeest giein a haund," said Farquhar on page 100

6 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
n gars e rain drap on baith e jeest an e oonjeest. Gin ye loo bit on page 13

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
aid back tae them, “Ye ken, jeest the same’s they’r daein h
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
s wirk noo. Or if we’re aa jeest happy tae pretend that keyboa
And I think, even jeest for a wee-bit time, mebbe it
Or mebbe I’m hale jeest the wye I am, wi hairt in the
Jeest –
4 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
on that contraption?” I’d jeest, sat at the telly, knittin so
1 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
gan ti dae outs in the gym or jeest watch the tele as usual #enee(2012) search twitter
in e time and a half......eev jeest hed twae weeks off sick!!!!(2012) search twitter

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