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Use in varieties of Scots

lasts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 4.6 3 0 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences149 2 0 1 1 1
Number of authors13 8 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of lasts 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

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The indignance lasts til laundin time on page 53

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
farts: it pure rumbles an it lasts fur abo, a minute, an sometim on page 90

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e. It's a standin-up hug that lasts longer than any other ah reme on page 35

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
this warld daurkness or licht lasts for langer periods.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
in, sae, as lang as the Union lasts, “God Save the Queen”can
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Bit lasts fur three months never fear
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
mair then fir the 'new' paint lasts 25 year or so they say !!! (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
and enjoy ur fooball while it lasts (2020) twitter link
land league just now - if it lasts! the fans thing really bugs m (2021) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
e centre (inside an oot) that lasts aboot twa oors as weel as hae on page 6

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
0 bought afore Sunday voucher lasts 10months https://t.co/XdAW4wl(2016) search twitter

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
to wash dy hands we and soap lasts longer #ParentHack #SoapLasts (2020) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
What lasts for Auld Lang Syne on page 23

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Name of person niver lasts on page 20

1 matches

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