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Use in varieties of Scots

plaised Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 4.1 0 59.6 69.7 0 53.1
Number of occurrences388 0 6 12 0 12
Number of authors11 5 2 2 2

Occurrences of plaised 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

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
bit Ah dinnae think he's ill plaised wi' the wety Ah look. on page 28

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tle stairtit an Alexander was plaised tae see that Carron wis haein on page 20
e ship owners wuid be no weel plaised whan they heard whit it wuid on page 58
Italy's west coast. Nou this plaised Cossack Jock nae end an he ha on page 91
lot o money. They were hardly plaised wi whit they got but ran aff on page 105

4 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Auntie Aggie she wisna verra plaised. on page 118

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
ht yer mother wuidnae be that plaised. Ye better nae.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Eh wis weel plaised wi the nummer o fowk thit spe
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He didna luk very plaised wi me on page 2
Oh, aye. Ah'm fearful plaised thoo cam. on page 5
vest time and Faither will be plaised. on page 11
e man - and he didna luk too plaised. on page 35
"And ah'll no be weel plaised wi hid, ither, if hid sits on on page 60

5 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
o' wark, they baith wir weel plaised, for the muckle log wid keep
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
answered da Moose, kinda ill-plaised: "of coorse du kens whit 'hit on page 26
"Is du plaised eenoo?" said da Caterpillar. on page 51
ead doon ta dem, an wis aafil plaised ta fin at her neck wid bend o on page 53
ned a scaar mair. "Weel, he's plaised sae far," tocht Alice, an gui on page 64
rn an wigs his tail whin he's plaised. Noo I girn whin A'm plaised on page 65
Also on pages 89, 92, 109
10 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
da bairns, keep da aald eens plaised, an wait. An aa da weemen, up
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
ed a brainwave. Aabody luikit plaised.
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ma hairt's delicht; A'm weel plaised wi hïm." on page 3
plaised ye tae dae ït thïs wye. Ma on page 9
reens an nighbers wus aa wile plaised. Whan tha wean wus echt day o on page 71
hairt's delicht, an A'm weel plaised wi ye." on page 74
¨rstan. Ay, Faither, ït haes plaised ye tae dae ït thïs wye. Ma on page 88
Also on pages 106
11 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Fur he cud dae whutiver he plaised, wi deil tha wife tae barge, on page 3

1 matches

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