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Use in varieties of Scots

uz Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.9 14.4 3.2 0 0 185.9 0
Number of occurrences4627 2 0 0 17 0
Number of authors7 4 1 2

Occurrences of uz in Corpus

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Central

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
oreiginal Teuton Tung at gied uz baith Inglish an Scotch, whan on page 12

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
heil at cam wi the barra telt uz at the mail hed set him doun on page 4
belevit at hiz praisence duin uz guid. Fowk wes frichtent at t on page 6

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
inna gang thare verra mukkil, uz Wattir fowk.”
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
o soshwal skeill at wuid let uz frae makkin guid uiss o the s
Syne he gied uz a guid pryss fur alterin a ch
hained uz.
utoritie wes wullin t’allou uz ti modreneize the exeistin
at uz gin ye gie thaim a chance.”
9 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
Elsie did a Hielan’ daunce uz Sandy played anither sang.
r. The wind blew a loat wurse uz we ganged up tae ’er door:
iz Dominie Duncan whae luiked uz tho ’e wiz huddin’ a neep
rd still scares kids gawn by. Uz fur mahsel’? A loack the do
4 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
er how much they’re goading uz. Dinnae get sucked in just co
, this time like she believes uz, "The aliens – what did the
It’s for when they come fir uz again, so they’ll know I’
sing him like that. He knocks uz ontae the bed wi his fist, I
up, and I laugh, so he hooks uz again in the same place on my
8 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
is waitin fur uz. Cud Ah
1 matches

Doric

Diansangu, Mae Puddock Spittins, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
ih two a uz
a gift tae uz
2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
. Ah vote th wee lassie tells uz a story." on page 71
m Tortoise because hei taught uz," said th Mock Turtle fair ve on page 93
When they tak oo up an chuck uz, wi th lobsters, oot tae sea! on page 100
Ee gaed uz thret or marr; on page 119

4 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
otland. A mynd on him telling uz aboot things up yonner. Nou t
bie hed tae bide the nicht wi uz it the Haugh; kis the Borth
t awa wi himsel, whan telling uz aboot trench warfare it
k on George an hou hei put wi uz bairns, aye bein in an
yaised tae tell uz aboot the Boolin Club dances
13 matches

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