A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

yaas Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 1.6 0 188.8 0 0 0
Number of occurrences223 0 19 0 0 0
Number of authors7 2 5

Occurrences of yaas in Corpus

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Central

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Yaas! https://t.co/UE9pyt8HVD(2019) search twitter
Yaas! 123 follaers! ??(2018) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
@fionaruthbo Yaas. You should be ma lawyer.(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
"Yaas, beuy!" I answered, kennan fi on page 19

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Yaas, thoo're a bonny peedie lass. on page 5
Yaas, notheen's further fae me tho on page 10
I didna say yaas tae his offer - at the same on page 43
e hoose that I built mesel - yaas, I cairried every block - An on page 65
Yaas - weel - things are no aalw on page 72
Also on pages 79, 80
13 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
d, but is feart, so says, "Oh yaas," lukkan oot, an notheen more on page 118
ens gowd an refuses tae quyt. Yaas, thir aye a wey. Fer her pair on page 142

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
‘Oh, yaas,’ said Mr Dursley, his hair
his hairt sinkan horribly. ‘Yaas, I ken whit ye mean.’
2 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@shonamain Yaas! Vote wae thee feet!(2020) search twitter

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