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Use in varieties of Scots

yass Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11 4.3 9.6 139.1 0 0 26.5
Number of occurrences348 6 14 0 0 6
Number of authors9 5 2 1 1

Occurrences of yass 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
sin wis laughin hur heed aff. Yass! The wee man's gonnae pop his on page 6
stand brave, still smiling. "YASS! You fuckin tell 'um, wee man on page 25
"Yass, new phone fur me!' an elder on page 27

4 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
front and ahd be like that, 'Yass man.' Noo, ah know ah said si on page 75

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
id, An it's nice tae be nice. Yass, said Karen, Ah'm gettin a do on page 169

1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
ones @OperaScots @DrMDempster Yass! A'm *so* gaun'ae be thare!(2018) search twitter

@johnstone_shane tweeted
is oot the day troops. Guid. Yass. https://t.co/EkaOq26bXb (2020) twitter link

Doric

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@ToHull_andback @NatalieAHood Yass picked i richt een!(2020) search twitter
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@beast_afc tweeted
@SheltieDon Yass yet a star min. Ayel be spear(2020) search twitter
@SheltieDon Yass cheers sheltie I luv it(2020) search twitter
@AberdeenWarbot Yass go on dazler(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
"Yass," says Inga, "grand that. Tho on page 10
y enogh, so Astrid sayed her "Yass" afore myndan sheu wis faithl on page 32
ntains in the solar system?" "Yass. Else hid wis gey haird tae s on page 67
ee thee thir?" an Noor says, "Yass." on page 77
uss whit A'm spaekan aboot?" "Yass, yass," says Unn, coothie an on page 86
Also on pages 87, 99, 106, 141, 159, 162
13 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
Yass. Else hid wis gey haird tae s
1 matches

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
@raiphsays @SgothanGeal YASS!!!! Ave jus hay ma tea, gae m (2021) twitter link
@SgothanGeal @CeeferCrafts YASS! *Dancis aboot like it's 1992(2021) search twitter
@raiphsays Yass! Mind yer aww happed up, gye (2021) twitter link
@SgothanGeal @CeeferCrafts YASS! *Dancis aboot like it's 1992 (2021) twitter link
@SgothanGeal @raiphsays YASS! This'll be aww of us???? htt(2021) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.