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Use in varieties of Scots

yea Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 2.1 0 19.9 98.8 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences254 0 2 17 1 1
Number of authors16 4 1 9 1 1

Occurrences of yea in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
We dau-dle oor dam-s a-hai-ll yea-r la-n-g... on page 141

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
that of the sun at noon day, yea it was much more pleasant, th
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
For it's no for me to gie a yea or nay,
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
Awsae yer a week oot eh date, yea wur superseded by a yes major (2021) twitter link

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
we'd still have a problem for yea (2020) twitter link
legendary baker is long gone. Yea, I strongly recommend a trip (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
döin some faat ta me brain, yea, but noo on page 47
"Yea, dat sam," said da Hat-makker on page 73

2 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Yea even trowe da darkest on page 29

1 matches

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Bert cut in an said, "Yea, yea, brush me teeth." on page 17

2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
"Yea, laekly dat," sed Sheltie Pra on page 35

4 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
h a lang weary day as he wis, yea, an night tö, come ta dat. G
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Yea, hit’s definitely practical
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Yea, Da,” she said nearly greet
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@karlpjohnson Yea, eftir Yule I'll no be up age(2020) search twitter

@HazelTindall tweeted
@ShetlandLibrary Yea, Shetlan characters need ta (2020) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@Drewratter @MareeToddMSP Yea I doot du's richt! He's no i (2020) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
elkie @Lenniesaurus @ionafyfe Yea I’m seen some o whit @Lennie (2021) twitter link
Yea dis sounds aboot right #Critt (2019) twitter link

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
souch o the hinner-end o the yea on page 159

1 matches

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
erson878 Howl yur whist, whit yea mean 'had'? ?????? https://t.(2021) search twitter