A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'es'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of es in Corpus

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
erman gibt's 'de ir' fir gibt es, etc). We reserve dis fir con on page 36

1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
s shö wis, happier even more es da simmer wör on, wi a cheer
Fir dey wir mair es Baabie at wis interested ata
cam in, an shö spak till’m es kindly es ever shö could lat
kindly es ever shö could lat hersell,
An es we lookit, even in dat short
6 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Seein es Ah'm aye here, Ah s'pose ere on page 8
e you?" Ah speered it farther es wi hurled doon te Inverurie H on page 9
Takkin that es an 'ay', aff wi gaed te the D on page 10
ric faaled is airms, smirkin, es Winnie struggilt inte er best on page 12
lach, their shooders shakkin es they tried te control theirse on page 14
Also on pages 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 88, 89
222 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
" Jack's een war like sassers es he leukit doon it the sheet o on page 6
ce in hauf, "wid mak im aboot es popular es a fart in a phone on page 7
at wik, Jack fussled t'imsel es he gat riddy fir anither busy on page 8
e gossip deet oan Jack's lips es the door opened an Ivor Goodn on page 9
t it is baldy croon an leukit es nervous es a turkey it Christ on page 10
Also on pages 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52
111 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
Callum get yer back side doon es stairs. Yer gan to be late."
1 matches

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
foriver cus a miss times like es; they wis the best.
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
oune in the mou about it. Bit es contraption jist gings its di
ipe or a bit of a limmer it's es contraption thit winna dee fi

Findlater, Mark , (no publisher recorded 2022) Doric - Troup, government
Here in es bear pit for thay nithin forb
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
wik at the @invisahoteles in Es Figueral, Ibiza. Fit a rare p(2019)

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
the winscreen wipers wheechin es wye an aat, as he drave aff t on page 30

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Ere's es kirk. A winna say faar it is. on page 24
Onywye, nae lang ago, daes es young precentor billie nae la on page 25
gie becam keerious aboot faar es graan soun was comin fae. Tha on page 26

5 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
gairden in front o't but jist es narra forecoort on edder side on page 88
At es, e deuks set up sic a squalla on page 89
it an says laigh-in ''Ere was es morning, I arrives at the kir on page 90

8 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
At es, he wheechs roon an sees me.
‘Fat’s es tae me noo, min? Ye’re nae
for aat,’ says he, ‘tho, es fyow month baak, it micht hae
loo’t; but than A thocht at es cud
st of Mither’s clyes. Weel, es we did; but, fan we cam oot o
6 matches

General Northern

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
oot intil a puckle mair beuks es time an cam on plinty that wi
n Scots wirds ye winna fin in es beuk fooiver lang ye seek the
Es bein a twa-wyes dictionar, A
3 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
usic @craigjohndavsn Fit's aw es teuchter jet lag chat like? W(2016)
@johnnydee72 fit's es rock n' roll racket emanating(2016)

@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith It his es wik #sair(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
hale piece like. Jist look at es ah e' noo. Using Twitter tae (2019)
@FaeFoggie @air_ingy Es phones Doric spell checker st(2019)
cPhrases I hope e last line o es statement disnae say "....new(2020)
@DoricPhrases @FaeFoggie es wiks fat Fridays fare is broc(2019)
e pan loaf'll be in owerdrive es wikend. Nae idea fit they're (2020)
and 3 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
-ES~-NSI-: ILITY on page 169

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
whin ma maw brung 'um hame, 'es a year yunger rin me an' a'v
'E flung mey wan e' 'es luks an' a kent whit 'e meant
whin ma uncle Toamy stapped 'es dowt doon ri wee lum it sent
whin ma uncle Toamy stapped 'es dowt doon it.
uncle Toamy's a tradesman sa 'es git a few mair bob aboot 'um.
5 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
he big coal fire’ll burn ‘es bum
An’ the rest ‘e ‘es rounds ‘e’ll no’ achiev
says a widnae be back tae ‘es gaff
he pare wee sowel hid cote ‘es tail An' 'e hudnae the sense
Ma wee dug coked ‘es leg oan the standard lamp
7 matches

Dundee

Glasgow

General Central

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 58 - The Wa-Ganging o the Meinister, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
His soirées are as dreich as the grave-ya on page 80

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ration in the lichtshad abune es hairless pow. He'd been aboot on page 18

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
jings, thir wis merriment in es eyes. He wint doon tae London on page 43
Mr Houston wid remember that es ain son had died, so here whi on page 44
c'mon,' Kevin says, an e put es fists up. on page 45
dney used tae shout things in es sleep, things that shocked ye on page 47

24 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
reverrons mes frères, ce n’es(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
ny CDs sittin in cupboards it ES?(2016)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
his wife Kate,(whae kam oot o Es’dalemuir) i Hoscote Ludge y
Es’dalemuir. The Sheep Dipper
2 matches

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
alkeet doon The Avenue. Juist es a was gaun along past The Cau
on the same side o' the river es the new hospital. Of, course
and kinda disguises the fish es they soom up against the flow
t a fish and was fair excited es hei came back tae the bankin'
4 matches

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
left the toon and then juist es oo were at the check-oot, oo
in the Borders efter the war es weel es other nationalities.
weel es other nationalities.
rant, an' oov hed Chinese for es slang es a can remember. Thon
slang es a can remember. Thone food is
7 matches

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
got less and less every year es mair veterans frae the twae w
rs in recent times hev served es a stark reminder that the lis
2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

General Ulster