A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'las'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lasOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72911
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 15.8 12 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of las in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
gaun on. The biggest ane - 'Las Fallas' fas in Mairch ivery ' on page 4

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West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e said that, ah remembert the las time me an Charlene went tae on page 162

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
nd, de Montholon, Gourgaud an Las Cases,
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General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
Organisations incluidin Ceòlas argued forby that Bòrd na Gà on page 11
e, An Comunn Gaidhealach, Ceòlas, FC Sonas, Misneachd Alba and on page 13
- frae Cnoc Soilleir and Ceòlas, tae Taigh Chearsabhagh and A on page 15
rd na Gàidhlig, MG ALBA, Ceòlas and Comann nam Pàrant (Nàis on page 20
Bòrd na Gàidhlig, Ceòlas, FC Sonas, Stòrlann and Misn on page 29
Also on pages 35, 43
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
taen bi boat til a resort on 'Las Isletas' in the Loch o Nicara on page 34

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@raiphsays tweeted
Las day tae get 15% aff! ?? https(2020)
Las day tae get 15% aff! Hit rede(2020)
Las day tae get 15% aff! T-shirts(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
In my eulogy, I missed out Las Malivinas. I was 19 during th (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
is hoyed bi 1987 though maist LAs had banned it afore then. Sae(2020)

General Ulster

Depairtment fur Commonities Hargey announces heidwie oan plens fer Airish an’ Ulster-Scots, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
“In Juin las’ yeir A announced waark oan
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