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The word 'paas'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
paasOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.2145
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 1
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 156.9 5 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of paas in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
an muckle great paas, on page 2
aest wae long tusks an coorse paas on page 12

2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
e-wyes bi da fire, lickin her paas an on page 22
ss! Da Duchess! Oh my tings o paas! O my oo an whiskers! Sho'll on page 33
Da Gryphon liftit baith his paas in surprise. "Whit! Never hea on page 97
iters hoidit der faces wi der paas. on page 98
loss, an dey wiöve der front paas ta baet time, while da Mock T on page 100

5 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
ippit caat wi fite fuskers an paas nae shaw himsel at e apen doo on page 27

1 matches

General Northern

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
the kitlins wir black wi fite paas but the ither een wis strippi
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
nice bae the fire, lickin hir paas an waashin hir dial-an shae's on page 22
ess! The Duchess! Aw mae dear paas! Aw mae furr an whuskers! Sha on page 33
e Gryphon liftet up baith its paas in shock. "Niver hear't o ugl on page 95
etters hid thir dials in thir paas. on page 97
ar haun, an flaffin thir fore-paas tae mark time, whiles the Moc on page 99

5 matches

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