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The word 'ss'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ssOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12616
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 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) 219.7 7 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) 54.5 3 1

Occurrences of ss 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.

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e, an yea canna dinnaye eit!!"ss Weel Baggy, we toung stikken on page 10

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"ss neest Setterday?" Morrice abo on page 39

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
".+ss these auld withered hands wil on page 10

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
p rubbish as tastes like ?? p#ss! Ony suggestions(2016)

West Central

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

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
med oaf; the Dormoose fell - ss asleep straight away, an nane on page 74

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Broonie, who isnae a natural ss track n field man, looks like on page 46

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
« ss on page 1

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"cin ve walk langeneuch." ee ss em ve oo on page 44

2 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
rmair set fit oan ma ain Isle ss Sanday.' on page 14

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
Schellenberg shilpit nixt ees SS-beefers on page 38

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ked ye if ye heard thim: 'The SS is comin, we've been betrayed on page 47

2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
@FireBurn I've just got the SS today Mike.. The Hubble is in (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
maist utmaist universal views ss jist hoo haurd it is tae writ on page 77

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
what a cheeky weelàss shae'll think A am fur axin! on page 10
oot wi tryin, the peur weelàss sut doon an gret. on page 14
," said Alice, "a quare weelàss lik yae," (shae micht weel sa on page 17
"A - A'm a weelàss," said Alice, a weethin doubt on page 52
t. "A hae seen monies a weelàss in mae time, but niver yin wi on page 53
Also on pages 72, 94
7 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
d tae see me bi giein me a kïss, but thïs wumman haesnae sta on page 82
tae Jesus, an gien hïm a kïss o greetin. But Jesus sayed ta on page 108

3 matches

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