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The word 'yaas'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yaasOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.9227
ORK - Orkney 188.8 19 5
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of yaas in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
"Yaas, beuy!" I answered, kennan fi on page 19

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Yaas, thoo're a bonny peedie lass. on page 5
Yaas, notheen's further fae me tho on page 10
I didna say yaas tae his offer - at the same on page 43
e hoose that I built mesel - yaas, I cairried every block - An on page 65
Yaas - weel - things are no aalw on page 72
Also on pages 79, 80
13 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
d, but is feart, so says, "Oh yaas," lukkan oot, an notheen more on page 118
ens gowd an refuses tae quyt. Yaas, thir aye a wey. Fer her pair on page 142

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
‘Oh, yaas,’ said Mr Dursley, his hair
his hairt sinkan horribly. ‘Yaas, I ken whit ye mean.’
2 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@shonamain Yaas! Vote wae thee feet!(2020)

General Central

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Yaas! https://t.co/UE9pyt8HVD(2019)
Yaas! 123 follaers! ??(2018)

@iainnicol tweeted
@fionaruthbo Yaas. You should be ma lawyer.(2020)