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The word 'yass'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yassOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.6349
ORK - Orkney 139.1 14 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 32.6 6 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 84.3 6 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of yass in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
"Yass," says Inga, "grand that. Tho on page 10
y enogh, so Astrid sayed her "Yass" afore myndan sheu wis faithl on page 32
ntains in the solar system?" "Yass. Else hid wis gey haird tae s on page 67
ee thee thir?" an Noor says, "Yass." on page 77
uss whit A'm spaekan aboot?" "Yass, yass," says Unn, coothie an on page 86
Also on pages 87, 99, 106, 141, 159, 162
13 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
“Yass. Else hid wis gey haird tae s
1 matches

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@ToHull_andback @NatalieAHood Yass picked i richt een!(2020)
Yass(2020)
Yass(2020)

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
@SheltieDon Yass yet a star min. Ayel be spear(2020)
@SheltieDon Yass cheers sheltie I luv it(2020)
@AberdeenWarbot Yass go on dazler(2020)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
id, An it's nice tae be nice. Yass, said Karen, Ah'm gettin a do on page 169

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
sin wis laughin hur heed aff. Yass! The wee man's gonnae pop his on page 6
stand brave, still smiling. "YASS! You fuckin tell 'um, wee man on page 25
"Yass, new phone fur me!' an elder on page 27

4 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
front and ahd be like that, 'Yass man.' Noo, ah know ah said si on page 75

1 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
is oot the day troops. Guid. Yass. https://t.co/EkaOq26bXb (2020) twitter link

General Central

@Cobradile94 tweeted
ones @OperaScots @DrMDempster Yass! A'm *so* gaun'ae be thare!(2018)

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
@raiphsays @SgothanGeal YASS!!!! Ave jus hay ma tea, gae m (2021) twitter link
@SgothanGeal @CeeferCrafts YASS! *Dancis aboot like it's 1992(2021)
@raiphsays Yass! Mind yer aww happed up, gye (2021) twitter link
@SgothanGeal @CeeferCrafts YASS! *Dancis aboot like it's 1992 (2021) twitter link
@SgothanGeal @raiphsays YASS! This'll be aww of us???? htt(2021)
and 1 other occurrences.