A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ahint

The word 'yies'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yiesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.3211
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 107.6 21 1
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)
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 yies 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.

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ckin mad bastarts. Watch whit yies ur dain.’ he sais, smilin b
roon the roondaboot, ‘HOPE YIES GET PUMPED!’ he shouts, hin
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n the door. ‘Fuck sake, dae yies know whit time it is?’ ah s
e ye start aw that boozin. Ur yies hungry, boays? Get yer claes
n doon the road. ‘Get it up yies, fuckin Orange bastarts! Tioc
at plans fur me the day. Whit yies dain yersels?’ ‘We’re g
by Ibrox. Jump in the back if yies want.’ he sais, tae his Mis
5 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rin the windae. ‘Ah kin see yies!’ he sais, laughin, like we
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an get tae fuck! Ah’ve telt yies aboot hingin aboot roon here!
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t! Sorry lads, nae offence if yies ur Jungle Jims or that but th
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Right, ah’ll no keep yies any longer.’ ah sais, grabb
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ilin his airms aboot. ‘WHIT YIES FUCKIN LOOKIN AT?’ he shout
h an that. Ah’m no here fur yies tae take the cunt oot ay. Ahâ
€™s how. Ah don’t know whit yies ur laughin at. It’s no funn
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
at an get a fire gaun. ‘Did yies find it?’ ah shout tae the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
esponse, ‘. . . ah’m sure yies’ll work it oot between yers
ur helpin there, awfy nice ay yies.’ she sais, ‘whit’s his
‘Look, ah fuckin telt yies –’ the same cunt, Monty,
€™ he sais, mockingly, ‘Huv yies goat the money?’
t. Get tae fuck, the baith ay yies. An you? If you ever come tae
5 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Whit yies huvin ladies, is it the same
1 matches

Web Analytics