A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

aesy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.5 7.6 0 119.2 174.4 0 0
Number of occurrences5715 0 12 30 0 0
Number of authors17 2 6 10

Occurrences of aesy in Corpus

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Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
· Aesy Teach, Aesy Lairn
aerious consideration wi what aesy it micht be tae mak an teach
Aesy Teach, Aesy Lairn
hree principles for makkin it aesy tae teach. Here ae wey o makk
ic, naething that onybody can aesy see the pynt in. Sae as lang'
10 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
wumman quick as A could. It's aesy tae git yer heid in a creel a
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
The 20t century haes aesy been the warst for the langag
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ifferin pronunciations, an is aesy recognised as a Scots word. T
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
"Thoo'll come?" asks Øyvind, aesy enogh, so Astrid sayed her "Y on page 32
the Argyre Sea. The more thir aesy an bonnie, the more her uim g on page 94
eu's chaenged enogh tae no be aesy clyped on tae her faithers? A on page 104
the set's centre, the dancers aesy sweengan by. on page 138

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Me mother didna hae an aesy life, no minny mod cons aroun on page 35

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
n tae stey calm, fur they can aesy git fleggit at this stage and on page 86

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Aye, hid's aesy tae sit in judgment. on page 127

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Aesy tae see the plight on page 113

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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
bit hid pushes ye ayont that aesy subjecks forby. Steid o start
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
ry's screed wis wrote in this aesy tong. Sae nae wunner at, whan
ed wir projects an problems i aesy hegemonic understandeen. Hou
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Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
ere if ye hiv iny. Reevlan is aesy!

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
whin dey laekit, so hit wisna aesy ta ken whin da race wis ower. on page 27
r Alice plotit. "But du's dat aesy offendit, du kens!" on page 31
nae doot aboot dat, an aafil aesy an tidy ta set a-goin; da onl on page 40
id da Hat-makker. "It's aafil aesy ta tak mair as naethin." on page 74

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Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
uth kent dat hit widna be sae aesy stravaigin aa yon wye an dan on page 17
is da Göd Man's son, du cood aesy mak bread oot o yon stons.' B on page 85
e o wan anidder. Hit wisna an aesy job so he towt dat he wid git on page 87
entle an moaderate an you can aesy tak paece. on page 99

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
urn, an fine free black aert, aesy ta dell. Shaltered fae aa ert on page 1
as da boys, an doesna fin it aesy ta mak new freends. Chloe wis on page 10
wi as weel. Andy didna hae an aesy life, fur his graandfokk aye on page 37
streets drinkin wi his pals. Aesy ta get it, just slip a quid t on page 57

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Hit's aesy ta see foo paece offerings on page 46
Dy een möv in an aesy wye, fae me ta image, on page 86
trustin an aesy ta tize on page 111
An aesy love noo an dan, on page 115

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Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
an on da day hit should seem aesy. See if du tries ower herd? D
t seeven, bit dunna lippen an aesy session, du's gaein ta need a
2 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
you glinder your een, you can aesy see da feyness oagin inbi by
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Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ie territory, Michaelswood is aesy tae fin on da main rodd intae
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Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
mair earthquakes. Dere could aesy be mair Görwill rants . . .
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
n her knittin wire. “Du’d aesy look a hunder year younger!
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Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ean fae Wast Burrafirth might aesy aet a trow,” I warned.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
an gies you a gluff hit could aesy be wan o dem. Den dere’s wi
ted steer or clatch she might aesy be tae blame. Yis, trows ir a
2 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
t blue at hit wisna juist dat aesy tae tell whar hit ended an da
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
. Luikin back, hit hedna bön aesy makkin sure naebody kent aboo
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
if only all welsh wis dis aesy https://t.co/vhVnM8YPpv (2021) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
rump bein gone dey still irna aesy tae look back on when you thi(2021) search twitter

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