A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ains Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.6 5.1 7.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1510 5 0 0 0 0
Number of authors5 3 2

Occurrences of ains 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.

Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
me fur Monday. Mind, the auld ains say that a dirty bairn's a he on page 4
a mind. Ah tell them the auld ains ma ain mither telt me, aboot on page 6
inks she's wan better than us ains.' on page 8
the auld ains an' went fae the cradle tae t on page 10
men'll be jist like oor auld ains, they'll kin awthin'. If ye j on page 13
Also on pages 32, 34
8 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
te jaicket. Ah dinnae fink he ains another. on page 7

1 matches

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
rs in the Warld War. The auld ains wir pair fowk noo an the auld
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Fa ains thon cleuk merks, sherp an br on page 11
Fa ains thon track that dwinnles awa? on page 15
Fa ains thon paa prents rinnin awa? on page 26

3 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
s richt up aire on the list o ains tae veesit, acause it will re on page 17

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Funcy ains, wi yalla icin, an chocolate
1 matches

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