A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

av Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words50.6 69.4 28.6 9.9 0 72.4 0
Number of occurrences162135 19 1 0 7 0
Number of authors26 17 6 1 2

Occurrences of av in Corpus

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Central

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Lamentatiouns wi the Ninth o Av, Qohelet (or Ecclesiastes) wi on page viii

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
otheby's. Insteed ah find oot av goat a watch that ah need tae on page 18

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
got up an got off thir mark. Av coorse, the family back in Wa on page 76

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
A went intae mournin, av coorse. Weel, ye hiv tae show on page 59

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
an hedna gotten nae guid o'd avà. Jaírus himsel cums oot as on page 135

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
an that tae the Russians. An av coorse the Germans in thir U on page 43

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Av coorse ye're wantin me tae pi
1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Uniform, (Scots Hoose 2012) Central, weans
Av goat tae wear a uniform
1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Shoapaholic, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Av goat a passion for fashion
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
endums. Indyref, Brexit, even AV - when it comes tae the ball
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
t ah phonecall fae the army n av no seen him since. So it’s
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
rised if we even git in here, Av got terrible fake ID, am staw
tawnds oot like a sare thumb, Av got the sex pest, whos gonny
he place, then tae tap it aff Av got Tweedle Dee and Tweedle D
3 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
av hud enough
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
bucks fir mi tae play here n av joost broke 90 strokes fir th
Av nae clue wit a Paul Merton iz
tandin’ a few feet away. ‘Av got an empty. A fuckin’ lov
3 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e gossip an hearsay wen idle. Av mer leisure time noo, yae see
high maintenance, a suppose. Av history oan ma side tho.
2 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
reenges into the living room. Av worked it oot.
1 matches

Letford, William This Is It, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central - Stirling, poetry
November. Christmas is close. Av been
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ye as the scotch drinker tbh, av got a new level of respect fo(2020) search twitter

@ionafyfe tweeted
ike the maist braw video game av iver heard o!(2020) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
rus Weil tha's the furst time av hurd that.... ul be trying ta (2021) twitter link
ed is chocolate or apple pie, av jist hud thu latter, slurp?? (2021) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
72 Hold oot tae full time cos av got 4-1 Bayern! ?? (2021) twitter link
odd ways tae eat them. Think av done about 50/60 ways but lea (2021) twitter link
uck, but don't get grumpy cos av out pointed ye ?? (2021) twitter link
break the ice al be sound, so av a few month tae figure oot ho (2021) twitter link
@_AVK72 Most raves av went tae av ended up mawkit! (2021) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

@LowEndJardo tweeted
ut also this is the most slim av ever been n aw ma retro footb (2021) twitter link
Really annoyed that av sat n got pished masel but oo (2021) twitter link
newmains for a 7 spices cause av broke the seal, god bless the (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
c1066 its sair tae bare m8 - av hud tae pit it aff (2021) twitter link
@amyjcanavan best display av seen by a keeper and a group (2021) twitter link
lsonauthor aye a seen that - av got awe angles covered nudge (2021) twitter link
lays at seafield cos if it is av seen thae lads - take nae pr (2021) twitter link
@BBCScotlandNews best news av herd today - total rip aff l (2020) twitter link
and 87 other occurrences.

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
lykit sae much, bit eit leest av steil got em aw lokket up en on page 7
Far's ma brither?'' A thocht, Av niver seen em since eis incid on page 17
ay, bit a hoap an a pray, eit av rooint hee's fleichenwell tri on page 27
ae generatien tae generatien. Av seen masel verra neer getten on page 28
tae Danny, get yer beet's on, av seen wer dainer. So we loupet on page 31
Also on pages 32, 34, 41, 62, 68
10 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Nae kiss fae me ye'll get av noo, on page 9
His hooves av noo ye couldna see! on page 17
A good ceol mor av noo he played, on page 30

4 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
up at the blotch, 'nae bother av aa.' on page 77

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
ent relatit tae road traivel. Av course trees will hiv haen ta
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Av got a drouth on....awa ti rai(2019) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
@ChelZReese @RHanratty99 Av mair reason tae be feart. Got(2020) search twitter
Av got a Willie Tache if at help(2020) search twitter

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
WiWildlife All the same now. 'Av it!(2020) search twitter

Southern

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
oor community that a'm share av heard Ian Landles sing a sang
1 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
bbyRobson46 @asiareilly bobby av seen e playin rugby e wudni e(2012) search twitter
hink he wul. A coud say what av herd ali?(2012) search twitter
@hornet_2011 @asiareilly av got ma top off, cup o coffee,(2012) search twitter
@jamieginger173 av got that many gid pictirs jam(2012) search twitter
yRobson46 thats the best hing av herd cum oot yir mooth for a (2012) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

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