Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

jaist	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	17.4	0	0	0	0	0	280.7
Number of occurrences	58	0	0	0	0	0	58
Number of authors	7						7

Occurrences of jaist in Corpus

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Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Drapped, hingin jaist, an he come roon, then, on page 11
'Ye jaist had tae aks!'' on page 13
Rin ower it jaist yince mair. Weel daen! on page 34
y conthrairy hoors theirsels. Jaist dhrappin the name'll gar them on page 49
An a the men an weemen's jaist ectthers: on page 51

7 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
wattérs aye aboot Fur tides jaist rap, on page 25
But ithers thocht, jaist wait an see, on page 46

2 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Jaist waitin fur tha morra. on page 18
Thon waal still there bot jaist na seen, on page 35
This beece wais jaist a leeven thing. on page 47

3 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ween tha trams (A dinnae mine jaist hoo) on page 5
An gin ye cannae get a taxi, jaist ye dannér hame yer lane. on page 6
Hugh's brither John leeved jaist a wheen o yairds awa frae tha on page 8
Jaist afore dayligan, in Septemmer. on page 10
leeved oot at Loughriescouse, jaist ootside Newton. He had bin bo on page 15
Also on pages 16, 17, 19, 22, 31
10 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
yin an gie it a gae, or mebbe jaist pick a poame an hae a read. O on page 1
ae nonsense an complainin and jaist loved me oniewye plus she's g on page 2
Me Da jaist shuk his heid an said "A said on page 10
rew it in the bin, weel me Da jaist simply wudnae. on page 11
An jaist like thon the air is fillt, on page 13
Also on pages 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 31, 32, 33, 36, 39, 41, 42, 45, 47, 48, 50, 53, 56, 57
30 matches

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
These fowk brocht no jaist a lenguage bot a hale wie o l
ae sitch thing as hie. The’ jaist cut tha gress twarthie times
tha deid man’s fing’rs or jaist eat tha claas an tail o tha l
an tha waars o tha roses, an jaist aboot iveriethin else that ha
that’s yer heid Yer nose is jaist yer neb Lugs is ears, an yer
5 matches

@fairfaaye tweeted
Ye may jaist thole tae its better. Thi(2020) search twitter