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Use in varieties of Scots

pas Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.1 6.9 5.9 9.9 0 0 119.8
Number of occurrences5014 4 1 0 0 31
Number of authors15 8 3 1 3

Occurrences of pas in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
o sair she wis every time she pas d watter. Ma een widened but on page 13

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
sen the Roumans cam owre the Pas o Calais. We thocht at we sui on page 13

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
, beleved in verball menes ti pas on infur - mautioun. The Chr on page 47

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Ceilidh, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
pas de bas stottin, on page 115

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
alt it wes fur modren fowk ti pas
yndin auld railwey ferssis ti pas
dna, he thocht i bot jonik ti pas the
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
body got up in the aisles tae pas de bas! This shaw is awthin t
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
'N' mange pas le neige jaune'!
“Je ne sais pas,” oor Caius man said,
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
‘splendour […] dois onlie pas all feminine [surpasses thon
so madame I wein / dois onlie pas all feminine [wimmenkind]’
2 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e neg infeenitivs i Scots (ne pas parler, era impossível eu n(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
It would appear I made a faux pas when sitting in my local caf (2022) twitter link

Doric

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
eft buit and showed me fu tae pas de bas - the basic steps i t on page 124

2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
tick up front. Ye can try and pas yir wye there but ye really d (2020) twitter link

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Aye, innit is like n’est-ce pas, eh no? (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I did a skilful pas-de-bas and pasted on a smile. on page 3

1 matches

Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
tae gie specific examples o' pas' performance tae shew hoo the on page 8
owk wi' a disablement in tims pas' (fer example a boadie wha wu on page 39

9 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
1. In the pas' government promises wurnae k on page 13
Quativer the successes o' the pas' an' challengers tae cum thai on page 14
fae the pas' ir theday. on page 15
rs. Thon isnae a rejection o' pas' Ulster-Scots plennin waark. on page 22
pas' generations. on page 23
Also on pages 26, 28, 31, 54, 60, 72
21 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
@BertSwattermain I cudnae say pas, #UlsterScots (2015) twitter link

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