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Use in varieties of Scots

pleasin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 3.5 3 0 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences127 2 0 1 1 1
Number of authors12 7 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of pleasin 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
hey serpents! Thir's jist nae pleasin them! on page 52

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ut thae serpents! There's nae pleasin o thaim!" on page 44

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
in meenit-pleasin universal on page 59

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
an cracklin an aa kin o ither pleasin deinties. Thrym culdna traist on page 14

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
framed within a pleasin on page 81

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
yairn at cums fu-ceirkil in a pleasin wey, an gin ye get a sense o on page 5

1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
her systers wyr, byt she wis pleasin in her ain way.
1 matches

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
an tickets pleasin, hunkies waved like flags, on page 35

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
an on in his ain kirk b'wye o pleasin themsels. Sae Fergie's there on page 24

1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@IanHigton Dirs joost no pleasin some folk (2018) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"but yon snakes! There's nae pleasin thum!" on page 51

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"but thim snakes! Thur's nae pleasin thim!" on page 52

1 matches

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