A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

yank Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 3 1.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences86 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors7 5 1 1

Occurrences of yank in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Howls a Yank. 'Man, Ah cain't git no satis on page 34

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ie years o idolisin aw things Yank, They are bettin that they ci on page 56

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
help, an the driller, anither Yank, fae Louisiana an rejoicin in on page 48

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
mates. Inside, there wis this Yank, sittin aa by hissel, haein a on page 136

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
A pull ma cap oot ma bag, yank it on, staun up, and near kei
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
ually tae free the fabric, no yank it while the needle's still i(2020) search twitter

Doric

@beast_afc tweeted
tae win a soccer sex war? Fit yank wiz dein the heedlines ana? S(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
You gotta give to thon Yank. He can hate with the best of(2019) search twitter