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Use in varieties of Scots

yanks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 5.5 3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1311 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 6 2

Occurrences of yanks in Corpus

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Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
d end wi the Roushians an the Yanks blawin the warld tae smithere on page 23

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
obsessit wi sookin up tae the Yanks that they hae succumbed tae t on page 56
different sets o fowk - the Yanks an the Saudi Arabians. The gr on page 116
e Saudis... weel, jist as the Yanks represent their lost pouer, s on page 117

6 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
dinna whant ti talk like thi Yanks on page 118

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
an we got talkin. Like aa the Yanks he'd plenty dough, widnae let on page 136

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hrough there!’ he spits, an yanks it open again.
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Yin for the yanks https://t.co/0r9WjrPNtZ(2020) search twitter

Doric

Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
An the Yanks refine sae weel. on page 74

1 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
e wiz in america. Kane fit at yanks are like. Joris voorn at awak(2013) search twitter

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