A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ye's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.7 16.1 6 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3832 4 0 0 1 1
Number of authors14 12 1 1 1

Occurrences of ye's in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
a show ae presentin them tae ye's baith for approval afore yer on page 76
istance stertit showin atween ye's efter a while. Noticeable. A on page 77
wis seen smilin and noddin as ye's blethered at the purvey, pick on page 80

11 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ole the dark an the sky abuin ye's black, on page 95

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tae Hell wi the bluidy loat o ye's! Stick aa yer prayers up yer on page 104
their pants doon, ye's dinnae ken hou hard it is fir on page 111

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And speculate awey for aw ye's want on page 107

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
in the car, laddie. I'll gie ye's baith a hurl tae the station, on page 27
s week I've cleaned this. Can ye's no find a better place tae st on page 38
rest o the family. Whit have ye's all been doing with yourselve on page 92

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
f intil yer poke, A hecht ye, ye's be hangit at the neist assyse on page 9

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
morn I sal pit ma buits on an ye's be mair walthie yit, for I ha on page 42

5 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
a byordnar tuppeny stamp like ye's uise on a letter - datit etc on page 72

1 matches

Piondargas, Criostoir , (no publisher recorded 2015) Central, prose
Ye'd think some of ye's were borne in the 17t century
ne in the 17t century the wey ye's were gaun on. Gin A daednae l
2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
ed it's MOT.. And let me tell ye's, it's cauld oot there.. :( Ne (2023) twitter link
he hum drum... ?? .. Mind how ye's go KA... (2023) twitter link
? Have a guid day all.. Catch ye's later.. :) (2023) twitter link

@MartinBroon tweeted
@ClydeSOF2003 Did Ye's win? ???????(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
in thon UK wan he ony issues. Ye's need tae dae sumthin aboot it (2022) twitter link

Doric

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
tae them, "A've come here for ye's, on page 8
A'll pull ye's doon intae ma lair!" on page 9
Bi day A'll hae ye's rakin coals, on page 15
Thi look o ye's like young romance, on page 20

4 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
ye's get nae siller howkan yir gut on page 129

1 matches

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
ennox @WomenAloudNI Ah brill, ye's are all wile nice!(2020) search twitter