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The word 'alas'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
alasOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.24415
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 75.6 31 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of alas in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit, alas fur Uncle Peter, sheu wis wee on page 51
Bit, alas, he'd only stunned him so he on page 57

2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Alas! id wis too late till wish at on page 33

1 matches

General Northern

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
reet yer een oot!) But na na 'Alas poor Yorick!' an 'Breach' een
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Alas, here nae ancient well wis - on page 10
But alas he cam tae a grindin' halt on page 11
Alas, things didnae gan tae plan. on page 18

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The feck o the hoard (alas) wis a goner, That Suze's man on page 17
But alas! Aa pleisure is melled wi pai on page 18

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s moron, Craig?" ah say. But, alas, he decides tae assert his ri on page 136
find in the yelly pages. But, alas, there wis nae takers. Ah'd l on page 155

2 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
or play fitba like Denis Law. Alas nane o these things cam tae p
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
oot awe these dodgy royals - alas it will never happen (2020) twitter link
@BatmanGilmour alas its on other live streams lol (2021) twitter link
ck back - we have to move on alas (2020) twitter link
ted tough times for all clubs alas m8 (2020) twitter link
m - such a shame - shambles alas imo (2020) twitter link
and 18 other occurrences.

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
class bore prefers rugby. But alas, it never came. What did come on page 35

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
roper pair ae mental midgets. Alas, it’s now been made clear t
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
uiet 'n tortured 'n that. But alas she's planned tae emigrate ta on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Alas, complainin’ wullnae change
1 matches

General Central

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Alas! he had, it's plain tae see, on page 62

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Alas, anither licht’s gaed dim
1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
te That is truly awesome, but alas I bide in Embra.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
No wi ma super-duper allergy alas!(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e the gairden richt awa; but, alas fur peur Alice! Whin shae got on page 14

1 matches

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