Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ash'

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Use in varieties of Scots

ash	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	10.2	34	25
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	17.4	3	3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.2	2	1
WCE - West Central	13.3	3	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	1
GLA - Glasgow	25.1	5	4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	10.5	8	5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	55.8	4	3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)	327	2	1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
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 ash 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.

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
ash-light peepan. She gret fur th on page 19

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
oot o' trees. Ask was made o' ash, tough and used fir weapon ha(2020)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@_amygear_ yes, ess = ash! And patti = swine :) LOVE yu(2020)

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Army Medical Services Museum Ash Vale has added ma part writte(2016)

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e Companion' could manage. An ash, lurkin amon 'The Red Herring on page 22

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I've nae cash tae get the ash on page 96

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Bert managed to flick his tab ash in his pint when he went to t(2016)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
l tae avoid Mary's wee pile o ash an doupies. Yince in his room on page 39
book wis a dirty pile o black ash. He carefully gathered every on page 43

2 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Slate and blaes and reid ash mell on page 129

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Is all that ash burnt roses leave, O Di's sad on page 44
Hud a fowr tier black ash Hi-Fi shelf on page 140

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
raes are nou, poued up a yung ash sapling fae the grunds an too on page 122

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
An Weir, noo ash, rook-squawked, some heard, on page 112

2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
th disappear, back up the red ash path n oot ae the park. Our o on page 25
aps a game of football on the ash park afterwards. on page 57

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
perty. No yir typical Glesga ash trays pilin up party tinged w on page 3

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ff, lang lang syne and rotten ash saggin on page 53

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tle beauty in a cloud strewn, ash grey sky.
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
An ash in grate. on page 16

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
n. Sae Aafaither Odin ruik an ash tree tae mak man, an an elm t on page 14

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
e saulless flesh, nae sterile ash mak end; on page 35
Stinkin like an ash-tray, wi reek-raddled luik, on page 65

2 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Is noo an ash o beak and feather on page 13

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
doon in a tiny spray, a kindo ash landing in the dark on the ye
nder if that’s because this ash wis a dead thing, and water i
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
litter, burn up an turn intae ash on page 9

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
o mud an ash in an effort tae keep on page 195

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
gae covert, still hauds human ash. A haun-wringin guide tells u on page 14

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
biggent wi ash, an dream o the hairst, on page 43

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Wae mae ash plant unner mae oxter on page 13
Wae mae ash plant unner mae oxter on page 14

2 matches