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The word 'bass'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bassOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.23419
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
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 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 14.6 6 5
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 46.1 9 2
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 5
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)
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 bass in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
fiddle or two, accordion and bass, on page 31

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
tributor fur the Doric wirdie Bass whilk means rug.(2014)

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I spied a bass an a sea bream on page 98

2 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
@mstewart_23 Boom ya Bass(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
pet. Her hert boomed like the bass line oan that rave music the on page 1

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
e and his scuilbag for a tuil-bass, he wis nou a man. on page 95

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Bi the tyme the Bass Rok wes be-eft o’m thai wes
i sauled in hiz yatt roun the Bass ti vissie the
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
n he's talkin aboot a ae-time bass player "We've got his Fender
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@niallbtwit ??. Fife ya bass ?(2020)

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Fur his "Naw!" reachan frae bass tae treble. on page 112

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
t this...guitar...bouzouki... bass...whit the..... on page 3

6 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n subservient tae, the pulsin bass drum ay the track. ‘GAUN YE
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s positively bohemian. Played bass in a band that shall remain n
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ah headed doon here wae ma bass guitar, a bag ay claes an thr
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
- when ye were sent tae the Bass Rock?" on page 30
sot in a solitary cell on the Bass . . . wi nocht tae hear but t on page 31
e Covenant. Imprisoned on the Bass Rock, efter a year his health on page 66

3 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
n thir's nae haar. Ee tae the Bass, and dinna lat thon sail lows on page 14

2 matches

McLeish, Alistair Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
Pll blood an snotter ye, Yah bass! I'd hiv ye stabbed If Stan m on page 42

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
1. Elegie for an Eb Bass Player on page 58
He'll lay his bass wi honour doun, on page 59

2 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
arluke meenister sent tae the Bass Rock in the middle o the Firt

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
enced tae be locked up on the Bass Rock if he didna pay a fine o
The Bass Rock is a richt barren place

@Chazzbat tweeted
@donna_gallers Bass is too bony fer ma likin. Ah (2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
yscot @dundeeunitedfc GYCT ya bass(2020)