A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'las'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lasOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.5189
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 32.8 3 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 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)
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 98.4 7 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of las in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
gaun on. The biggest ane - 'Las Fallas' fas in Mairch ivery ' on page 4

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West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e said that, ah remembert the las time me an Charlene went tae on page 162

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
nd, de Montholon, Gourgaud an Las Cases,
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General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
taen bi boat til a resort on 'Las Isletas' in the Loch o Nicara on page 34

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@raiphsays tweeted
Las day tae get 15% aff! ?? https(2020)
Las day tae get 15% aff! Hit rede(2020)
Las day tae get 15% aff! T-shirts(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
In my eulogy, I missed out Las Malivinas. I was 19 during th (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
is hoyed bi 1987 though maist LAs had banned it afore then. Sae(2020)

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
2. The las' plen hadnae the ootcum o' mi on page 13
the Boord o' Ulster-Scotch'es las' Covid roun' onie 29% wur reg on page 37
10 an' 12 festivals fer the las' wheen o' yeirs. In 2021 ten on page 45
Aa the tim' o' the las' Ulster-Scots plen hit wus th on page 46
centres wus mentioned in the las' plen. Sae wus pilotin' on page 68
Also on pages 70
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Depairtment fur Commonities Hargey announces heidwie oan plens fer Airish an’ Ulster-Scots, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
“In Juin las’ yeir A announced waark oan
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