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Use in varieties of Scots

itherwise Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.4 21.3 17.6 9.9 0 43.7 30.9
Number of occurrences6340 11 1 0 4 7
Number of authors34 22 6 1 1 4

Occurrences of itherwise in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
whoever-it-is, ah'll come up: itherwise, ah'll jist wait doon here ti on page 20
unkey cause he wis in livery: itherwise, judgin bi his face, she'd hi on page 55
ever imagine yersel no tae be itherwise than whit it might appear tae on page 90
must've been up tae nae guid, itherwise ye'd hiv signed yer name like on page 117

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
kie, gaun by the fancy claes: itherwise, gaun by the luik o his face, on page 44

4 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a kin o scrievin that widnae itherwise be. An that his aiblins een a on page 36

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
reaty hisnae cheenged a whit, itherwise the near total Scottish pairl on page 28

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
oot whaur ye decide tae sit. Itherwise, ye mairch intae the clessroo on page 4
a bed at aw weekends is cause itherwise ye wind up lyin there wi brai on page 16

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
thing oot o the ordinar, but itherwise it's jist a neuk, and if onyb on page 97

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
e processes at Ah documentit. Itherwise, it's back tae the inconseque on page 9

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e gie her some patter pronto, itherwise he wis gonnae get chibbed. on page 15

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Nae Tae Be Taein, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
faw's gaein tae tell thaim itherwise? on page 41

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
riptions for ti offer. Ti dae itherwise wad seem ti say at onie creit on page 4

1 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
tober 1962 by Robert Garioch (itherwise kent as Gearie) is yin o ma f on page 46

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n the minds o Scots wha micht itherwise hae forsaken their ain leid.
1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
es moanin ti the burgh bugle, itherwise Rab’s wife, an Ah suppose
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
keech telt her whit she micht itherwise hae come to disbelieve – th
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
hway, ma final thoct efter an itherwise crackin couple o’ days in t
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
il. Adeed, "Synthetic Scots" (itherwise kent as "Lallans", "Braid Sco
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
German, Australian, Dutch or itherwise. Ah dinnae dae it oot o affec
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
on ma side. Anyone who thocht itherwise seemed awmaist an alien tae m
1 matches

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Aw thir daeins — alleged or itherwise — aside, the’r nae dout t
1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Boswell’s Coort, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ed nae cuisine – nouveau or itherwise,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tae pass his learnin on til. Itherwise aa his knawledge wis cauld ci
ssible tae socialise wi thaim itherwise. They had a kinna glow o ment
h, Beatrice thocht, a quality itherwise attainable only be years o me
ssible tae socialise wi thaim itherwise. They had a kinna glow o ment
h, Beatrice thocht, a quality itherwise attainable only be years o me
5 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
e ither fremmit leid in their itherwise English speech; thon is tae s
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
wis wirkin, Ah ken that much. Itherwise, ???????(2020) search twitter
wur white. Dinnae kid yersel itherwise. ??(2020) search twitter
It shud ayeweys taste great. Itherwise it's a dear disappyntment. Tr(2020) search twitter
fice Ah anely like guacamole. Itherwise, Ah've nae time fer avocados.(2020) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
wis a potential prob fur me, itherwise it wid hae worked a treat an (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e. The only black spot oan an itherwise perfeck day wis Eric: bi the on page 17

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ye've munaged te convince ma itherwise." on page 34

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
acie, a wee roch patch in the itherwise gleamin silky greens an gowds
n Isie, ae bricht spot in the itherwise dreich horizon. Isie's fowk h
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
'Twis the same Jed Anderson, itherwise kent as Bappy, that hid gotte
aa be in their ain hames – itherwise the pain factor wad stert ele
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
face and limbs blank o colour itherwise. In the draawin o his mom, he
er grand-bairnie fa widna get itherwise.
2 matches

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
Itherwise, ah'll be a henpeckit loon!
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ugh ma words are in Engurlish itherwise ye wudnae be able tae un'erst(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
icht as rain seen. Chinny up (itherwise it'll be unner at watt(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
no safe itherwise, he'll tak his dues whut waey on page 117

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
an because hei was in livery: itherwise, judgin b' eis face itsel, sh on page 54
e'er imagine eersel no tae b' itherwise than whit eet micht appear ta on page 90

4 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
an baecaas hae wus in livery, itherwise, gan bae haes face only, shae on page 55
er imagine yersel nae tae bae itherwise than what micht hae bin wus i on page 91

4 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
an the' hae shut thair een. itherwise the' cud see wi thair een, th on page 9

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
eip projects at they micht no itherwise bae fit tae on page 37

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
would hae tae be conditional, itherwise folk are plain daft. Nae daic (2015) twitter link

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