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waant Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words30.4 28.2 8 238.5 17.4 0 39.8
Number of occurrences9453 5 24 3 0 9
Number of authors22 12 2 4 2 2

Occurrences of waant in Corpus

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Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Whoof! Ye waant tae see that cut,' he telt Al on page 35

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
' Ach, whit dae ye waant tae gan thair fir whan the Ki on page 26
'Aye, see'n it's whit ye waant.' on page 27

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ys I, haudin oot ma dout. 'Ye waant a draw, huv a draw. Murder gi on page 1

15 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ar fur the leid itsel. Gin ye waant tae git yer heid roon the aul on page 59

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ched, he'Il tell ye he disnae waant label't as a on page 110
If ye waant forbidden fruit that's hidden on page 114
like houghmagandie when'er ah waant it, nane o yer on page 115
dinnae waant tae luik daft that is); yet y on page 119

6 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
At first we thocht it wes the waant o companie o hiz ain keind at on page 4

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
gowdie intil the air, ontil a waant o confidenss begoud ti ring i on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
rs. It wes kenspekkil fur its waant o hingins an cushinin - aner on page 1

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
ye puir fremm buddie. Ye wul waant ti gang owre the loch ti mak on page 8

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
ah waant a wurd wi ye on page 79
didnae waant yir tea, did ye on page 82

2 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
We waant ti thank aa the screivers sub on page 4

3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
t fetch a gully ... Ah dinnae waant tae ken whaur it cam frae. Mo on page 17

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
n. It’s ma warl, an A dinna waant onie ither. Whitlik it hesna
1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Nae wunner yer mammy disnae waant ye,” ah said. “Ye stink.
a heid in her coat. Ah didnae waant bombed or shot. Then she lit
2 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
en Ah couldna guess an didnae waant tae see… Ah ging through-by
expect tae see – no whit Ah waant tae see – Ah ken the differ
2 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ature. Here, in a smaw wey, I waant tae ruff ma feet in respeck f
at owersettin can dae, that I waant tae gie voice tae the day, is
2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
d.” Davie sayed. “Ah jist waant tae see an end o the hale cir
k hid tae sweer an she wadnae waant him hearin hes Dad bein glaik
“Thai waant hingin..”
3 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
he run up, sa ri last 'hing A waant tae sit doon tae oan xmas day
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
The skipper ast me did a’ waant a wee shoat
A waant tae sit doon bit a jeest cann
ye fur whye Whoever much they waant tae pyee ‘Cos thur'd be mai
3 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
“An why wid ye waant tae keek at me? Fyr noo ye hi
“Sae Laran Bhain, ye waant me tae tell ye how tae win th
2 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
mean @ross_xunningham ??. Ye waant tae see whit that lot done ta(2020) search twitter

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
rs ye, ye wee mangrel. Gin ye waant me tae tell ye fit wye Ah'm s on page 84

4 matches

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
airies in the past. Ah dinnae waant tae be involved wi ye. on page 40

1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
But me puggie is rummlan, I waant sometheen good! on page 21

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
rtan that morning, but didno, waant tae say anything, or be runna on page 14

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
the wires o her craft. "Ye'll waant tae spaek tae Eynar on page 9
this teum shapes is jeust the waant o starns. Thay glup the orang on page 34
hulks. So mibbe this bairn'll waant tae brak the next speed barri on page 38
An Margit turns. "I waant gets notheen,' sheu says like on page 40
, if thir both fund whit thay waant, or need, or no, or if thir m on page 49
Also on pages 57, 74, 76, 90, 96, 104, 116, 118, 150
19 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
lukan like he might jist waant tae spaek - on page 23

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
the Potters awey; they didna waant Dudley mixan wi a bairn like
canna believe it … I didna waant tae believe it … Oh, Albus
2 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
at held nae maer da fizz a'waant ir vaam, on page 14

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
i mæst ava waant t'waatch a kartoon on page 12

1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2017) Shetland
Dis is YOUR group an' we waant it tae be licht-herted an' fu

Ulster

Swannock Fulton, Rab ahm grinnin lik an eejit , (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Ulster - Galway, poetry
ahv gote hunnurs ah waant tae say on page 38

1 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
Waant o fordèrsum yokkin fur tha g on page 14
in, fynnin oot whut thair's a waant o an takkin weirin mizhures t on page 17
guid. It recks gyely 'at tha waant o Ulstèr-Scotch hannlin wi t on page 37
hair's a wittin 'at thair's a waant, baith adae wi stent an gye g on page 38
(a) Yokk til tha waant o a throu-bearin, ae-yokit Ul on page 39
Also on pages 48, 51, 54
8 matches

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