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Use in varieties of Scots

waantin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.3 14.9 1.6 0 52.3 0 0
Number of occurrences3828 1 0 9 0 0
Number of authors9 6 1 2

Occurrences of waantin in Corpus

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Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Ah fleetched aboot,waantin tae gae ower an ask her fir a on page 27

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ein it. No hearin it. Jist no waantin tae be there. on page 1

9 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
his lait date, unnerstanably, waantin oot. Thay haed duin a byordin on page 59

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Sacked! Fir juist waantin the Pit tae survive on page 68
"Ye'll no fin me the waantin. on page 126

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
heiched awaw ti a fremm laun. Waantin a kie-stane, the brig tummilt on page 25

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
watch the shenanigans bit no waantin tae git cotched. Thai lukked on page 66

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n veelage wad lukked wycelike waantin. The institute, the schuil, t
in anither. Syne, thai hooses waantin it, whiles gat a guid synd oo
2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
’m about aw day lang an aye waantin ye ti dae sumthin – gif a f
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
waantin the support o publict siller.
wirkers waantin wark, an the ither hauf addik
“Ye’l be waantin ti sei ma treisur. Bot ye mau
poust he is waantin. D’ye hae onie strang licht
ae leishence or documents, an waantin ein
5 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
“You waantin gubbed again?” She daured.
“Fit’ll we be waantin a shop fir?” Ah said. “Sy
. “Syne it’s mulk we’re waantin?”
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ristics o the modren male wis waantin: a strang chin, in parteecula
d that gaw tae some extent - waantin forbye wis a deep vyce ... Ju
2 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
wer the faerie knowe; 'Fit ye waantin noo,' Bella said, richt irkso on page 84

1 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Hit's waantin mærnoriess næthin, on page 14

6 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
nsmission, wi no as mony fokk waantin tae spaek Shaetlan tae dir ba on page 7
ss o baith self-confidence an waantin tae look tae dir ain. Hoosumi on page 9
questions, whaar w'ir waantin mair set in stonn information on page 89

3 matches

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