Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

waiter	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	11.2	4.1	21.1	0	0	144.7	0
Number of occurrences	36	8	14	0	0	14	0
Number of authors	9	4	3			2

Occurrences of waiter in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Cried the waiter, "Watch oot, on page 71

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Waiter on page 1
s wan time A whispers tae the waiter fir the bill. Me an 'is laddi on page 2

4 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
The waiter came tae take wur order. I ca
till telt ma mammy I wid. The waiter looked roon at ma sister, wai
2 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
Gers player bein asked bi the waiter if he wantit ginger wi his me(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
air uncomfortible es the wine waiter cam roon an Billy tastit bait on page 34
Efter aboot hauf an oor, the waiter cam wi the denner. He'd a fit on page 35
te find a smile fir the young waiter wi the ticht briks. on page 45
"It says here at the waiter taks ye tull yer seat an show on page 49

6 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
llion risin inside him as the waiter teen their order. on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
teen a glaiss o wine fae the waiter an toured roon the exhibition on page 30

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
thing the cook caad a “dumb waiter”, like a wee cupboard wi a
ets fulled and intae the dumb waiter. As she made tae tak doon the
e stairs tae haul up the dumb waiter. That wiz fin she saw him sta
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
it doon air like an oot o the waiter troot. Syne he’d say “Gwe
e. Suzy’s teeth sterted lae waiter.
2 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
owre the hill tae Borth’ick Waiter Heid, via the Auld Toun.
ns doun intil the Borth’ick waiter
dancing the waiter heid fock bruikit, i yonner n
ferm doon the waiter, ca’d Eilrig; wheech mairch
haim ferms ir nou pairt o the waiter heid aforestation, an
13 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
rinking get up and leave. The waiter chases efter them. U pay u pa(2019) search twitter