| whispers | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 13.7 | 17.5 | 1.5 | 69.6 | 0 | 10.3 | 4.4 | |
| Number of occurrences | 44 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Number of authors | 24 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ed, lips pursed, erms foldit, whispers fleein atween them. Somehin m on page 76
1 matches
McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ah palm. Disco clocks this an whispers suhin in Mo's ear. Mo nods an on page 26
1 matches
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Danny turns tae me n whispers. 'Look, sir! It's fuckin Joe on page 21
arts. Whytey pulls him back n whispers that we're Wee Kenzie's pals on page 28
The hushed whispers n glances aw start tae make s on page 30
3 matches
Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
ll gi'e tae them some Chinese whispers on page 32
1 matches
Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Oan paper as in whispers, girns or skreighs on page 23
their names noo whispers o diasporas, on page 32
2 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
urther: "Is that no rape?" he whispers. on page 43
raight fae the hoarses mooth" whispers Aldo, intae ma reluctant ear. on page 78
visible Britain yae only hear whispers aboot or see oan a thirty sec on page 123
ing about the dog, right?" he whispers. on page 161
"Awrite, Aldo" whispers a monstrous, ugly voice, dire on page 168
5 matches
McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
'An dae wit?' he whispers. on page 172
1 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And you heard yer first whispers on page 134
1 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Elsie,' whispers a voice. 'Elsie, go to the nu on page 15
'So,' he whispers, 'will you be entering?' on page 44
2 matches
Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
be faur waur. 'is wan time A whispers tae the waiter fir the bill. on page 2
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
y, is the baby comin?' Sandra whispers. on page xiv
owin his dark brows, and then whispers, 'Jamie's been sick in the me on page 13
looks at Kate, sniggerin, and whispers: 'And she's Isla's witness. T on page 114
3 matches
Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
In this citie o whispers doon daurk, smokey vennels wi on page 9
1 matches
Cameron, Peter Lallans 73 - The Stranger, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
she whispers til the wren. on page 60
1 matches
Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
klefart Hen, 31pp; Dead Men's Whispers, 30pp.; The Gods of Grayfriar on page 120
2 matches
Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
assed doun the generations in whispers like the recipe for a single
1 matches
Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
he rain and particularly loud whispers comin fae Lewis and Liam. "Li
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
McDade leans in an whispers in ma ear ‘Danny, how dae a
1 matches
Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
angs his fist on the door and whispers 378, don’t forget ... 378.
‘Aaww Da,’ he whispers.
2 matches
Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
d passin McNulty the gram. He whispers somethin in his ear.
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
€˜â€™Marvin?’’ Danny boay whispers. In order tae entice him back
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t sound very legal?.’’ He whispers cautiously.
1 matches
Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Annie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Up at Heathercoo the whispers start, on page 30
2 matches
Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
aer produced verbatim as the whispers threeded through the performa on page 34
1 matches
Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The whispers an catcaals reach oot o the h on page 152
1 matches
Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The bere whispers tae the tappan rain on page 118
1 matches
Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Whispers ahint hands an sidwaes luks, on page 127
1 matches