A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

whits Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15 21.1 1.5 9.9 23.2 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4841 1 1 4 0 1
Number of authors20 17 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of whits in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
'Whits wrang wi ye? Whits aw the racket aboot?' on page 22

3 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Whits that ye say son on page 47

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ay ah finish the Burns book. 'Whits yer problem wi Scots?' on page 28

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"Hiv ye onie thochts aboot whits bin slauchterin thaim?" on page 79

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
and whits mair kinnlin sic nostalgia fu on page 18

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah don’t go in fur aw that whits fur ye’ll no go by ye pish,
1 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
e say... . Then...suspentit ! Whits that aboot? Yi asked Cath. Sh
1 matches

Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
love's comprised of mair than whits in ablaw a tree
1 matches

Havery, Hannah The Gaithering, (Literature Alliance Scotland 2022) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
aw whits bin collecting
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
s @BingoLittle75 @NeilGibson8 Whits he dain this time swear this (2020) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
e sure @Love_Antrim will know whits happen the day. A’m at wan e(2019) search twitter
@ClydeFC Whits happenin? @AllyLove21 husney (2018) search twitter
ydeFC The Boss oan the bench? Whits that awe aboot? ??. ?????????(2019) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
I'd love tae ken whits in Nicola Sturgeon's mind thi(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
@Chrissiem18 Aw Ats whits aboot here! A luvs it!(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
r unionist political reasons. Whits sae frichtenin aboot a leid? (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
Another who thinks they know whits best for a Country they dinna (2022) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
@Baldy_Barisic31 Whits happened? A rarely watch the (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
d Nana said tae ma maw "Here, whits this talk o' gettin divorced (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
intulectual than pointless - whits the script big man lol (2021) twitter link
wae a wee hurl up tae wick - whits ma chances - ee ken a luv th (2020) twitter link
uv a shuftie at periscope n c whits trumps - mon the burra - ma (2020) twitter link
usselburghAth you no going - whits the script lol (2020) twitter link
e fb n twitter page yet - so whits the problem lol - a kin get (2020) twitter link
and 14 other occurrences.

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Whits wrang? A dinnae hear ocht!”
1 matches

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
oot ony o hit. Goodness kens whits gan on oot there, bit hid dis on page 37

1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Greer @NicolaSturgeon @theSNP Whits goin on? I’m in da dark aboo (2021) twitter link
@BaronBoar And whits wan o dem?? (2019) twitter link
@unstlass80 Whits a moka pot?? (2020) twitter link
@apashley Whits worst?? (2020) twitter link

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
for a wee danner aboot an see whits whit! https://t.co/D4X0Xgm7jD(2020) search twitter