A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

who's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words23.3 32.4 3.2 19.9 5.8 32.8 13.3
Number of occurrences7261 2 2 1 3 3
Number of authors20 12 2 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of who's 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Oh, ah like that! Who's giein oot the bare-faced chee on page 72
"Who's it addressed tae?" said yin a on page 117

2 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
he tension. The lads aw nod. 'Who's getting mairried?' on page 11

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ini parka n Lacoste trainers. Who's the tap man ae the younger wa on page 9
wo ae them. JP, Jamie Peters, who's a year elder than us n a mad on page 18
ng team hus at least wan burd who's a juggernaut in a tracky. She on page 23
talkin aboot an elder lassie who's pickin them up in hur Seat Ib on page 25
k at him. It's a race tae see who's fastest. on page 33
Also on pages 60
7 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae feedback haime and a wife who's aboot tae leave thum, And by on page 28
"Who's Ken?" he asks aw dead pan. Ah on page 48
ted taewards this elderly guy who's aristocratic wrinkly auld pus on page 50
lise he's addressin someboady who's last hoose search wis spent o on page 52
this twinty suttin brunette. Who's sportin what kin only be desc on page 76
Also on pages 100, 113, 122, 127, 137, 144, 154, 160, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 174, 176, 197
23 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
da widnae feel sa stupit. An who's AW AE US, she said. Me, you, on page 13
oot thir's a lassie in wan G who's also a Sikh an apparently she on page 23
rpreet's big sister, Navdeep, who's in fourth year, when Charlene on page 28
ma grampa (fae ma ma's side), who's been deid fur years, woke me on page 41
a shop that's owned by a guy who's Pakistani. It wisnae exactly on page 99
Also on pages 107, 125, 153, 169
10 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ies. It's nae place fur a man who's no a professional. Donald's o on page xvi
Ah turn tae ma nephew, Gary, who's smilin a crooked grin. He's w on page 7
She's the last person who's any right tae talk aboot the on page 29
yin mirror mirror oan the wa, who's the fairese o them aw, and th on page 30
wi half a brain will question who's in the wrong.' on page 62
Also on pages 87, 91, 116
8 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
Who's made this trail an where diz on page 10
"But who's that wee bauchle saunterin oo on page 22
Who's this big beast? Ginormous an on page 27

3 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ed me intae it. Wee Pat says, who's the best at fightin between y on page 45

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
it. Ma brur ay waants tae ken who's playin whit bit rat burd e' h
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
really but it does depends on who's dain the bossing....(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
l sometimes. I welcome ANYONE who's for indy - that's the very f (2022) twitter link
it wis) wis stertit by Sara, who's motives I'd never impugn by t (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
@ditotts He'll back anyone who's gonnae give him a shilling or (2022) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
did at?-Id wis Bill, A think-Who's till go doon e chimney?-Nay, on page 36

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
anna right hersel. Or someone who's v. drunk. To cowp is to overt (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
who's still very much on page 24

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
die Hat and Mrs Cook o the Ha who's cuman up on the ootside. It's on page 87

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
r go, and it's all because of who's buried here." on page 55

1 matches

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
666 Forgive my ignorance, but who's your auld man? I'm currently (2020) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
Saaa Huge thanks too from mum who's so immensely grateful @Killie(2020) search twitter
hiest use of time for someone who's not had a drink since 8 month(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
basin o blak, woollen cloth. "Who's this?" on page 1

3 matches

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