A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wikk Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.8 0.5 76.9 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences491 48 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 1 10

Occurrences of wikk in Corpus

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Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
AUSE A'm flittin in twa three wikk's time, A haed tae phone the
1 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Faur ae last wikk, jist aboot ivvery nicht, And on page 84

2 matches

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
s at hame wi diphtheria for a wikk afore I wis diagnosed. I myn on page 6

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Ilkka wikk for an oor roon the toon we w on page 15

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
real breets, of coorse. Last wikk, Uncle Dod hid let him inno t
1 matches

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
See ye neist wikk.
1 matches

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
nd he's bidin wi me this next wikk, so surely I deserve tae ken
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
airish hid caad fur her fur a wikk. Dr Henderson hid examined th
ised. The ploo hid bin oot aa wikk on the parks o Steenhillock,
rst fit aa their friens fur a wikk an mair. Her man, Steenhilloc
d bin in an cleaned the lum a wikk syne. The New Year maun hae a
y hid fulled the ropes wi the wikk's wash, crossed her fingers t
8 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fin the skweel hid skailed a wikk syne. Her Da hid fleen back t
"Did I miss onythin last wikk?" speired Nava.
"My Gran telt me it jist last wikk,' she lauched. 'Mynd, it mich
I fand twa tractor tyres last wikk," he cried. "Ower here! Ower
til the Transplant Ward neist wikk – efter a twa-three wee tes
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Aa that wikk Gurr an Scrat behaved thirsel
awa, that we spukk aboot last wikk.”
in an birrin as it washed the wikk’s fule claes, an
wikk lang, bairns frae the fairms
4 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
a muckle bosie ony day o the wikk (gein the richt pairtner, ye (2020) search twitter
aince hid anw fir mair nor a wikk. Mine, they were meant tae ke(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
in the Bloo Toon fur Scottish Wikk some great Doric phrases, say(2015) search twitter
This time neist wikk we ah'll aa be saying its aff(2016) search twitter
Yestreen, anely runs eence a wikk! https://t.co/zlXbgXznTP(2017) search twitter
risons tae celebrate Scottish wikk! https://t.co/IRrx2S7mcs(2017) search twitter
ist - a great stairt tae the wikk. https://t.co/82FZBh0Abg(2017) search twitter
and 6 other occurrences.

@FaeFoggie tweeted
awa sunnin masell somewye at wikk. Ats a point tho, I'll need a(2019) search twitter
e in the sooth o frunce fir a wikk. Jist wandered aboot listnin (2020) search twitter
ark ti @GerryinAberdeen neist wikk. He won it in a lucky spin fi(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
for senior schuilbairns. This wikk is aa aboot traivelers: HH, c (2020) twitter link
ll be deein Scots ae lesson a wikk, in addition tae the senior c (2020) twitter link
Ess wikk - usin contemporary Scots la (2020) twitter link
deen fer World Book day neist wikk. Guid effort fae the bairns. (2020) twitter link

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