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Use in varieties of Scots

waits Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 7.2 6 69.6 0 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences2814 4 7 0 2 1
Number of authors17 10 3 2 1 1

Occurrences of waits 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

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
arriage-bed: Princess Yolanta waits. on page 6

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the miserable existence that waits fur me oot there - waiting p on page 23

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
A New Warld Waits on page 125

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ye're wrang ma freends. Whit waits for us is always thare, and i on page x
t fascinatin warld o commerce waits on page 85
Oh sic a warld o wunner waits on page 89
Which waits for yin double helix uncurled on page 118

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
waits this sweirest o rendezvous on page 43

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
A plain kist waits tae hoard on page 6

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
t, slithers across the flair, waits fir the Feasting Day tae fin on page 23

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 73 - Challenge, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Hamilton, poetry
waits ti see on page 29

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ed are not yet known. Glasgow waits in fear of further attacks to
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tside the doacturs and Brucie waits fur me obediently ootside as
1 matches

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Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
His mither waits for him the nicht across the on page 10

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
So he waits ahent on page 182

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
bloomin wifie. Of coorse time waits for nae
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
tren o his concentraetion, an waits. Thir notheen tae deu but wai on page 24
ootbye an slams the doar, an waits ahint hid, an sings a peedie on page 46
says, an "If..." The yolewife waits. "If what I think I've found. on page 117
ut leuks oot whar he leuks an waits. Abeun the yotun afore them t on page 120
risan as it settles. Noor waits fer the spin tae stop, an ken on page 160

6 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
e in a geo. The mither selkie waits anxiously nearby on the margi
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Elusive youth, it waits in hope on page 11
What waits within ma room on page 22

2 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The glarry forth waits ower abain on page 19

1 matches

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