A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wanting Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 5.5 9 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences1911 6 0 0 2 0
Number of authors13 8 4 1

Occurrences of wanting in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
just wanting to stop for a minute, to clos on page 18

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
led teacher, hisses. 'Are you wanting detention?' on page 7

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
me oot the game. They werenae wanting showed up by the likes o me.â
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
icers dinnae always help, not wanting involved in a mess like mine (2020) search twitter

@alistairdunn tweeted
d93 think it's tae dae wae no wanting to give them his cash, he wan(2014) search twitter
are folk just wanting Greg Stewart tae sign cause h(2016) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
oing oot.. :) If yer dugs are wanting oot for a call o' nature, gie (2023) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
wance say onything aboot folk wanting tae commit mass genocide. But (2021) twitter link
air dumpable offence here? Me wanting fig rolls frae the shops or h (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@PenicuikAth aye a kin c eer wanting wined n dined noo at the fitb (2020) twitter link
at - its a case of lads just wanting to play football m8 - aye it (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
d, "Faither McMurtrie's here, wanting a word with you. He's in the on page 108

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@72redz1903 tweeted
o ponderous - nae one player wanting tae step up and take responsi (2022) twitter link
@ScottBurns75 Cagliari wanting Ferguson on loan with obligat (2022) twitter link
r kind words. I ken fit heÂ’s wanting for a late birthday present o (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
orted or get him dropped. Nae wanting another snakey mcsnakeface on(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
the army...wis in the RAF..no wanting an argument but it's a bit of (2021) twitter link

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
No wanting ti be a party pooper but a th(2020) search twitter
@Plug_McC if yir wanting a will play fitba on sunday!!(2013) search twitter