Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wasnae	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	41.1	49.6	6	0	0	41.3	119.5
Number of occurrences	133	98	4	0	0	4	27
Number of authors	26	18	1			1	6

Occurrences of wasnae in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
on the regular. Folk said it wasnae natural, the weans skitin abo on page 78

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ing feather aff a pigeon. She wasnae shair aboot pigeon. Big saft on page 1

20 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Cause there wasnae a crisis wae her, on page 13
The wrang wasnae yours; the guilt was misplace on page 21
n Mary, ye arnae contrary, it wasnae yer fault whit went oan: on page 56
This prince wasnae yer ending: he wis filler fur on page 72

4 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
an ma first day wis a risk ah wasnae prepared tae take. on page 7

5 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Isa wasnae listenin. Her face went brigh on page 35

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
up next tae the fire. But it wasnae lang before ah hud tae go tae on page xvii
doesnae shine. The cheap bar wasnae enough tae get Isla excited a on page 2
'She wasnae feelin well.' on page 3
If ic wasnae fur David and ma illnesses, a on page 9
at as simple as Mum sayin she wasnae comin tae anymair family do's on page 27
Also on pages 28, 30, 38, 39, 40, 43, 45, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 63, 75, 77, 81, 85, 86, 112, 118
36 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
Mines wasnae a classic sociolinguistic dar on page 9

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
tae leave it be for bi then I wasnae able, on page 123

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
sy buits and faain asleep. It wasnae his faut ataa. It had aye bee on page 17

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ive their ain versions. Burns wasnae his lane that did this: in fa on page 69

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
But I kent I wasnae left ma lane, on page 97

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
daft thing he spieled. If it wasnae for thon dour faced Asian las on page 37

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
“Weel, it seems your Jenny wasnae ower pleased whan ye caad
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
d. They hadn't realised Livvy wasnae there, and hadn't been for ab
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
rish face. Boabby’s Italian wasnae great but he managed to
1 matches

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
e. Unchartered territory this wasnae, but whit had occurred and wh
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ah went wis haunted. Glasgae wasnae hame efter that, but here ah
an the passenger list. But it wasnae clear if she wis hur wean. Ye
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ls' 'fae' 'the morra' 'airm' 'wasnae' 'photies' 'aye' 'auld' 'loup
1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
He wasnae really cried Billy Bunter. Th
stoor doon the cundie, for it wasnae worth makin a dam whan there
Ye could go a bike, but ye wasnae affa guid yet. Ye had the twa
. Oniethin tae let him ken ye wasnae bathered. “Me? Aye, O.K. I�
4 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
h' creakin didnae stoap. It's wasnae me. It wasnae th' kip. Someth
me. It wasnae th' kip. Somethin is thare. S
2 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
"Wasnae me!" he said,
1 matches

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
nk you said cappuccino but ya wasnae very clear gorgeous! ???? cap (2022) twitter link
p ?? ma bonnie lassie said ah wasnae allowed to shave! (2022) twitter link
welsh That's better gorgeous, wasnae difficult? ???? (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
ly injured. They're saying it wasnae just kids ?????? (2022) twitter link
carthur Omg.... thankfully he wasnae in the car when the damage wa (2022) twitter link
the stooshie if she said she wasnae going either (2022) twitter link
@GeorgeFoulkes It certainly wasnae the people of Scotland! (2022) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
nicht an aw day Friday gin A wasnae howkin for wurms, polishing u
e jine ithers in the burn. It wasnae lang afore Trev an masel war
wasnae disappintit. Efter the saican
ter rummlin ower the faws. It wasnae bye-ordinar stey at this pint
4 matches

Southern

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
the fish were jumpin'. There wasnae se mony o' thum that day and
r was that low. Hei said that wasnae guid for fishermen like him c
2 matches

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
oreign language." "Aye an' it wasnae English either" a' said"A wun
could make eet at hame. Which wasnae a bad thing considerin' the m
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e o me, Mrs Gourley, an there wasnae a wutnman in the hoose but me on page 4
ur peetyfuul an red. What was wasnae said smored the air. on page 5
t an leukt up, warie that she wasnae follaein hir ma's script fur on page 18
"He was a guid man whan he wasnae as ful as the Baltic." on page 21
isie knowed Reverend McCready wasnae yin fur sittin aboot. There w on page 40
Also on pages 45, 52, 54, 55, 56, 59
13 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
Hooaniver, it wasnae aabody that spoke it. Ulster-
ts, an mony a crabbit teacher wasnae blate tae use skelps an dunch
Hooaniver it wasnae completely redd oot by the ti
3 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
emicolon smile. She knowed ah wasnae sick, sore an tired o Gary’
s mad aboot King Billy. If he wasnae makin us aal cycle across a p
Ah wasnae that convinced o the game mas
3 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
d whaur he leeved an tha grun wasnae guid. Grace was wi wean agane
s fur John. Tha tap o his box wasnae cairved but tha oul wumman ha
John run tae tha hoose. Grace wasnae tae be fun. Caain her, John l
rew mair and mair oorie. Life wasnae worth ocht wi his femlie awa.
4 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
peep peep tae let ye know he wasnae late
1 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
s for a proper PR launch. No! Wasnae me! ??(2020) search twitter

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
ie @thebogmyrtle Delighted it wasnae jist me!(2020) search twitter
@StuartPoet He wasnae a bad scriever!(2020) search twitter