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Use in varieties of Scots

whar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words126.4 48.3 24.1 1271.9 127.9 62 615.2
Number of occurrences40594 16 128 22 6 139
Number of authors64 19 6 17 11 2 9

Occurrences of whar in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
whar aince the bendie stuid on page 16
We dwadled in yer shade whar ere ye gaed, on page 17
abune the burnside rowans, whar the flichterin swallows skim. on page 18
wi ma Faither on the heidlan whar on page 25
sauf in his hert, whar aye he would recaa, on page 28

7 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
tapmaist branch o Yggdrasil, whar it formit the blue lift abune on page 14

2 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
'Whar's she gan in sich a hurry?' t on page 8
y a sleepless nicht winderin' whar He wis, jist like aw us wumme on page 12
n' while they'll tell the men whar tae gan tae git a guid haul. on page 13
whar they're gan. Ah'm no shair if on page 14
e doot it'll be a lot caulder whar they are the noo. The North S on page 16
Also on pages 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 33
15 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
whar Auld Nick sits sleekit on page 4
Whar ah eis disciples cum in handy on page 5
eh think that's whar eh went on page 6
this is whar eis got eis battle scars. on page 9
no so far fae whar you are. on page 10
Also on pages 16, 19, 22, 26, 36, 39, 42, 45, 46, 49, 53, 55, 63, 69, 70, 74, 76, 78, 79, 80, 93, 105, 112, 113, 116, 120
40 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
estwick, an abin aa, Wigtown, whar the wird wes applyit tae a pa on page 59

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Whar's that man Ross? on page 31

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
glaikit Nebe doesna ken whar he is on page 41

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Whar is he nou on page 20

1 matches

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ot the toun frequentin naitur whar he cud, seein thair lanwart f on page 21

3 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
rou giein additional evidence whar DOST information is scanty an on page 16
19 January 1450 Legislation, whar the neat phrase nocht aperand on page 17

2 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Red on Maroon, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
whar man has failed tae wither och on page 111

1 matches

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
uidin pertie Mak a seetiation whar the policies bein brocht inta
fowk wants Breird govrenments whar the feck didna vote fir the g
a wax (as it dis in Germanie, whar the seestem is heidiepeers wi
wha gits eleckit, bi chuisin whar ilk bodie cumms on the leit o
4 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Whar scant were Scottis I had nae
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ts arms and they bent a shape whar it couldnae o had any bones.
I dinnae ken whar Lugs went in that moment –
Aye what aboot my dog, Lynne? Whar is he!"
doesnae see me, and I end up whar I wis that night I lost Lugs,
moon's gone. How come I kent whar he wis?
5 matches

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
in a warl whar mouse eat mouse- eat mouse- e
in a warl whar mouse eat mouse- eat mouse,-e
in a warl whar mouse eat mouse eat mouse eat
3 matches

Lehane, Matt Tuim Tattie, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
whar the fruits
1 matches

Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
whar authority manipulates
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
2015 could be the year whar we see a muckle revival o Sco
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ing, there’s constituencies whar Labour an the Liberal Democra
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e the family o the MacSorley, whar I'm steyan, and aw their ways
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
micht be - an wantit tae ken whar thi cud git mair!
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
Click here tae access 'Whar's Wattie?', a Scots language (2018) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Whar the mummies used tae live in on page 40

2 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
spectre o Gruinard, yon place whar there were experiments wi ant on page 124

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
spectre o Gruinard, yon place whar there were experiments wi ant
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e tea plantation in Sri Lanks whar their hame hid bin.
like days, an she kent forbye whar tae fin baith parents gin she
Whar fact and dream are taigled up
3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
whar a wur.
1 matches

Cara, Dillon, Ami and Travis Bogle Adventure, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
, but naebody was really sure whar it came fae
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
I’d seen a hoose whar a body wis
Back til the place whar the fields aince were
Back til whar the railways were
Back til whar my true love bade
Back til whar the gravestanes skew
6 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
on checked them and was tellt whar the sewing stuff wiz and that
1 matches

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Whar faalls, is left ahint. on page 6

3 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
They hid whar they could on page 8

1 matches

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
A'm bit a lass, whar likes tae think. on page 15
This is whar I hiv bathed since I wis peed on page 16

3 matches

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Who is it? Whar's there? Speak tae me! on page 20

3 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
"whar ur ye gaan tae, peedie broon on page 1
"Whar ur ye meetan him?" on page 2
"Whar ur ye meetan him?" on page 6
"Whar ur ye gaan tae, peedie broon on page 9
"Whar ur ye meetan him?" on page 10
Also on pages 12
6 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
er intae the byre an tied aap whar wae could hae a good leuk at on page 14
"Noo whar wir I?" sheu windered, "Oh ay on page 15
ance more intae hid's corner, whar he hid alwis been. on page 80
Noo this is whar he cam unstuck, his knowledge on page 97

4 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Let Grandpa's stick be whar hid is. on page 5
at me at me aise and shaad me whar things war. on page 7
"I winder whar wid sent hid", said I, and se on page 9
When we surmise whar the bleem might lie, we dinna on page 15
er through the cottage window whar Jimmack sat, takkan his tea. on page 16
Also on pages 24, 37, 38, 48, 59, 61, 63, 69, 74, 79
20 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
wi this soond, deus sheu ken whar sheu is. on page 3
at disno seem tae ken whar sheu's comed an aa - on page 9
peedie adjustments: wha sits whar, whit wirds is needed, on page 16
whar papar refused ony maet traete on page 20
registered Autonomist traeder whar, awey, sheu teuk her new naem on page 22
Also on pages 58, 61, 62, 65, 97, 105, 113, 119, 120, 125, 147
19 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
whar the reed threed spills oot on page 7

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
whar the classic feigned-deefniss on page 7
whar wur eternally needy shadows h on page 12
whar we serve fresh juices, on page 23
the blue whar the botts kissed on page 30
whar aal his memories wir created, on page 35
Also on pages 37, 29
7 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
whar the whitemaas dance. on page 51
Whar a yu been Faether? on page 83
dey bit ootside the toon hall whar all the dogs stop fur a pees on page 86
whar ocean dreams curl on page 143

4 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
O life on the road whar the world is kind on page 22
am tae the kirkyard wall, and whar on page 27

2 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
whar lift and turn the shaiff, slo on page 95
Whar are they gaan, nowhar, on page 113

3 matches

West, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Whar visits tae see hid clean anyw on page 74

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
for tea an home by nine. Whar turns in on page 18

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
cheduled walk roond Spurness, whar sheu shows us a peedie baby s
n a nearby ferm tae the point whar they haed tae leave. On the d
2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
sket o northern Italy. It’s whar the fermers grow wheat fur pa
grow wheat fur pasta, it’s whar a hunder families distil the
k balsamic vinegar, an it’s whar the Italian cheese makkars cr
strikes me that the wan place whar there’s likely tae be tensi
uality control space. This is whar manufacture meets market. And
6 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ed cheust arrived in a street whar ivvrything fae his neem tae h
the street tae nummer fower, whar he sat on the waal nixt tae t
at a fairly soor-lukkan wife whar wis wearan square glesses exa
e if, on the very day You-Ken-Whar seems tae hiv disappeared at
‘As I say, even if You-Ken-Whar haes geen –‘
7 matches

Lamb, Gregor Lamb’s Tales, (The Orkney Dictionary 2005) Orkney, prose
id, ‘why did yi no tell me! Whar is he?’
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
the bruck byres, whar Astrid’s blide
here, the Haa whar the wynds meet,
whar the Ting sets fees an lots qu
whar benks is shuitten back fer th
a hammer. “Whar’d ye bide, than?”
5 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
Whar ither than in the Northern Is
ity for them – in a country whar young actors aal too often hi
y tae Caithness – in pieces whar Scots continues tae be spoken
3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
w renaissance o wark. Fir me, whar that showed clearest wis in t
polietics, imaginan a future whar language diversity haes thriv
aes thrived, steid o a future whar Engliesh haes erodid aathing
tae be seen as more as cheust whar yir fae, bit ye want tae be f
4 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
tae hae an eddicaetion system whar standard grammars wir no enfo
wad hid be tae bide i a warld whar Standard English didno sleek
ae mony inspiraetions: pieces whar English daesno ower aa or hae
haes been forcibly expelled, whar the leid o govrenment is diff
s differ fae the tong o haem, whar monolinguality isno the stand
6 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
askan fokk if they wid say ‘Whar bides in that hoose?’ Or
s in that hoose?’ 98 sid ‘whar’ and 16 sid ‘who’. I wi
o Reevlers aboot this. Is ‘whar’, meaning ‘who’, wan o

Mainland, Marlene Home Truths, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Granny? Whar's Bessie geen?
Shi's geen tae whar the good dogs go, bairn.
Granny? Whar daes gablos come fae?
Granny? Whar's that uncan wife?
4 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
is juist no far fae the banks whar they wrout in the tang, an th
ks tae the dryin green abune, whar hid wis skailed oot tae dry i
s and on tae the dryin green, whar sheu cuppit oot the tang an s
hid aa wis teen weel care o' whar hid wis needed.
r heedin for the Ooter Grund, whar the best haals o' fish wir go
5 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
Crime of Speaking Proper”, whar he deskraibs chantan as no an
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
tout Oh I don't ken that een. Whar aboots is hid? Spent many hap(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
on her ain, so I try ta help whar I can. Her man wis lost aff o on page 42

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
set aboot establishin sküls whar da language o instruction wis on page 15

1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
He wisna watchin whar he wis gyaan, an richt dere a
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ower da port side, he planned whar tae geen nixt. He gazed intae
tae oag aroond. He didna keen whar exactly he was headin, but so
ack, whin he noticed da grund whar he had hit begin tae crack, a
3 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
my een, no recollection o’ whar I wis. Da unmistakible smell
nee, tinkin aboot da trow and whar he’d gee naff tae til I saa
2 matches

Irvine, Chloe Untitled Poem, (The Scotsman 2021) Shetland - Whalsay, poetry
You cana dyit a takawa whar I bide at nuyt,
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
mind getting an email at work whar da place-name "Crueton" in Br

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
wisna juist dat aesy tae tell whar hit ended an da sea startit.
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
Sqeeker It's no, I dinna keen whar it is ?? I hoop I might fin i(2021) search twitter
an even tryin tae use indies whar possible.(2021) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
ans! Loff hoo it can tell dee whar someen is fae :-) it’s dat f(2020) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
s Lerwick Up Helly Aa danight whar Shetlanders celebrate wir vik (2019) twitter link
dan keep dem inside and we de whar dey git heavier and heavier. (2019) twitter link
riticalRole. I ken dat music, whar do I ken dat music fae. ITS H (2020) twitter link
nt @rob_pearson86 In shetland whar im fae we say yisterday for y (2018) twitter link
rtedwife My names isna common whar I am now but is better known (2018) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Southern

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
whar they’ll no get jeidged bi t
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ent is the Coachman’s Hoose whar Tammy Wulson an his faimlie b
thar, whar ma muther an hir brother, ma
whar it mints thit the naem Maisle
weill kent i the waittergate; whar hei bade fur the fek o his li
it A read ae wheen month sin, whar it sayed at bairns cognitive
5 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Whar yince a hirdin weetchil stud, on page 1
An aye shed quat an luk whar naen on page 9
aroon the tummock whar A lie. on page 17
Whar she crootched, flet, on page 20
whar gethered they wud stie. on page 21
Also on pages 26, 30, 35, 40, 45, 53, 54
19 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Boneybefore's frae whar A'm cum on page 4
Warl ill divid whar war aye birls on page 5
"Bal'albana's whar A cum fae" on page 6
Whar we play'd then on page 11
Whar hairtsome gledness growes. on page 12
Also on pages 17, 22, 24, 26, 33, 37, 41, 51, 53, 56, 57, 73
23 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
m tae Jerusalem an the' axt, "Whar ïs tha yin that haes bin boa on page 2
risees an Sadducees cumin tae whar he wus baptisin, he saed tae on page 3
ïn Galilee whar tha Gentiles leeve - on page 4
ul. Na, ye pit ït on a stan, whar ït gies licht tae tha hale h on page 5
er yersels treysures on irth, whar moths an roost desthroy, an w on page 7
Also on pages 9, 71, 76, 79, 83, 85, 87, 88, 90, 92, 94, 95, 99, 103, 106, 110, 111
50 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
An tell is whar its made this Burnquarter Wee on page 30

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Doon at Andras', whar weel-aff fowk noo bide, on page 1
Whar Carson's men campt fornent Bl on page 2
Tae tha Kirk Square whar he pued up, ayont an oul stan on page 3
lie Rab!" quo Frank wi glee, 'whar hae ye bin, oul freen? on page 4
Fur whar yin meer stud fower oor bak, on page 5
Also on pages 7, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24
19 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
patent conveneries the' fen. Whar it's effeirin, Männystries w on page 58

1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Whar ye can get a pull oot
Throch tha tack o yer lear, whar dae ye bide fur ordnar?
er foremaist tack bes tha job whar ye wark (wrocht) tha maist fe
Mak repone fur tha place whar he wared fur tha maist feck.
* tha address whar the’ ware fur tha maist the
11 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
The haed axed Gerald an Conor whar the leeved an bin onlie vexed
aboot wi’oot haein tae haud whar a lad leeves agin him.
2 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
Bae Dinsmore’s brig, whar the big watter turned nixt di
n wer wie we niver yit thocht whar.
iles fin yin in the wat meeda whar the fahlty broo, fornenst the
wuz nixt the bank-fiel, tae, whar the lade run grevelly, we sun
un quaiter, deeper a weethin, whar we sent wer ships a’ roon t
12 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
in' that whistled in the wa', whar' cam' it frae yestreen, That (2019) twitter link

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