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Use in varieties of Scots

whiskers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 5.1 6 9.9 23.2 31 0
Number of occurrences2210 4 1 4 3 0
Number of authors9 3 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of whiskers in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
t a ecoarner, "Och ma ears an whiskers, it's stairtin tae git awfy l on page 10
Aw ma wee paws! Aw ma fur an whiskers! She'll hiv me executit, sure on page 33
s him! Pinch him! Aff wae his whiskers!" on page 113

3 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
An iz whiskers are jaggy like auld barbed wi on page 7
An nae whiskers tae . . Right then, okey doke on page 12
Nae whiskers, nae tail, an a feathery tum. on page 16
Look! Whiskers tae, an an underground gaff! on page 18
Iz tail wiznae scaly, an iz whiskers no wiry. on page 20
Also on pages 27
6 matches

Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
peelie-wallie gress whiskers rustlin a roon,
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ed a coarner, "Oh ma loogs an whiskers, id's gettan late!" She wis c on page 10
Oh ma dear paws! Oh ma fur an whiskers! She'll get ma heid cut off, on page 31
ss him! Pinch him! Off wi his whiskers!" on page 111

3 matches

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Orkney

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I liked to touch his whiskers and his stone-cowild feet. on page 29

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ok da coarner, "Oh my lugs an whiskers, hit is comin da late noo!" s on page 10
h my tings o paas! O my oo an whiskers! Sho'll hae da head aff o me, on page 33
press him! Nip him! Aff wi da whiskers o him!" on page 116

3 matches

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Do I no hae whiskers ony Viking wid envy?”
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ned a corner, "Och ma lugs an whiskers, eet's gettin awfy late!" She on page 10
h ma dear paws! Och ma fur an whiskers! She'll get 1z executed, as s on page 32
ress him! Nip him! Off wi eis whiskers!" on page 114

3 matches

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