A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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wiks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.8 0 52.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences350 35 0 0 0 0
Number of authors15 15

Occurrences of wiks in Corpus

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Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
ichtsomeness o speerit. Fower wiks at the cintre haed made a nyo on page 30

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
"Ah bleeze the lumn ivvry twa wiks. Onywye it wis swept nae lang on page 35

1 matches

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
bulance. I wis tae spen siven wiks in the ospital and ma mither on page 6

1 matches

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
next few days, niver mind the wiks an years at this school." on page 59

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s. Ah tak a runnie Ower maist wiks fir a roon o golf. Ere's a gr on page 37
ely say: "Gie ma anither fyow wiks an Ah'll bi in complete contr on page 63

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hard winters - snaaed in fir wiks - frozen te the marra bi aat on page 21
wis aricht fir the first sax wiks - a bit o a novelty bit, lut on page 85

2 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
that ye coud wander roon for wiks an still nae rin oot ae new a on page 3

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hts, wi shid'v hid ess letter wiks ago." on page 6
o. An you bin here near three wiks, Dottie - ye'r slippin up." on page 21
Wi'r crammin twa wiks' papers Intull a wee fite sac on page 34

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Ye ken it's twa wiks, I'm gan roon i'bend on page 160

2 matches

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
for deuk eggs tae appear, but wiks wint by and there wis naethin on page 21

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
wi me. An fan, aifter a fyowe wiks in the nursin home, Mither de
ither side o the toon! A fyow wiks later, it was her maan that c
parkit ootside oor flats for wiks on eyn. We cudna see her for
thocht she’d been aa thase wiks, hivven aleen kens.’
4 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
eety A hidna haen anither twa wiks tae the wark. Fit a gappus! I
1 matches

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
worse a wis grounded fir twa wiks at hame.
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Princess of the Seas for twa wiks jist tae come hame and catch
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
o hersel ower the past fyowe wiks, being far mair concerned abo
wiz allowed hame. A couple o wiks later a telegram hid cam fae
2 matches

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
wn somewey else. Aaready, for wiks, the shelves hiv been bare an
methin that has spent days or wiks traivellin tae get tae ye. Ye
the health o the nation. The wiks an months tae cam are quite p
3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Grand, wis there twa wiks ago fur a wee break, affa bon(2017) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
s on i wee trainie a pickle o wiks back.(2019) search twitter
fun we hid. At wis just a few wiks back noo ??(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
things lookin efter them for wiks n wiks the putting them in a (2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Bin awa fae twiting fer a few wiks as hid man flu! Gets worse as(2018) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
0s flick in the next puckle o wiks.(2020) search twitter
@DoricPhrases @FaeFoggie es wiks fat Fridays fare is brocht ta(2019) search twitter

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