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Use in varieties of Scots

wints Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.3 7.7 51.3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences4915 34 0 0 0 0
Number of authors14 3 11

Occurrences of wints in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
st's, sae gie him ony help he wints. Keep him an the Provost happ on page 26

3 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
the grunds at it (supposedly) wints a staundart an eke a bureaucr on page 56

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
ee him quick smert or less he wints a sair face!' Wi that, he str on page 60

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
wi Inglis cognates). Naebody wints tae draw doun Lewis Grassic G
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Bill wints to get back to ceevilisation,
“The Captain wints me tae spick tae thee. Sho sa
es!” Tad continued. “Quha wints tae spick tae thair ancestors
t impatient wi him. “Weemen wints babbies,” she sayed. “It
d a practice rin - maybes he wints tae mak siccar he can tackle
9 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
lse, bit Ah'm nae sure fit he wints te hear. on page 94

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ay, ye'r nicht. Iv Eric wints te mak a feel o imsel," Winni on page 19
omin roon here te see ye. She wints te tell ye aa aboot fit happe on page 26
a host body fir the spirit at wints te come throwe." on page 58

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d aboot things like aat...she wints te wyte tull the honeymeen." on page 48
y onythin ...tell her fit she wints te hear.' on page 62
is a scary thing: pairt o ye wints it...wints it wi aa yer hairt on page 92

5 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
them. Yer Fadder kens fit yer wints are afore ye speir at him. on page 13
ieve att kens fit his maister wints him tae dee, bit disna dee it on page 103
hiz; naebody fae oor side att wints tae get across tae your side on page 108

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e ess Monday comin iv onybody wints te jine up. Bit listen te ess on page 6
k er inte Aiberdeen. She jist wints a lift doon te the ten o'cloc on page 52

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Bit is loon wints ye back again on page 78
Weel, fa wints tae gan doon tae i'carnies on page 111
t needs a proper jobbie so he wints tae be a paperback scriever on page 112
An he wints ye aa tae sing alang on page 127
An naebiddy wints tae ken him on page 145
Also on pages 155
10 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
f it's duellin jaws hairps he wints, it's duellin jaws hairps he' on page 88

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
tell the minister onything he wints. The puir man says he daesna
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
dinna tell this wifie fit she wints tae hear, she’ll nae let ye
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e ahin wi the plooin, an Jock wints tae ken fan tae lead the hors
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
in vyce. 'There's a loon here wints a news wi ye."
1 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
n the village. The Royal Mail wints tae soar into the 21st Centur
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
keekat! Puir @lyn_golden jis wints tae enjoy her deer been! http(2019) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
Scott wints me tae go tae shop.....I wisn(2011) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ond a blooming carpet shop as wints a new rug! I wis trying tae g(2019) search twitter

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
Naebidy in Aiberdeen wints her here. Did she bus them in (2022) twitter link

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