A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wisno Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 0 0 188.8 0 0 0
Number of occurrences190 0 19 0 0 0
Number of authors5 5

Occurrences of wisno in Corpus

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Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The second time they cam he wisno so lucky. on page 10

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
, paesable chap though he is, wisno gaan tae stand for that kind on page 14
lie's, as thoo might ken! Hid wisno fit tae pit intae the washer on page 17
him that I wir in trouble. He wisno happy wi me workan there, tha on page 21
This brettan wee chap noo, he wisno immune, on page 69
But his grip hid wisno tight anof, aroon the creatur on page 97

6 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
pittan Higgie's biss up. "Hid wisno me braens. A'm no gyte. Hid w on page 56
ce, forgettan, pretendan sheu wisno traikid by histry (or faimly, on page 73
pouer, whit wey the FtL drive wisno a thraet, but a opportunity t on page 85
n whit sheu's gotten noo. Hid wisno ower haird, aence sheud left on page 90
e atwart her luntit face. Hid wisno possieble. Sheu shoud been wr on page 106
Also on pages 119
7 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
na, he wis bein daft. Potter wisno such an unusual name. He wis
˜ivrybuddy’ wis sayan, sheu wisno gaan tae believe it until Dum
2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
wirk about language, bit hid wisno aa aboot wirds at wir tint: h
, thir wis plenty o writan at wisno aboot Orkney at aa!
2 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
eron @prowlandson Aye, and he wisno talking about hingin oot clae(2020) search twitter

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