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wiss Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.5 17.5 0 39.7 197.6 0 0
Number of occurrences7234 0 4 34 0 0
Number of authors20 12 1 7

Occurrences of wiss 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

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
I wiss I could tell a heroic tale o on page 58

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
thole twa-three oobits gin I wiss tae ken the butterflees. It s on page 36
said the wee prince. 'I didna wiss ye onie skaith; but ye were f on page 70

2 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
aince Ah wiz steekit up aw Ah wiss iz oot o yon place as Ah cann on page 78
ba's up ma neb the day cuz Ah wiss tae snowk in the 'scents and on page 81

2 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
tter) A'm hert seek ae hit. A wiss thon Glesgae train wad git in on page 2

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
mb an saunie an egs is whit A wiss, an thon heid upby ti waache on page 4

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
ye maun be weiriet o thon. A wiss ye happienes aw the lang day on page 2

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Athoot a backtaen luik, nae wiss but gae. on page 9
Coud wiss weel tae his ploys if he wad on page 45

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Cud wiss weel ti his ploys if he wad q on page 60

1 matches

Bramwell, Colin Eemis Stane 1 - I’d like tae like tae like it aa, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Somethin wiss tint on page 16

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 83 - Cochise o the Apache Nation, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
A hae nae wiss tae dern ocht frae ye, on page 26

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
nk bi the chimla lug he didna wiss ti here
“It’s ma dochter, Ruth. A wiss ye ti seke hir out.”
A’m no happie about it an A wiss ye ti rescours hir.”
“A wiss sumwhaur ti shift ma claes an
“A dinna wiss ti birn ye wi yit mair infurm
15 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rt thairsels whaure’er thay wiss tae gang.
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
tae thank oor readers, an tae wiss ye aw a gey Happy New Year, a
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Smashin! A wiss A wis as fast as this yin. Ma(2019) search twitter
A wiss 'is wisnae cause ae the pande(2020) search twitter
Wiss we haed interviews like 'is h(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
hid no creches an nurses whan wiss wi bairns maan wirk?" "Is hid on page 69
he Dance Firstday next. Hid's wiss at wir best." Noor coudno, sh on page 76
"I sayed tae see wiss at wir best, no this," he say on page 87
p wi whit this days is takkan wiss." The Ting wis biggid fer man on page 88

4 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
'Aedie! ' (He kent her briss wiss up. That wis his name on page 18

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
at taetime. Dinah, my dear! I wiss du wis doon here wi me! Der n on page 10
athoot me shooders. Oh, I dö wiss I could juist shut up laek a on page 12
reetin een wi dat sam, "I dö wiss dey wid pit der heads doon! A on page 20
"I wiss I widna a grutten sae muckle! on page 21
na be tirn aboot it. An yit I wiss I could shaa dee wir cat Dina on page 22
Also on pages 31, 32, 35, 38, 51, 66, 67, 72, 86, 89, 96, 109, 113
21 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Bliss dem an dunna wiss ill apo dem. on page 163

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
d book indeed," I laached, "I wiss it wis still lack dat, bit fo on page 10
n bridder ony young lass cood wiss fur, an, yes, he wis queer. H on page 18
her taers, "He wis ringin ta wiss wis a happy Christmas, an say on page 21
in, du's just missed her - I wiss du cood a met her." on page 45
didna ken. Oh, Maggie, I just wiss ..." An shü brook doon again on page 48
Also on pages 49, 51
8 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
"I wiss I could gaeng tae da Foy," sh on page 35

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
an I rekk oot ta hit, an wiss fur dee on page 105

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
I really do wiss at me algorithms on Facecloot(2021) search twitter

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