A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wusnae Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.8 1 0 0 0 0 274.4
Number of occurrences642 0 0 0 0 62
Number of authors10 2 8

Occurrences of wusnae 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

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ept fartin' an' pretendin' it wusnae them? Or wus it that time ye on page

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
since it wusnae him as much as his guid-wife on page 49

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
stently. Baecaas Ulster Scots wusnae lukt upon es a language in it on page vi
schuil-room, an even if this wusnae the richt time fur showin aff on page 9
Alice wusnae a bit hurt, an shae jumpt up on page 10
mae", but the smert wee Alice wusnae gan tae dae thon in a hurry. on page 12
"Naw, it wusnae mae!" said the Lory in a hurr on page 26
Also on pages 27, 35, 43, 52, 58, 63, 64, 67, 68, 69, 73, 87, 93, 94, 95, 109, 121
25 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Fer Jhone wusnae ïntae aitin ner drinkin whan on page 9
rn, she haed a wee sinn. Wurd wusnae lang gan roon o hoo guid tha on page 71
e telt Herod tha Tetrarch ït wusnae richt tha wye he haed tuk Her on page 74
¯n Israel at tha time. Elijah wusnae sent til onie o thaim but, on on page 76
reet.' For Jhone tha Baptiser wusnae eatin breid nor drinkin wine on page 81
Also on pages 84, 86, 96, 102, 103, 108, 111
15 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Weel, Frank he wusnae merriet, an he had a fairm o on page 3
It wusnae lang tae Frank cried, "Hup", on page 5
us oul eneuch tae wark, thair wusnae much caa fur tha han-looms. M on page 8
Tha mair it wusnae tha Sabbath day. on page 9
, noo he wus his lane, Wullie wusnae ower parteeclar aboot tha hoo on page 15
Also on pages 16, 17, 29
10 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
t an gyely leemeted tim'frame wusnae in the penel's gift an' sae s on page 4
he Ulster-Scots Institute, at wusnae on page 25
tners. The mair at attendance wusnae es on page 45
tae the Ulster-Scots identity wusnae carriet oan bae the on page 50
lassification systems - thon wusnae thocht tae bae a priority on page 53
Also on pages 70
6 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
k magic. A shane fun oot that wusnae tha case efter a shoart time
1 matches

Hume, David The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
whan he wusnae heedin or wus danderin roon;
1 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
sait nor tae mak cartain thar wusnae onie motòrs ahint thaim.
erie taen a keek at Gerald at wusnae at her aise. Wus thar a hint
eet in wi twa lads at a disco wusnae tha siccar thing tae dae at h
3 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
kkin his een aff tha byue. He wusnae suin eneuch. Grace’s apern
1 matches

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