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The word 'waits'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
waitsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32717
ORK - Orkney 69.6 7 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of waits in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
tren o his concentraetion, an waits. Thir notheen tae deu but wai on page 24
ootbye an slams the doar, an waits ahint hid, an sings a peedie on page 46
says, an "If..." The yolewife waits. "If what I think I've found. on page 117
ut leuks oot whar he leuks an waits. Abeun the yotun afore them t on page 120
risan as it settles. Noor waits fer the spin tae stop, an ken on page 160

6 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
e in a geo. The mither selkie waits anxiously nearby on the margi
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
His mither waits for him the nicht on page 17

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
So he waits ahent on page 182

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
bloomin wifie. Of coorse time waits for nae
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
arriage-bed: Princess Yolanta waits. on page 6

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the miserable existence that waits fur me oot there - waiting p on page 23

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ed are not yet known. Glasgow waits in fear of further attacks to
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 73 - Challenge, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Hamilton, poetry
waits ti see on page 29

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
A New Warld Waits on page 125

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tside the doacturs and Brucie waits fur me obediently ootside as
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ye're wrang ma freends. Whit waits for us is always thare, and i on page x
t fascinatin warld o commerce waits on page 85
Oh sic a warld o wunner waits on page 89
Which waits for yin double helix uncurled on page 118

4 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
waits this sweirest o rendezvous on page 43

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
A plain kist waits tae hoard on page 6

1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
I posted a wee cover o a Tom Waits classic with me on the piano (2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Elusive youth, it waits in hope on page 11
What waits within ma room on page 22

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
t, slithers across the flair, waits fir the Feasting Day tae fin on page 23

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The glarry forth waits ower abain on page 19

1 matches

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