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The word 'whativer'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
whativerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.6154
ORK - Orkney
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 50.1 8 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 188.3 6 2
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of whativer in Corpus

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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
y dinna gie it muckle thocht. Whativer, I wantit tae redd up the mai
sayin it’s juist English or whativer — that ettlin efter a bette
2 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
feid til Man and aa his weys. Whativer gangs upo twa legs is a fae.
gangs upo twa legs is a fae. Whativer gangs upo fower legs, or haes
1. Whativer gangs upo twa legs is a fae.
2. Whativer gangs upo fower legs, or haes
t in some volunteer labour at whativer needit daein maist, afore the
6 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"Whativer yae lik," said the Fitman, an on page 57
, "Jeeves a March Hare. Visit whativer yin yae lik: they'r baith mad on page 64
"Naethin whativer?" persistet the King. on page 118

5 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
Sae dinnae forget tae gie whativer ye kan this year tae help tha
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Hir hame was a happy hame, an whativer price she had tae pey fur a s on page 46

1 matches

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