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Use in varieties of Scots

waar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.6 1.6 59.2 39.7 151.1 0 0
Number of occurrences703 37 4 26 0 0
Number of authors27 1 14 2 10

Occurrences of waar in Corpus

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Central

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
lad. Bit the brither got the waar o’t. On the ither haan,”
in thy sark? It’ll only get waar, thoo kens! An sae he gaed on
inna ken that it’s been ony waar for the anes quha’ve come h
3 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
in it up this time wi tales o waar. He seen weariet, hooiver; an on page 30

1 matches

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
er man wis a piper during the waar (nae the last waar, the een a on page 15
hid been the caus o the last waar. She asked if he'd focht in t on page 16

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
He smirkit again. "Ah'v seen waar. Ay, a helluva sicht waar." on page 28
ary o his wis weerin't. Fit's waar, it wis inside-oot an back-a- on page 31
es file back he's bin gettin waar. Aa he dis, nooadays, is rumm on page 33
heid. "An ere's jist ae thing waar nor a feel - an at's a feel on page 34
e muntelpiece. "Ere's naethin waar nor scratty tae nails," he ad on page 54
Also on pages 66, 71
9 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
Harvester Company wi him. Or, waar nor that, wintin ti tak her h on page 94

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
irchie to be hooseboun wad be waar nor pittin him intae Craiginc on page 8

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the bathroom door. "It's even waar in here - Ah'm gaun te bi si on page 9
"Ah cudna think o onythin waar," interruptit Morrice, haudin on page 11
t, a bittie wintin...an a lot waar forbye bi them aat didna ken on page 19
na imagine things cud get ony waar, fin Elspeth screwed up her n on page 32
, bit she's definitely gettin waar." Donald sighed as he thocht on page 34
Also on pages 38, 43
7 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
r fitna keeng will mairch tae waar wi anither keeng wi'oot first on page 106

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
s gweed as eeswal or, fut was waar, wordy o the Lord. on page 25

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
oot it?' said cat. 'It's neen waar as Murlie-Reiver in yer famil on page 83

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
iss obsair. "I'm a fair sicht waar aff nor ye!" on page 61
airs steek fest in the watter waar nor iver afore), an files ane on page 73
't aff. The heeligoleerie gat waar ilkie meinit, an Ailice wes f on page 90

3 matches

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
d o Erchie's blaain aboot the waar," Sandy said.
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
fore the Company won the tech waar. That’s fan they took full
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
neives. Iss collieshange wis waar as ony een afore. Cald finger
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
muckle ma, quine, her bark's waar norr her bite!”
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@DoricPhrases Nae sure fits waar, 'e packet tammata soup or 'e(2019) search twitter
@DoricPhrases Could be waar. Could be a Gruffalo's fart!(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
d or used afore! The bokin’s waar bi far! (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Worse still when waar rampaged on page 5

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu couldna mak me feel any waar than I truly felt mesel. on page 55
ill morneen bit were none the waar o that. The casualty o the ev on page 73
d the floor bit, a hang sight waar than that, They wir playan fl on page 74

3 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
laand o it, wi hard wark, an waar an muck. Dey hedd a big faiml on page 7
dir quad an trailer gadderin waar. Whin da first brook a waar w on page 10
ey wantit. An ta mak maitters waar da skules wis closed, so da s on page 27
face, "Dunna worry, ah'm hedd waar said aboot me. Of coorse du c on page 31
er strent whin her pains gets waar." on page 33
Also on pages 34, 56, 93
13 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
a'waar dey hæ da bettir a'mie quhan on page 12

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
dey cled an laid aff o dem da waar-naitered dey got. on page 35

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
el grapheme doobled-up, as in waar /wa:r/, maak /ma:k/, taak /ta on page 32
wartree exceptions, laek ill~ waar ~ warst. on page 51

2 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
ae da caald he seemed nane da waar o his ploy, so we left him wi
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
ny) - dis time German - wis waar (fur kelp/seaweed).

Nicholson, Hannah Da Wye At I Spaek, (self-published 2021) Shetland - Brae, poetry
Maks you soond uneducated, or waar.
1 matches

Walterson, Vaila Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
raa-tae, drewie line, tang an waar an even a bottle o’ paddick
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
lk an bread. Dere’s naethin waar for gaein a hedgehog da scoor
1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
deengir, an hit wid only get waar.
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
Whit's even waar aboot aa dis cleanin exhausti(2021) search twitter
it bein idda winter it's far waar as last time. https://t.co/C3(2021) search twitter
t da vaccine an feels none da waar but haes tae go back fir her (2021) search twitter

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