Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

waik	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	9.1	7.7	0	0	46.5	0	26.6
Number of occurrences	29	15	0	0	8	0	6
Number of authors	8	5			1		2

Occurrences of waik in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
speir a tale frae braith ower waik on page 5
At last cam a wee, waik, squeaky vyce, (That's Bill, on page 38
the Duchess stertit in a wee, waik vyce. on page 44

3 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
A puir wee early bairn, ower waik tae thrive an win oot agin th on page 27
ir nowt were sae faur gaun an waik that Adam an Bess had tae hei on page 56
owe lambie wis gey shilpit an waik, an he had focht lang an hard on page 57
r his thochts, and spake in a waik, trimmlin vyce that grew in s on page 60
k o the puir beasts were ower waik tae survive, faur less tae be on page 63

5 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
warks in the tension). Is he waik-mindit or juist wuid? Na, na;
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
an waik, the criein o constant chynge
l ti tel, bot Tammas wes ower waik sae it tuik a hale ouk afoir
2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a gleg push wadnae smash her waik body an aa? She warsled wi th
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
he disna lay eggs, he is ower waik tae pou the pleuch, he canna
r tyrannise ower his ain ilk. Waik or stark, glaikit or wice, oo
2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n ower early had had been too waik tae souk the breist. But this
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
an be "strong" (stressed) or "waik" (unstressed). Shaetlan haes on page 23
proximants onli maks a braali waik closure fir da airflow an d'i on page 25
ssed een (noo an agein caaed "waik" in non-linguistic writeens). on page 29
î, bī, by, bij, bei, and da waik or unstressed bĭ, bĕ. The s on page 31
main kinds o verbs: reglar ("waik") verbs an irreglar ("strong" on page 72
Also on pages 73
8 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Tae bed a tale o breath too waik on page 5
Last come a wee waik, squeaky voice ("That's Bill, on page 39
he youth, "an yer jaas tr too waik on page 48
leepin," nae said in a hoarse waik voice. "A hear't wery ivery w on page 73
y!" the Duchess said in a wee waik voice. on page 91

5 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ed, "Acause yer faith ïs sae waik. A tell ye tha truith, ïf yi on page 9

1 matches