A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of wance in Corpus

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
,' wan ae mah colleagues said wance. on page 60
wit horrors await me. Ah mind wance, me an mah maw an granny an g on page 104

2 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
d thunder an lightnin tae rip wance mair. on page 49

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Thay'll no get any cleaner wance yer gaun. on page 46

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
The dominie grabbed the belt wance mair an engaged in rapid fire on page 43

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
osts, or whit ye'll luik like wance ye get there. on page 3

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Ah mind a programme Ah wance saw on page 24
Granny wance spaik o perty lines in Dumfri on page 34
wance the mirk creeps in on page 47

3 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
wee scabby dugs howlin' a' at wance. Nae wunner wur nappers can f on page

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
the hale truth tae the lad A wance lied tae; on page 6
A want fur jist wance tae be free on page 17
w A had tae fix masel and fur wance an aw tae prove on page 63
ple that we love will meet us wance we've died? on page 69
Ken you wur wance the lassie that belanged unde on page 89
Also on pages 93
6 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
wi' her auld ain. Ah said it wance tae Jeanie Hugh, weel as ye c on page 22
nk Ah saw the laird mair than wance or twice the hale time Ah wis on page 29
The meenister wance spoke in the kirk aboot it aw on page 34

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'I tried it wance and it wis mince. on page 12
For wance they backed the winnin cuddie on page 28
A guid lass wid at wance exclaim, on page 32
Pit on her coat wance he'd funn it. on page 38

4 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
dae suhin tae wind HIM up fur wance. See, the worst hing ae wid d on page 75

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e allowed tae change yir mind wance yi'd said it. Ah felt dead gr on page 47
fightin either, but jist fur wance ah'd like tae get intae an ar on page 56
Wance ah got there though, ah wishe on page 66
wis sixteen. Ah seen a photie wance wi him wearin a goatee when h on page 95
idnae say it nasty though fur wance but Harpreet jist walked away on page 106
Also on pages 128, 137, 139, 169
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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Wance a year jist, on his birthday, on page 6
led the fower auld folk aw at wance. 'Coorse it's true! Spier ony on page 16
a machine that wid tell ye at wance, wioot openin the wrapper o a on page 28
ae chynge ma daud o chawingum wance a day. I used tae dae it in o on page 38
Aw at wance, they baith saw the funny sid on page 44
Also on pages 46, 77, 79, 83, 85, 91, 108, 110, 112, 114, 120, 128, 157, 159, 170, 172
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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
Fingir. It's kind o like tig. Wance ye get the Cheesy Fingir, tha on page 9
But wance I did, I telt ma Da that Rodr on page 12

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Then back tae Cormilligan wance again, on page 17
And thaim whaes forecasts wance seemed sound, on page 45
Soap-Boax Major (wance her friend), Will henceforth on page 47
Ah gie it an airin (wance a year like!) on page 77
ree o puirtith diminishes, an wance ye've goat aa that ye need on page 107
Also on pages 117, 118, 140
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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
you try and behave yersel for wance while she's awa.' on page 1
boot somethin or ither. Never wance, no even on her brawest days, on page 2
'But ye did wance, Grannie.' on page 4
me o us,' she said, and aw at wance she wis leanin forrit in her on page 10
f! Bring me a tassie o tea at wance and a skliff o Dundee cake!' on page 69
Also on pages 70, 73, 75, 77, 86, 89
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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
h and clean as aw the luve we wance coud gie each ither, and yet on page ix
Frae the ben, that we wance climbed in a day on page 9
"Here, wi that 'wance wis' wee Young Yins," on page 68
ttie mattit hair ye shawed me wance. on page 79
is as I mynd it, it wis true wance on page 115
Also on pages 138, 153
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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
He smiles. Fur wance, he doesnae smell like, well, on page 40
Fur wance, ah'm no fussed that me and D on page 43
nae too hard, thankfully, and wance it's ower, ah'm quietly hopef on page 44
poem pops intae ma heid wance again. Ah kin write a follow- on page 52

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
sgae train wad git in on time wance in a blue muin. A mean - a o on page 2

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
youse bairns are gonnae bide. Wance Violet's auld enough, the sil on page 9
look radge and stairvin aw at wance. "Hullo, ma bairns. Welcome t on page 22
e. I'll drap in on yese every wance in a while, and yese can aye on page 24
k it's awfie strang, but then wance ye're aulder ye could eat Gor on page 27
a muckle cairdboard box that wance had a fridge in it, and noo h on page 29
Also on pages 30, 50, 51, 52, 62, 98, 100, 119, 130, 139, 143, 144, 159, 161
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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ne tae brush it properly. But wance ah'm back tae masel, there wi on page xiii
e tae go intae yer pocket fur wance!' Mick shouts. on page 6
nt. He loved a drink, but fur wance, he knew ah needed him mair. on page 40
ean ah couldnae dream o mair. Wance ah'd gien Mammy ma digs, ah s on page 54
rench Fancies and sandwiches. Wance they're oan the coffee table, on page 76
Also on pages 114
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Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
It wis wance mair up tae Grannie on page 27

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
global and the specific aw at wance: the "stane" - the warld - on page 4

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
nspots wi her auld black cat. Wance, her knackered donkey taen, s on page 23

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
id o this big numpty Hercules wance and for aw." on page 5
mea. He wisna feart at lions. Wance he focht three o them in the on page 7
Wance in the palace, he wis temptit on page 20
next mornin Hercules set oot wance again for Arcadia. on page 26
their tea but Hercules didna wance lowse his grup. on page 33
Also on pages 53
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Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
Ah did meet him wance," sez the bold Big G, on page 4

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
WANCE UPON A TIME there wis a posh on page 8

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
are the size o the mune. But wance ye've on page 30
said. "Whit are ye gonnae dae wance ye've got it?" on page 36

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McCabe, Alan Lallans 73 - Whan the wind blaws, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An rugs me wance mair on page 46

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ilence, a terrible silence an wance whin e'd a drink in im e says on page 43

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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Wance the spate o water heezed up t
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Robson, Frances Lallans 75 - The MacNificat, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
whaur the puir wance lived.
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Then back tae Cormilligan wance again.
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
she described thaim, had tint wance mair, an that there wis eneue
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
even hae been important. But wance they're intae the mooths o th
the first thing that happens, wance Scots is fund tae hiv some va
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
mak up the Scots leid. Aw at wance, ah wantit tae lairn it. An a
for me tae uise Scots wirds, wance ah'd lairnt thaim. An it stil
the Scots Cringe is aw ower, wance ye set oot luikin for it. An
See, In 38 years, ah've never wance been mocked for my uise o Yor
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
ce programmes? John Steinbeck wance said that there are nae poor
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e knoack it oot him mare than wance. McDade was resolute though,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The site hud wance been an industrial area, thri
rete showin where the factory wance stood, reclaimed by nature an
just so ah don’t do ye in. Wance yer nae good tae me dain that
3 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
no' say somethin'? Jist this wance? No. Ah suppose that would be
n he wis alive. Dae ye ken he wance telt me that the only guid th
nk. So ah hit him - jist the wance. Ah had tae dae it - dae ye
3 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ion ay superior knowledge fur wance.
ma soul afore bowin its heid wance mare.
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the summit which is secreted wance mare by thick, rollin cloud,
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
lation. Ah broach the subject wance mare. ‘Ur ye sure yer awrit
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
We’d stoapped wance - the quickest hour ay ma li
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
msel; no quite as vocal as he wance wis. He used tae fight like f
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Me and the lads doon the pub wance concluded that the best kind
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Wance ah’m back ootside, ah peek
ocus oan ma breathin, and fur wance, it feels like it’s calmin
et, people aw come ootside at wance, clappin fur carers. It bring
3 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
Bit ah hud ma ain worries wance ah wis oot oan the street aga
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
yae see. Business isny wit it wance wiz. Progress, they call it.
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
it when ah wis growin’ up. Wance Maggie left we’d nae obviou
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ignature, Ailsa went wanderin wance mair. Right oan midnicht, she
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
somethin. Oor teacher telt us wance thur cawed a “floor-deh-lee
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Wance somehin's wrote,
An wance ye'r daein that
wance ye
wance ye'r by
wance ye'r writin,
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. Ah’m sure it’ll be fine wance yae dae it up. Whit ur ye aw
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Christmas comes bit wance't a year
Wance't wi get afloat
Yu'll see it wance't wi get afloat.”
3 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
inal time afore he’s mines. Wance mah heid wis fully covered by
result wi' ilk attempt. Whaur wance saft tanned skin hud lay, a d
res in satisfaction. It ne'er wance slipped even as mah coupon fa
3 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Ma Da wance tolt me a story (or whit a th
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
aist fairy tales stairt wi “Wance Upoan a Time” but A’ll no
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
know whit ah mean? We played wance in the Forum, supportin a mad
1 matches

Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
I'm back wance again cause I found ma way th
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@MartinBroon tweeted
wan of they carrying handles wance when A wuz a Boy, cause there(2020) search twitter
@pieandbov Wance We get Wur points back......?(2019) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
aff Wester Lomond at New Year wance and whilst bletherin minded t (2022) twitter link
e?? To squander oor resources wance wis criminal...twice???? (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
ant Ah niver touched her bump wance. It didnae cross ma mind. Sam(2020) search twitter
the buildin aff the platform wance thur done?(2020) search twitter
@simonfromharlow Wance in a blue moon, aye. When Ah'(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Jack Jist a wee gobshite. For wance the BBC have got it right.(2020) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
ir ye tae grasp, but I didnae wance say onything aboot folk wanti (2021) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
tia stops e tale No more than wance a meenad. on page 5
k, an o hevan nothin till do: wance or twice she hed peeped intil on page 7
on went Alice efter id, never wance thinkan aboot how in e world on page 8
ed on goan intill e garden at wance; but, it wisna fine for poor on page 13
bring tears till her eyes an wance she minded tryan till punch h on page 14
Also on pages 16, 19, 23, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 39, 40, 48, 49, 57, 70, 73, 80, 82, 83, 91, 93, 95, 98, 100, 110, 112, 120
38 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
vine29 Hahhh ah can beat ye...wance woke up in Thetford wi a cupb (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
rattled the gate wi her feet wance or twice, but that pert o the on page 15
Wance more intae hid's corner, whar on page 80
lution free' an shinan bright wance more. on page 81
That wance again the time his come, for on page 87

5 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Back tae the toon wance more on page 2
So, wance again, I rescued him, me kami on page 13
great surprise and swallowed wance or twice. on page 20
Hid soon wis ship-shape wance again - a grand state o affa on page 25
ive him, raise his spirits up wance more. on page 50
Also on pages 51, 61, 63, 67, 71, 72
13 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Ga's eyes, wance the burneen sand on page 12

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Oot wance again intae the storm on page 23

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
by owld tin wae worn flooers, wance a tea tin, on page 47

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e machine, paper pattern used wance on page 42

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
is wance mair shaan, held oot, and sin on page 58

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Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
tely extinct in Mainland noo. Wance, aboot ten year ago, in the b
1 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
“Wance I geed tae Sanday whaar I hea
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@peediepuss tweeted
o com roond again. Surely no..wance bitten an aal dat (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
luckin da daisies, whin aa at wance a White Rabbit wi pink een ra on page 7
guid Alice efter him, athoot wance winderin foo on aert shö wis on page 8
u ever aet a bat?" whin aa at wance, doose! doose! doon shö cam on page 10
nd ta geng inta da gairden at wance; but less, aless for poor Ali on page 14
ckit up da peerie gold key at wance, an med a rip for da door int on page 17
Also on pages 26, 27, 28, 36, 52, 55, 56, 65, 79, 99, 117
16 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
said again dat hit wisna him. Wance mair da very sam thing happen on page 21
Wance mair ta dee I wis oobin, on page 33
Loard, look me ower wance mair on page 48
n laet i da efternoon he gied wance mair. Der wir still fock hing on page 103
Some-ean wance hed a graet foy. An he bad aa on page 119
Also on pages 124, 125, 147, 173
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Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
u winna fin me dere - noas I wance wis. See, I wis browt here by on page 24
is aa de bruks o maettir dat wance granted dee dy bu o lift on page 28

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Pit yun aff, pit yun aff at wance. Can du no see what's afore d on page 52

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Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
Of coorse, wance you’re run oot o possible p
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Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
s wis da gaet Mansie med ivry wance in a while.
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Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2017) Shetland
itt dunna aa come forwaard at wance!!!!! Ony help an' advice will

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Wance dey got ontae castin dey wir
ark dey hed dem aa biggit up. Wance hit wis quiet an we kent dey
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
oot a new undergroond schul. Wance da trowie chiefs mak up dir m
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Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
an ready for hibernation. So wance November cam in, he cam for h
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Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
r ain an mairry a human wife. Wance a Kunal son is boarn da midde
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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Duolingo hivin a go at me wance again https://t.co/AavziDhr5I (2020) twitter link
i wis a starfish wance https://t.co/yNyQjiCewz (2020) twitter link