A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of wast in Corpus

Central

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Tae north an sooth an east an wast, on page 29

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
be a wast- on page 29

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
herin nicht. While awa in the wast, the last spark o a dwaibly w on page 81

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
e look o' the fish hawker fae Wast Bye on her. Aye weel, if that on page 26
Ah cam fae whit they ca' here Wast Bye, Ah cam fae Buckhind, min on page 31
ims, mind ye it's mair on the wast coast an' in the islands that on page 34

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
hat's weans fer aw ye tae the wast) aroun Scotland these days wi on page 108

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
guid instance o this is the 'Wast Coast o Scotland'. While 'Was on page 48
land isles, pairts o Angus an Wast Dunbartonshire thir words kee on page 64

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
seicont name is a toun on the wast coast?! Ivery date A gae on h on page 2

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
nin communities in the like o Wast Fife an Sooth Ayrshire. There on page 7
weans that wes descendents o wast country an Ulster covenanters on page 10

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
tae uise mair speceific east-wast discriminators, sic as Wast C on page 9

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Aest End Fornent Wast End on page 39

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Gilliland, Sam Lallans 83 - Cochise o the Apache Nation, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
ged this hale kintra, Aste an Wast, on page 25

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
tae its carpickles in the wast on page 18
on fur Wardlaw an the shiftin wast, on page 36
or wast, whaur the smeek wull follae on page 43

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
eenockCut.html). On the north-wast brae o Auchineden Hill amang on page 65

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Germany. The Clyde wis on the wast an weil defendit, sae navy sh on page 110

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McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
on for dear life tae the nor-wast tour. on page 117

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
mes Bridie, an nou five o the Wast o Scotland plays wi the whilk on page 127

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
n forleitit bi a fermer i the Wast. Whan Sandy laerns she haes b on page 140

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
-spickin population is in the Wast o Scotland, an it has been we on page 56

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Couslem whan it kythes in the wast efter sundoun.
t sae the Sun comes up in the wast an gaes doun in the east.
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
, whitwey thai wes traivellin wast.
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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ction atween cot an coat, but Wast Kilbride an Rhynie i the hert
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
tertit aff taewards the sooth wast, slaw like. Awthegither this
ry places haed seen gauin ben Wast Lothian an ayont ower a puckl
cret airships that the fowk o Wast Lothian seen, or something it
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
wis Inglish Planters frae the Wast Midlands at the stairt o the
n Shakespeare mair redolent o Wast Kintra nor o Brummie), as wee
spoken until no lang syne an wast o the River Bann, whaur Catho
ections in leids athort north-wast Europe. No-staundart realisat
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rictit tae Glasgow or een the wast. Illustrative o the original
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
y jyned up wi the Scots o the wast an thegither they made the ki
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ark. He set aff again, heidin wast.
ised him agin gaun ony furder wast. He wad suin lea Chinese terr
North, sooth, east, wast - there wis nae airt she cud
r, lik thee. Tae the north an wast, quhaar ma parents bide, ther
wis a while sin they had been wast.
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
o ilka saet i Glesca, Dundee, Wast Lothian, North Lanarkshire, A
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MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
t wis juist as faur ahint the Wast as some o us wis mibbie jalou
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Cameron, Peter Lallans 74 - Cannle-flame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
the chaos yont the dayset wast.
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Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
thi win hid swung en tae nor Wast an startet freshnin faist. No on page 46

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
y will come fae the east an e wast an will sit doon wi Abraham, on page 16
see e cloods bankin up i the wast, ye say till yersel, 'There's on page 103
rsels cassen oot. Fae east an wast they'll come, fae north an so on page 105

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ic things warna oonkent i the Wast faar she cam fae. She bade hi on page 27

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
wid be wast- on page 28

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
The North-wast view ti Dunnideer
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
n veered roon intae the Sooth Wast,
Win is gey strong oot o the Wast.
Still fae the Wast strong win dis blaw,
Hale day lang Wast win dis blaw
than a blustery win oot o the Wast,
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Fae the North Wast ere's a cauld blaw,
Win blaws fae the Wast gey near a gale,
Win fae the Wast it is gey snell.
er breeze o win blaws fae the Wast,
ld win dis blaw fae the Sooth Wast,
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
oon some echt mile aff in the wast. Minnie's granfaither, Auld M
echt war frae fairms tae the wast o Dunracht, an thon day they
erneen at the bakin, or north wast throwe the neep park, its sha
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Wast o the quarry lay the Balbutt
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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
wi main (lick farrer sooth an wast) but wi meen.
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e hame tae Macduff she waakit Wast alang the coast tae Fitehills
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Orkney

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
say, for whin he geed tae the Wast Banks he wid pick oot a bit o
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ent dey wir gude quality moor wast ower, ta keep generations a f on page 92

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De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
wast owre, der icy glisters roond on page 33

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Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Wast an fram on page 27

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
rsemen flittit tae dem fae da Wast o Norwa fae da hindmaist end on page 9
nd wid be idda shall mideen o Wast Voe daetit tae 4200-3600 BC. on page 13
whit's noo da sooth an sooth-wast o England; an da Angles gød on page 14
s first settled bi spaekers o Wast Norse aboot 790. We dunna ken on page 15
"s, bit Icelandic, Faroese an Wast Norwegian dialects still hae on page 49
Also on pages 75, 85
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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Da rodd wast-owre on page 40

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Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
e - till thare wis juist the Wast wing left. Houaniver, thaim t
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Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
y wi a laar o wind fae da nor-wast, just what dey wir needin, an
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Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
bit mair convoluted here i da Wast o Scotland whaar some eens is
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Williamson, Christie Pre nuptial, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
wis best. Wast
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Graham, Laurence Flans Frae Da Haaf, (Shetland For Wirds 2000) Shetland, poetry
Wast ower fae blatterin seas,
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Mainland, Jim Love (After Miroslav Holub), (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
almont sequestered in a sooth-wast wind.
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Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
er, Fraser in Sandsound on da Wast side o Shetland. Since it wis
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
ar as you laek - Aest Burra, Wast Burra, Sooth Wast Burra, Nort
Burra, Sooth Wast Burra, Nort Wast Burra, Hamna
Burra, Nort Wast Burra, Hamnavoe. I’m heard
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Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
For generations bairns on da wast side wir telt stories aboot d
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Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“But da tief o da Neean fae Wast Burrafirth might aesy aet a t
He used tae bide in caves at Wast Burrafirth when I wis a boy.
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@shaetlan_rose tweeted
Magic time oot wast dastreen. Thank you @Marjolei(2019) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
irtin aince mair ti the south-wast.
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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
The Wast wund blaws frae ten thousan m
irtin aince mair ti the south-wast.
Ah open the wast winnok an goave at the swaws
alang the gait ti the Wast.
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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
pe Wrath, richt i the tap Nor Wast corner o Scotland. A mynd on
pilot. Teddy, whae gat wurk i Wast Afrika, wis killt i sum brulz
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Ulster

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
ntrim tae the islands aff the wast o Scotland? Or Robert The Bru
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Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
an her blak Morris Minor gaed wast. Conor tuk his aise fornent h
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