A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

waved Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.3 22.1 15.1 9.9 23.2 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences6243 10 1 4 1 3
Number of authors27 17 4 1 3 1 2

Occurrences of waved in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
weans waited and watched and waved from the sidings as the great on page 77
ae watch the news as Thatcher waved her lang oerdue adieus - had on page 78

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
d up an she went doon. The DI waved fae the motor. Like they wur on page 1

4 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
She waved him inside "Come in, come in. on page 198

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
just one of those things. He waved the ruler under wur noses the on page 169

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
whuspered Granda Joe, and he waved his haun at Chairlie for him on page 42
chocolate works, he turnt and waved at it and sang oot, 'I'll be on page 55
tae sicht aheid, he suddently waved his gowd-tappit walkin stick on page 98

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Liftin up ma bike, ah waved, an moved oan. on page 11

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
ot tae ane o the players, wha waved back at him. on page 19

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
o thrissles that aye wis, and waved a hoof at it. on page 26
e wey tae the wee-er yins, he waved a loof at them ower his shood on page 70

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
aundit mannie, wha smiled and waved a hook at the bairns. "C'mon on page 132
ws as the curtain came up. He waved and blew kisses tae the audie on page 134
rauss, wha wis greetin as she waved tae them. Aheid o them were t on page 161

3 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
shiverin when she waved and lauched on page 37

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
An mebbe a glow o fagtip waved like a firefly or a sparkler,
1 matches

Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
A looked doon and waved. Then he went '3...2...1. Jum
1 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
a shooge big knife whoat ’e waved ut us. We goat oot o’ that
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
He took his prayer beads and waved them above the wean's heid, m
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ssed doon the aisle. Beatrice waved it on. If she had kent aheid
autiously breistit a ridge an waved tae Hsien tae jyne him. Beatr
xplodit. Bit for noo - ” he waved a haun “eat, rest, git some
wis pinched,” he sayed. He waved his haun aroon the cruive he
rtricides, deviants ...” He waved a haun. “Oh, whiles an rina
17 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
n till he cud run nae mair an waved that he’d surrender.

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
l wis a few rows behind us. I waved and he waved back and it wis
and he waved back and it wis like we weren
2 matches

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ulled oot his mobile phone an waved it in the pudgy face o the ga on page 74

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
s an tickets pleasin, hunkies waved like flags, his bunnet noo a on page 10

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
twa loons." Morrice noddit an waved, an said throwe is teeth, "He on page 43
-shirt 1f ye'r sair." Mornice waved ower it the twins splashin ab on page 44
"Yoohoo!"' Betty waved it Jim es he pulled up in the on page 84

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
isin up inside him as the lad waved, grinned an winkit it Joyce. on page 8

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fa's comin in aboot." Beldie waved an smiled es baith o Dottie's on page 27
"Ay, at's her." Ah waved es Fenella turnt roon an saa on page 29
"Okay, okay." Stevie waved is hans in the air. "Ah'll ad on page 35

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
like that. Faither McMurtrie waved aside his apology, though, an on page 108

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm the fool that you waved your fist at, when I pulled o on page 83

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Janice said ta her whin shü waved dem aff ar Sumburgh. on page 76

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
da lass at waved is spaekin aboot da parteecla on page 97

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
anded her owre tae da lass an waved as he gud. Dan he picked up d
1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Liftin up ma bike, ah waved, an moved oan. on page 207

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Maisie waved at Sally, who was lik a sprig on page 19

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
e thocht tha name shud be. He waved for thaim tae get hïm sumthi on page 71
rtit tae cum apairt. Sae the' waved tae thair nighbers ïn tha it on page 77

2 matches

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