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Use in varieties of Scots

whalin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 8.2 0 0 17.4 0 22.1
Number of occurrences2416 0 0 3 0 5
Number of authors4 1 1 2

Occurrences of whalin in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
BACK IN THE WHALIN times there wis a lot o money on page 32
had decidit tae invest in the whalin. He had been gey successful a on page 33
e the dangers o the Greenland whalin. on page 34
maist important centre o the whalin trade in Europe. Afore the de on page 36
assignit tae ane o the actual whalin boats. These werenae onie big on page 40
Also on pages 41, 43, 44
16 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
d whin he ower-wintered at da whalin, money me an him wis medd pla on page 46
year. Bertie cam hame fae da whalin, he wis wintered oot twaese f on page 72
booze. My Bertie gude tae da whalin, an wintered oot twaese, ta e on page 73

3 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ak readie, he'll get yin guid whalin. But tha yin that dïd wrang on page 92
in hïm, an giein hïm a guid whalin. An the' püt a blinfoul on h on page 108
ae deith. Sae A'll gie hïm a whalin tae lairn hïm a lesson, an l on page 109

4 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Thein shameful whalin alwyes gat, on page 17

1 matches

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