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Use in varieties of Scots

whar's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.9 1.1 0 49.7 0 0 8.8
Number of occurrences92 0 5 0 0 2
Number of authors8 2 4 2

Occurrences of whar's in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Whar's that man Ross? on page 31

1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
Click here tae access 'Whar's Wattie?', a Scots language re (2018) twitter link

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Who is it? Whar's there? Speak tae me! on page 20

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
But whar's this baest wae long tusks an on page 12

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
y queekly, clearan the dyke. "Whar's Bertie?" we both speerd at wa on page 61

1 matches

Mainland, Marlene Home Truths, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Granny? Whar's Bessie geen?
Granny? Whar's that uncan wife?
2 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Shud you be ast, "Whar's this ye'r leevin?" on page 37

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
no cure ten men?" axt Jesus. "Whar's tha ither nine? Hae nane o th on page 99

1 matches

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