A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

whatever Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.5 22.1 7.5 0 29.1 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences5643 5 0 5 1 2
Number of authors23 16 3 1 1 2

Occurrences of whatever in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
sex appeal, animal magnetism, whatever it is, he's got it. Combine t on page 8

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
cales, Ad take some crumbs or whatever a had oot ma pocket, and thro on page 36
uts together and feeding them whatever we had in oor pockets. We wer on page 42

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
a higher power or big bang or whatever yae believe in ~ah'm no here on page 21
aw soon folloae. Sayin that, whatever their reasons, eh? In that mo on page 57
"Aye, whatever. Mark ma words. He's yin fat on page 196

3 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
s oan the bus or at school or whatever, is fur gimps. An ahm no a gi on page 75

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hat underwater callanetics or whatever yi caw it. on page 14
's name again - Harpreach or whatever yir name is, how come he didn on page 25
othin up wi me, she said. Aye whatever. Ahj jist agree wi her noo ca on page 150

3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
A wisna thare, an A kent that whatever wis unfauldin in his heid tha on page 125

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
pportunity tae have a pee. An whatever ye do, never EVER trust a far
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
an can be dounloaded an uized whatever wey a body sees fit.
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
I wisna thare, an I kent that whatever wis unfauldin in his heid tha
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
l's awa oot on his pirogue or whatever, here dis aa thir bonny butte
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Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
ae magnesium or an asprin or whatever an then they’ll either send
1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
hat underwater callanetics or whatever yi caw it.
1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ambe and Wise or Doomwatch or whatever, so hauf the places didnae le
Hillman, Chrysler, Peugot – whatever cunt it wiz then) glittered l
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
leave it fur the time being. Whatever it is, it’ll need tae keep
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
where ... This is ridiculous. Whatever you’ve done, undo it. You c
Pandit-ji,” Malik sayed. “Whatever it is, we will deal with it.
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
light herted comedy routine. Whatever he’s been puffin theday hus
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ah’m currently endurin. And whatever wey yae size the hale situati
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
a parents dinnae huv much but whatever they huv is yours. Jist dinna
, aye. What dae yae want? Cos whatever yur sellin ah’m no buyin’
seconds ‘’Oh, aye. Well, whatever she hus said ah kin assure yo
3 matches

@FaetheRye tweeted
@Rab_Dickson1 Whatever, nae need tae dust that bit o (2021) twitter link

@g_hibby tweeted
no too bad.. :) Enjoy yer day whatever yer doing, and keep safe mind (2022) twitter link
ent jaiket.. :) Enjoy yer day whatever yer doing, and keep safe oot (2022) twitter link
doing now?... Feeling better? Whatever yer up tae the day, enjoy, an (2022) twitter link
. Makes nae odds tae me... :) Whatever yer happy wi'... ?? (2023) twitter link
rning Kenny.. How ye doing?.. Whatever yer up tae the day, take care (2023) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

@jax6754 tweeted
"fabby Friday" aheid fir you whatever that may involve! xxx(2014) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
Different fer you kid - dae whatever makes life easier fur you. (2022) twitter link
ore and more the time tae use whatever powers we personally have tae (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
@NoseNicky Whatever mate! Checked out your profil (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rtant - o dear o dear - aye whatever - cheery lol (2020) twitter link
uirFC @OfficialCatchup fgs - whatever nxt! (2021) twitter link
even support the clubs - fgs whatever nxt lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
hersel "Noo A can do no more, whatever happens. What will happen til on page 33
"Nothin whatever?" persisted e King. on page 114

3 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
‘Just whatever’s left in my account.’
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
rofile is enough tae see that whatever valid point you may make is w (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
wis most aafil parteekler wi whatever he did. It wis as if he lavis on page 2
da time at yun young lass did whatever it wis ta president Clinton, on page 5
Weel whatever Maggie an Jeemie wis dune wis on page 47
monitions, or seein omens, or whatever. I wiss shüd nivver clappit on page 51
wis mair as willin ta buy dem whatever dey wantit fae da off licence on page 57

5 matches

Southern

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
y folk whae couldnae gaun for whatever reason, still bought a poppy.
1 matches

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
'dy, Resurrect may Career" or whatever it's ca'ed. But the laugh tra on page 46

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@the_gellick tweeted
n: you're no sib tae the deil whatever thon carnaptious gett Samuel (2014) twitter link

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