A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

whaups Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 5.8 4.8 29.8 17.4 10.9 0
Number of occurrences2111 3 3 3 1 0
Number of authors11 4 2 3 1 1

Occurrences of whaups in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the day the whaups will sing. on page 26
the girns o yowes an peeps o whaups ootby, a wheen o keech distra on page 77

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
larm cries o a wheen faur-aff whaups cairrit on the southerly bree on page 50
esweeps divin ower the holms, whaups tirlin on the hill an the sic on page 55
ere skeely at spyin whaur the whaups an wild deuks nestit, an wad on page 74
cries o lambs in the park an whaups on the moss wis drount oot by on page 80

4 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"By, ye've been oot amang the whaups the day, son" Doon thoner awb on page 7

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
aff tirlin cry o a whaup. The whaups were back. Spring wis here - on page 17

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
The heat whaups ye the minute ye set fit oot
1 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
“Its braw tae hear the whaups. A aye ken A’m richt in the
whan the whaups are cawin,” A sayed.
2 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
A fair wheen o whaups seem to thrive here - a floc (2019) twitter link

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Whaups, teeicks, dunters, skeldros, on page 20

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Hauntan soond o distant whaups on page 34

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
the fields in the springtime. Whaups’ nests and shalders’ nest
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
wits, redshank, sandiloos and whaups warm-up displays. A distant w(2020) search twitter
hound. Serenaded by snipe and whaups. https://t.co/xE0pbZl8Ps(2019) search twitter
and hear starlings mimicry o whaups and maalies ??(2016) search twitter

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Fir sake o jucks an whaups an skuas, We'll aa be tint in on page 212

1 matches

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