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Use in varieties of Scots

whidder Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 2.1 0 0 116.2 0 0
Number of occurrences244 0 0 20 0 0
Number of authors7 4 3

Occurrences of whidder in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
auled me tae the Chowker in a whidder, papped me inside and locked on page 103

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
es and counsall of Edinburgh, Whidder they sould in conscience pey
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
e mukkil sumph, ye; ar; gaun; whidder; ye; lyk; it; or; no!” Wi i
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
rees an ran aroon like a daft whidder.
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
en we're hedd ta get used wi, whidder we laek it or no, bit dis ... on page 17
Bit dat wis da wye nooadays, whidder it wis toys or a livin animal on page 28

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
da prespositions, dependin on whidder d'ir in a stressed position o on page 29
nal orthographies, lonnwirds, whidder de'r fae English or ony idder on page 35
s a grammatical feature shaas whidder w'ir spaekin aboot ee entity, on page 49
orm fir da addressee ('you'), whidder or no it's een or twartree, o on page 53
ngular addressee in Shaetlan (whidder d'ir fameeliar or no) in a wy on page 55
Also on pages 58, 61, 62, 70, 85, 102
12 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
wirds laek baak wi dooble AA whidder we say dem ‘aa’ or ‘aw
, an wirds laek fecht wi a CH whidder we say da ‘ch’ soond or n
wid laeve hit ta you ta tink whidder dis is da kind o example at w
tence o a standard spellin - whidder for Scots or Shaetlan - sood
ry fashion eenoo will dui dat whidder dae’r a standard spellin or
5 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
efinite article "a" is da sam whidder or no da nixt wird sarts wi a

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