A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

whoa Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.3 4.5 3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences119 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors7 6 1

Occurrences of whoa in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
'Whoa, whoa, haud oan, seys Loki, wavin h on page 14

2 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
peasey North Berwick breezy (whoa, steady noo!). Jist tak' a fe on page

2 matches

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
bag o bones, she wis a junkie whoa hud ended up sectioned - a n on page 102

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
"Whoa, big man! Ye're ower keen, an on page 17

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
"Whoa." Fatty Lowmond brocht the ch on page 63

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Hing oan there! Whoa! See them heidlines, "Young g on page 113

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
‘Whoa?’ he speirt. ‘The schuilâ
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
is that 'Hup' meant stert an 'whoa' meant stop, bit ower the nei
'Whoa lass, bonnie lass, wheeshtie
2 matches

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