A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

whole Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words54.9 54.8 28.8 298.1 75.6 21.9 17.7
Number of occurrences170103 18 30 13 2 4
Number of authors59 28 5 12 8 2 4

Occurrences of whole in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
es. Alice led the wey, an the whole pairty swam tae the shore. on page 24
; bit she wis awfy scairt the whole time at the thought it might on page 41
s lookin up intae the sky the whole time he wis talkin, which Ali on page 57
at least." A meenit later the whole heid'd appeared, an Alice pit on page 83
t lickety-split she'd hiv the whole lot ae them executit, straigh on page 86
Also on pages 94, 104
7 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
mah heartthrob's package. The whole package that 1s, ya swines, n on page 2
sting after this Huey guy the whole time we've been here. What's on page 4

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
t fur the weans. It, like the whole place, is . forgotten. on page 24
t most, inconvenienced by the whole affair. Ma maw looks at hur w on page 52

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
To topiary, this whole domain was leased on page 31

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ed this boay who realises his whole life hus been scripted. Dinna on page 24

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
angs. Yin section entitled 'A Whole Language' refers tae Muir's s on page 84

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
accent since the war. I had a whole platoon of those chaps under on page 76

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
aboot they shoes, cause fur a whole week after she bought them, m on page 12
o step wi him in front ae the whole class. Ah wis dead nervous in on page 26
school dance an she gied us a whole box ae marshmallas tae wursel on page 34
ment in an empty hoose an the whole family avoidet him when he wi on page 41
Ah know oor whole register aff by heart noo, it on page 46
Also on pages 48, 60, 61, 69, 75, 89, 90, 91, 115, 118, 123, 126, 134, 138, 149, 156, 157, 164, 169
34 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
roond tae open and swallow me whole. on page 48
that only a dozen folk in the whole year, bearing in mind that th on page 51

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
a girls too. Maw condoned the whole hing. Ah've no spoken tae hur on page 47
se illnesses huv blighted hur whole life. on page 88
tae go tae California fur the whole summer,' ah say, before addin on page 89
e ootside. Ma hoose is gien a whole new meanin tae midden bin. Ah on page 118

4 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
id, 'Suddenly it's there, the whole thing, all of it.' Temptit as on page 90

2 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
st thing Ah'd ever seen in ma whole life. No long before we aw gi on page 44

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
oramus’, giggled Evans, his whole body rippling in joyous unity
neutral ah disengaged fae the whole barney, try to no let yin Eva
the shenanigans, chucked the whole thing out wi haste.
3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
aboot they shoes, cause fur a whole week after she bought them, m
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
she felt responsible for the whole ordeal.
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
day ah huv been waitin oan ma whole life. Ever since ah wis a wai
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
life brings a warmth tae the whole room afore the temperature ev
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
eady! You take laziness tae a whole new level, so ye dae.’ she
dised trainee in an start the whole scam oer again. The Buroo? Th
2 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tear up. They both hud their whole lives aheid o them.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
This whole hing feels like a big game. A
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ally yi get one, but it's yir whole body – yir whole self. And
body – yir whole self. And tae see Lugs – I
2 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e warty hands in front of the whole school. ‘That’ll be right
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
o much to ask, you'll make my whole family criminals along with m
d Bill, “or more likely the whole story was a leg pull.”
ived in Delhi practically her whole life, and Dada has brought he
t take responsibility for the whole family. You do enough for the
you’ve found somewhere the whole process is just starting,”
6 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
start his apprenticeship, his whole life aheid ay him — illustr
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
h five. Jim sceptical ae this whole thing didnae dae it. This chi
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Swipe till yiv hud the whole toon roon’
1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
all even touches the net. The whole stadium, the whole ay Edinbur
stadium, the whole ay Edinburra, silent. Then so
2 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
@Tae_the_north Like a whole almond?(2019) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
e oor lassies! GOLD standard. Whole country proud. https://t.co/h (2022) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
he connections tae NS and the whole thing will eventually be kent (2022) twitter link
lose pals who sat through the whole trial that could've reported (2022) twitter link
Alpine i searched through the whole "paper" we received yistreen (2022) twitter link
ecifically for this pish. The whole lot o them ken it's "end of c (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
ae reject democracy, mibbes a whole load of other things as well. (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
I've sat and listened to the whole thing and your tweet is mair (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
e, he was asleep and maskless whole time tae boot! https://t.co/x (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
it gonna hae tae b dry for a whole week afore the pitch is playa (2020) twitter link
5 never looked interested the whole game m8 - basically a waste (2021) twitter link
joe linton did nothin in the whole game n tbh a thought 2 nite n (2021) twitter link
ople who have worked thru the whole pandemic - they r bound to b (2020) twitter link
@Brian_Pacey ps check out the whole scottish amateur set up in sc (2020) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
lliant." While tending on the whole towards the ultracrepidarian, on page 58

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ne rotten apple can spoil the whole barrel. You don't imagine I'l on page 17

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
raters. Alice led e way, an e whole party swam till e shore. on page 22
ill Alice wi wan finger; an e whole party at wance crowded roond on page 25
Alice thoucht e whole thing awful absurd, but they on page 26
whole on page 28
wan at size? Why, id fills e whole window!" on page 35
Also on pages 81, 84, 90, 101, 104, 111, 118, 120
13 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
he sea rise up and swallow it whole. There’s nothing up here no
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
s he’d tae gyang throwe the whole sequence again o getting a po
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
point where farce brings the whole question of democracy intae f (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
they took turns at me and me whole world turned black. They telt on page 22

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
A whole summer if possible, on page 31

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
that I wir aboot tae git the whole episode along wi me cup o cof on page 13
is thoo ken whut I did wi the whole thing? I teuk the silage fork on page 17
A WHOLE LOT O' BULL on page 19

3 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And I got a whole pound tae spend. on page 1
And scrubban the whole thing clean again cheust wisn on page 16
The whole wey doon tae Inverness, I hid on page 21
The whole hoosehold on her depends. on page 23
Then he hid a panic when the whole white wash turned green. on page 25
Also on pages 29, 39, 44, 63, 70, 79, 84
13 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
a whole ither world o Man-buther hert on page 25
e the back o the scooter. The whole thing on page 30

2 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
ss tae hid, but that wid be a whole new Orkney alphabet tae mak u on page 8

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A whole summer if possible on page 157

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
He'll swallo you whole on page 88

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
, they took turns at me an me whole world turned black. They telt on page 76

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
vvan bairns is a new start, a whole on page 123

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
l the only lights left in the whole street were twa peedie pinpri
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
I don’t ken if the whole country is ready tae hear the
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
Scots, the gee gars makkan a whole nyow register tae write wi
1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
700 members no tae mention a whole haep of words, phrases and an

@peediepuss tweeted
the Ring of Brodgar, and the whole footpath there is great. Yesn (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
oddy greetin afore, as if her whole boady wis bein rivven apairt. on page 29
ed dan. An dan da boys wis my whole life, he kent dat, an dat hed on page 49

2 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
d. An be dis time, we kent da whole place wis waitin an winderin
1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
An dan da whole world blew up a wir faces.
Da whole place turned aroond aboot me.
2 matches

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
set ta swally you whole an da snaa an frost bitin itl
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
een whit wir spikkan aboot da whole time but noo it’s pickin up (2020) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
e able tae competently read a whole book in it sadly ?? workin on(2021) search twitter
ear I got through half yun da whole time.(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
in creepin willows. It's dir whole world.(2020) search twitter
Birlin and swirlin across da whole sky. My neck is sore :) #auro(2014) search twitter
rning walkies with Casino. Da whole beach to ourselves and two sh(2019) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
a dentist wis really good. da whole right side o my mouth is numb (2019) twitter link

Southern

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
vidence o' the slaughter of a whole generation of folk, no se muc
1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
I at your hotel ti tit,no the whole island”.(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
'A'll try the whole caase, an condemn yae tae dea on page 30

1 matches

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
An gulped the whole thing doon its throat
1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
e got aff frae school for two whole weeks spud hokin for tae go
1 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
s and next thing ye know, the whole country knows aboot thon(2020) search twitter

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