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Use in varieties of Scots

whun Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words29.6 1.5 1.5 0 0 0 402.8
Number of occurrences953 1 0 0 0 91
Number of authors17 3 1 13

Occurrences of whun in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Some-whun wha-haits for meeeee!" on page 26

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Ye niver can tell, whun a wummin in a shell. on page 105

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
biggin wes a yaird cled wi whun causie setts. A convoy o airm
1 matches

Doric

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@fairfaaye Aye, the whun is oot ower in Aiberdeenshire (2021) twitter link

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
O clain whun an brier, bak on page 13
Bak then, afore the whun-hud sheugh on page 20
Whun gethered here on Sabbath nich on page 21
Whun hizzies cried frae lang aheid on page 26
Whun ye drapped doon, nibbled, an on page 29
Also on pages 31, 33, 36, 49, 53
12 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A hae mind, whun we wur weans on page 2
Whun oul an daen, an niver oot, on page 3
Whun on tha rin? on page 6
Twuntie nine whun fower yeir's oot. on page 7
This tha month whun A wus boarn, on page 9
Also on pages 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 36, 37, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 55, 58, 71, 73
36 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Through tha bloomin yella whun A gaed on page 19

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
wurnae fit tae gang beckairts whun the' met anither motor cumin on page 25
re job pittin on ocht as guid whun ye cum roon here neist Setté on page 26
k, mebbe ye cud tak a rin up, whun ye hae tha time, an hae a luk on page 27
u nice, but dinnae cum rinnin whun yer teeth faa oot! on page 28
e ocht o it twathie yeir syne whun the' haed aa tha watter let o on page 29
Also on pages 30
7 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
But whun she got there on page 24
Whun tha wun blaws tha credel wul on page 28
Whun thon pie wus opened thon bird on page 30
Whun doon come a blakbird an tuck on page 31

5 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Jaist mine that whun ye've no a clue, on page 22
An whun ye luk aroon ye, on page 41
's Naityer's restairt button, whun things agin anew, on page 48

3 matches

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Whun the monster clim's oot o the
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
um a soart o a time o madness whun, if ye dinnae spen a hale for
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
r gran words o hollow support whun they ir starvin Ullans tae da
1 matches

Gibson, Darren Oor ain strange lan, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
Wha held their ain whun aa gave grun,
1 matches

Thompson, Mark Address to a Nintendo DS, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
Even whun he’s in the bathroom-o
1 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
ot whuppin an spalterin aboot whun, lake thon, the watterfa turn
ried doon frae abain the brig whun the lint-watter wuz lut aff â
, quait, quick, dark sheddas, whun the herrins wur gutted an ren
wuz the wartim) an sweeties (whun we had oany Ds or Es) wae wer
4 matches

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
I can weel mine the sale whun I first struck the dale, an'
1 matches

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
orth twal pence an no 5p like whun A wus a wean.
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
Whun John Dowling, his guidwife Gr
d haed tha hoose left til him whun his great-uncle dee’d, seei
day, Grace wus ben tha hoose whun she guldert tae John ootby, â
lin tha teuch an gnarred wuid whun tha oul wumman hirple’t up
An richt eneuch, nixt day whun John fittit oan tha wudden le
9 matches

Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
Whun A wus a wain A loved gan roon
1 matches

Mc Donnell, John Joogins, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, prose
Yin day whun a wus a wain a snaked intae w
1 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
Whun folk had time tae tak’ tae
only got the warts of coorse whun milkin’ wae yer’e han,
Al’ the sime I lake’t it whun al’ the kye had names.
3 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
c Kempe Stanes were thrang wi whun bushes the day: I cudnae see (2016) twitter link
ts braes an hae a keek at the whun bushes... http://t.co/HfQ2tYy (2015) twitter link

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