Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

whylie	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	4.4	3.1	12.1	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	14	6	8	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	5	3	2

Occurrences of whylie in Corpus

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Central

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
r tuik hiz ain boitie an in a whylie sauled up Loch Ness, eftir a on page 45
the auld eimages tuik a guid whylie ti wede awaw. on page 47

2 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
A'm gaun raikin a whylie, ay, ti play on in pleisure on page 19
A'll raik on a whylie, ay, ti play on in pleisure on page 21

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
set quate eneuch, bot eftir a whylie begoud to skouk
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
e luik back at the lair for a whylie, thinkin the unco thing micht
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Syne he thocht a whylie an scrattit his hide. on page 3

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Efter a whylie, I heard ma grannie say tae A on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
t men ontae the hairst park a whylie back, ane o the scythemen cut
he kent they'd be there fur a whylie. Minnie wyded throw the snaa
The quine devauled a whylie, tae lug-in tae fit the griev
tho we've jist bin here a wee whylie. I miss the coos, an I miss t
4 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
fleg and haed tae sit doun a whylie tae gether masel thegither. I
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
tae bide inbye an rest fur a whylie, bit Granny Riddle didna wint
1 matches