A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wisht Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 1 6 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences82 4 0 0 0 2
Number of authors5 2 1 2

Occurrences of wisht in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
looked at puir wee Alice, who wisht the grun wid open up an swall on page 94

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Ah wisht ah wis muckle,' Nigel said. ' on page 209

1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
spert "Gin ye dinna haad your wisht I'se pou ye!" on page 27
He gomed at him, he heild his wisht, A drochlin ee he gley'd, on page 53
Ailice cwidna haad fae sayin "Wisht! Ye'll waaken him up, I dout, on page 58
loud at she beed tae haad her wisht on-feinisht the sentence. "Oc on page 67

4 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
weeyins sweet-tempert. A jest wisht fowk knowed that: thin they w on page 88

1 matches

Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
A aye hated that ...but wisht shae cud cum beck noo an dae
1 matches

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