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The word 'waantit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
waantitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.9227
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 23 9 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of waantit in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
dy wad faw in wi whitivver he waantit. on page 26

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Mibbe I jist waantit tae see whit I huvnae seen fu on page 1

8 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
But Wheeler juist waantit us oan the dole, on page 83
d hae order't him tae if he'd waantit, juist on page 116
waantit tae discuss, wis thair no?' a on page 126

3 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
eize ti this furm at wes sair waantit. on page 10

1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
promised the wee man whit he waantit an he spun aa the strae intil on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ae see gin the puir auld sowl waantit a haund wi ony mair gairdnin. on page 93

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
they kent thon Jerrie bombers waantit fettlin agane. on page 64
idnae stey tae speir whit wis waantit. Thai wir aff the grund an af on page 68

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
wife ower mony. It had anely waantit ane tae sey a thing wis bleck on page 16
uniforms. Nae exposeetion wis waantit an someone taen the gully oot on page 17

2 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
uld, ill-trickit skellum that waantit tae get mairrit oantae a bonn
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
fyr her fingur or a book she waantit tae read. Jyst wee hings.
“Ah waantit tae see yon lassie wi the sha
2 matches

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