A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'waiting'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
waitingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.34933
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 393.1 3 2
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 35.4 8 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 23 9 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 16 12 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 waiting in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
'Have got landed in Blighty, waiting for the train north. Think we on page 39

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
waiting and hoping beside the dark se on page 27

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Evergreen. Sugarplum Mary is waiting for you,” he instructed poi
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Da Selkie was waiting for da fishing boat as it cam(2019)

North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
adwalla Dinna hod yer breath, waiting for a sensible reply fae that(2021)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Take a seat while you're waiting and have a look at our treatm on page 81

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fect partner may be out there waiting for you right now? Come along on page 36

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ng there on the aal pew o the waiting room but Mrs Clushet fae Faal
I didna ken there wiz onybody waiting tae see ma?” Noo Mrs Clushe
2 matches

Mid Northern B

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ame there wis a nice surprise waiting fir me. Ma next door neeboor
1 matches

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
tes were just roon the corner waiting on me. We were a set for a ni
A wis richt. She wis waiting fir me fan a got hame. She go
2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
We spy i'moothie mannie waiting fir a trim on page 126

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ie gets in a fangle - goal . Waiting fir that one chunce - it com (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
ashed up oil rinnin oot o box waiting twa weeks noo for pick up(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
ot n temp repaired it by 2am. Waiting for a new ane noo :((2011)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
g back the Schooner, saved me waiting till 12(2016)
full, then 10 folk wee 1 item waiting!(2017)
Ma seat is still waiting fer me! Wish this COD-fish or(2020)
Waiting fer ma huddock n chips last n(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hat waits fur me oot there - waiting patiently tae greet me like a on page 23

1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
is fleeta pals wurr sat there waiting fur Tweddle Dee and Tweedle D
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
aff. Just been to the beach, waiting for farmers shop to open for (2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ot spot on alex - a disaster waiting to happen - b oan brother! (2021) twitter link
@WeAreScottishFB still waiting to see what he actually contr (2020) twitter link
finally got ma flu jab efter waiting 64 years - so ave nae chance (2020) twitter link
ou - the whole of twitter is waiting on your response lol (2020) twitter link
leafa leafa leafa - still waiting oan a statement about the rec (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Dundee

Rebecca, Casey and Stephen The Baby Dragon, the Wolves and the Lassies, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
e her mither and faither were waiting. When Rebecca and Flopsy went
1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
here's a myriad of tales just waiting to be told on our one hour gu on page 9

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
"Well? The headmaster is waiting, Paul. And I've not got all m on page 52

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
ys liked watching the trouts, waiting fir them tae bump against the on page 36

1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Sorry to keep you waiting.” He takes the empty seat b
1 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary's Ladies-in-Waiting, 'The Fower Maries': on page 14

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
“I’m waiting, Docherty. What happened?”
1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
sh, though. Fuckin ravishment waiting. Nae fuckin wonder birds are
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
just waiting for gazza tae turn up in patn(2013)

@jax6754 tweeted
ly as i'm sitting in hospital waiting room and hopefully gettin inj(2014)
lyofficial @itvthismorning Im waiting and then Im off tae dae some (2014)
tae attend on 13th Aug?...ME Waiting fir confirmation now X(2015)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
kairsey an gowkairserie. Just waiting for a braw Snperhero tae uise(2020)
ls tae be coz S unnerved will waiting(2020)
it was a flood from above... waiting for Michael Ritchie on Monday(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
Hallaeen stramash ye've been waiting fir... tumshie vs neep! Like (2019) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
f anywhere imaginable to then waiting half an hour for the next tra (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
@CammieScott0 i a was waiting for a lift hame frae work. Wa(2013)
4x?? 2x?? 1x ?? and waiting on a chemical team coming fra(2012)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
ve sitting on the bench there waiting for the 372 back hame. Now it(2020)