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The word 'whatna'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
whatnaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.6217
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 38.4 15 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 whatna in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Whatna weecked pair, what perfect tr on page 42

1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
fair enjoyed the collection. Whatna braw makar Hershaw is!
1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
e'd, ma mirth wes aw awa. See whatna dour auld skunner A'm claucht on page 45
Moira: Ma puir Jockie! Whatna dour weird he maun dree, wi n on page 46
Collegianer: Ai, whatna couthie sowl! She's ower guid on page 47
et and deid claes ti hap him. Whatna blek burnin shame! He haesna on page 48

9 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
?" A wis ettlin at pyntin oot whatna tirrivee the war whiles heard on page 125

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
?" I wis ettlin at pyntin oot whatna tirrivee the war whiles heard
see that, Airchie, I can see whatna awfu job it maun be tae hae t
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
he caur an awa inti the lift. Whatna leear maun a wrate that ane!
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
mthing awfu happens! Wha kens whatna skaith
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Beatrice cam back onywey, an whatna shame no tae get the weir oot
a feelin aamaist lik vertigo, whatna faur awa she wis fae her gp.
2 matches

General Central

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
urlie ootlin, Edward Hyde. An whatna richt feechie craitur is Hyde on page 119

1 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
ey say ‘Parliament’. Sae, whatna effect does this weel-intendi
1 matches

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