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The word 'whispert'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
whispertOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92213
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 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 38 7 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 125.5 4 1
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 whispert in Corpus

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General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Tales Fae The Doric Side - Kelpie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
an whispert owre a charm on page 12

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
utt wid hae nane o it. Cyaard whispert in the doag's lug, an it turn on page 118

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Haud yer wheesht the noo,” whispert Trev.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
r lyin cheek tae cheek an she whispert intae his lug, "Wad ye like s
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
turnt roon an whispert tae me, Yir no are yi? on page 72

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah whispert in ma servant's lug, a cauld on page 123

1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
It whispert, “One of Us.” Jim slammed
her. As Carol fell, the child whispert ‘’One of Us’’.
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
He leant close an whispert intae Jock's lug. 'Come on th on page 35

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
e the windaes brickit-up?' he whispert tae the keetchen maid, an the on page 8

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
("Ah wish," the Merch Hare whispert tae itsel.) on page 70
s mooth close tae her ear, an whispert "She's unner sentence ae exec on page 81
shape or anither said," Alice whispert, "that it's everybdy mindin t on page 89
tes. "Whit they daein?" Alice whispert tae the Gryphon. "They cannae on page 107

6 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Tales are whispert in the everywhere darkness on page 118

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Cry the next witness." An he whispert across tae the Queen, "See he on page 44

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ae yae naw lik- C an D," shae whispert, half feart that it wud tak o on page 29
s mooth close tae hir ear, an whispert "Shae's unner sentence o exec on page 82
"Someboadie said," Alice whispert, "that it's dane bae iveryboa on page 90

4 matches

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