Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'wick'

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Use in varieties of Scots

wick	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	17.4	58	21
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	29.4	9	4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	31	7	5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	31.7	13	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	111.6	18	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	6.6	5	3
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)	18.2	1	1

Occurrences of wick in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
he hoose and shifted ower tae Wick. on page 79

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ht, wi da light fae da peerie wick lamp, fur he kent he hedd ta on page 71

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Dey aese der oars at Grut Wick, line up on page 62

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
bed's? are yea gan awa fur a wick?" "OQ" 'A' aye, their awfa ha on page 26
gan awa hee's holyday's fur a wick, an cood a look aifter thi pl on page 31
tae leeve theing's eit aat. A wick aifter eis insidint, fyle haa on page 38
We picket awa fur twa or thri wick's eit thi ripper, getting a c on page 55
doon Sooth tae jeyn en fur a wick, or twa or thri day's. Well t on page 60
Also on pages 65
6 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tely aathin wis gettin on his wick: the slow, methodical wye she on page 87

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
gotten frae her grannie last wick – tae haud ony byordinar fe
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Aat John Wick loon is affa feejee, he needs(2019)

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
h micht add. Ah've bin here a wick an Ah can tell ye: there are on page 40

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
slockenin yin wick o Yer mou on page 75

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
Its Friday nicht, anither wick o FE College management feeni (2021) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
seat. Happened every day last wick! Think I may start gan tae Cr(2018)
my case half cut maist o the wick as gud excuse tae dee so as h(2019)
Filipino boatmen been in last wick, then ye can stick yer virus!(2020)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
ary Oh, I've been trachled aa wick...man need a holiday. #tranch(2013)

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
w Scots speaker who hails fae Wick . I record and reflect my than
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ads fired up fir the trip tae wick n best wishes tae everyone oa (2020) twitter link
ood dae wae a wee hurl up tae wick - whits ma chances - ee ken (2020) twitter link
e wilderness - luv to all at wick academy xxx (2020) twitter link
from another tier - thought wick would have welcomed a big cro (2020) twitter link
great news - hus it reached wick yet - mind the snow chains f (2020) twitter link
and 7 other occurrences.

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an burn baith ends o yir wick, on page 69

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rcast on the Border afore the wick wis oot.
d the want o sleep. The first wick had been the easiest, whan th
Than the neist wick , Surinder an April had aye be
adies had a veesit yince this wick an here she wis again. E’en
He didna see her for a wick , bit whan she cam back, she w
18 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
haur A wis gaun neist. In the wick o ma ee A seen a wheen auld f on page 22

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
nnae jist staun there, ya wee wick! on page 16

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
e bring it, the hert-lazy wee wick' Grannie shouted. on page 92

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
ell us whit’s gettin on yer wick and up yer neb in guid braid
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ssie. That accent gets oan ma wick(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
nane mair shair fae Wick tae Biggar, oor best laid pla on page 77

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
'll no snuff oot a smoldérin wick, til he leads justice on tae on page 9

1 matches