A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wa's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 7.7 9 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences2315 6 0 0 2 0
Number of authors14 9 4 1

Occurrences of wa's in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
while doon the crumlin wa's the flow-moss dreeps, on page 27

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ae that it wis tae waash doon wa's or tae scrub pots an' pans fu on page 29

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
low a ruif-gap, a rain staint wa's writ on page 16

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The writing on the wa's o devotion. on page 20
The writing on the wa's o devotion, on page 21
The writing on the wa's o devotion, on page 22
Atween the nerra wa's o his lanely cell. on page 56

4 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ere posters oan the classroom wa's fur Death of a Salesman, The on page 6

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
ck the gunpouder close ti the wa's, on page 15
Still the wa's cry oot, on page 20
I came near the toun, the wa's o the palace - on page 35

3 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
y had pensioners dreipin high wa's, on page 29

1 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
night wis packed oot tae the wa's, on page 114

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e! Wetter wis rinnin doon the wa's ontae the flair. A fund a clo on page 118

1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
he new fence and the retainin wa's. Yer help wid be appreciated (2020) search twitter

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
th ma braith an stert proggin wa's Wi a stethyscope Yer een grow on page 3

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Pentin aa i'courtroom wa's ohh oh oh oh on page 182

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Wa's makan personal remarks noo?" on page 70

1 matches

Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
instructions tae read on the wa's o' the booth, but there wis n
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Yer crumbling wa's still stands but just on page 22

2 matches

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