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Use in varieties of Scots

waatch Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.2 3.1 60.3 119.2 5.8 0 39.8
Number of occurrences686 40 12 1 0 9
Number of authors17 3 8 4 1 1

Occurrences of waatch in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
ur een rouble fifteen for the waatch. Here, tak it, sir." on page 139

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
eit, fur he thocht at he wuid waatch the danssin fur a wie. Sumthi on page 4

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
an sae eh waatch on page 42

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
e men’s ludge fur the nicht waatch ar aye sleipin.
gantin at hir. Ein the nicht waatch cam out-by, poussin
aissil-tuith ti waatch a match the day.”
3 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
a rod o iron. Sae ye'd better waatch yirsel fae noo on.' on page 83

2 matches

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
ae press his belly button and waatch the reek come oot 0 his neb. on page 6

1 matches

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Waatch winter's bairns rejoice in sl on page 80

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
her te me. "Waatch her heidie,"' he says, "haud on page 97

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah teen a sly keek it ma waatch - it wis jist aboot time te on page 7
"Jist waatch ma." A reed-faced Winnie rugg on page 12
olex. "Ah steed masel anither waatch fin Ah wis doon Sooth a fortn on page 37
the coonter. She leukit it er waatch: it wis anither hauf-oor tul] on page 84

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
le o sweat an squintit it his waatch: Joyce hid bin awa fir mair t on page 11
, ye're aricht. An you better waatch yersel. Ye ken ye're nae muck on page 13
"Aye, an you better jist waatch yersel...or Ah'll swap ye fir on page 14
it yer parcel an saa the gold waatch. on page 20
"Jist waatch ma! Ere's nae wye she's comin on page 34
Also on pages 43, 45, 47
11 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
"Waatch att ye dinna mak a palaiver o on page 13
tae come aboot?" An he said, "Waatch att ye're nae mislippent, cau on page 115
fae Galilee steed ower by tae waatch. on page 120

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a buzness decision. Ye better waatch fit ye'r sayin." on page 8
Duncan leukit it is waatch: it wis jist aboot time fir N on page 15
ten in ye cud bide it hame an waatch the fitba in comfort insteid on page 19
telt Geordie Ah funcied a new waatch fir ma birthday he jist said, on page 21
n ower the sink, leukit it er waatch an made fir the door. "It's m on page 24
Also on pages 27, 38, 46
9 matches

Wilson, Heidi and Isla Then and noo, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Keith, prose
An can waatch him o’er an o’er,
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
day I heid tae the shorie tae waatch the waves foam and fizz tae p
p some o ma data so she could waatch the live stream o the kirk se
while since Grunny needed tae waatch something on ma phone, and af
3 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
I waatch e flezicks fleein up e lum, a
1 matches

@glenlivetloon tweeted
Sat ma erse doon ti waatch Rebel Tongue fae @Historic_Al(2020) search twitter
@Historic_Ally Nae managed to waatch yet... tak it its on iPlayer?(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Tae see the boats and waatch the Vikeen men on page 43

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
like Astrid, at waants tae waatch her an kinno on page 4
nga Lighter an Øyvind Grower waatch Astrid come in on page 6
settles back tae waatch an braethe an mynd, on page 18
skitey deck o the pier. Thay waatch the gadjets hurl intae the cl on page 47
Darling an Astrid waatch a Lightstoor on page 53
Also on pages 108, 119, 128, 136
9 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I waatch a film: Bladerunner 2049, on page 35

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Waatch at the junction, give wey an on page 138

1 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
i mæst ava waant t'waatch a kartoon on page 12

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e haes poaket an brocht oot a waatch, skelliet at it, an thin rin on page 7
minute, nurse! But A hae tae waatch this moose-hole till Dinah co on page 34
n tae Alice: hae has tuk haes waatch oot o haes poaket, an wus luk on page 69
i some anxiety, "What a funny waatch!" shae remarkt. "It tells yae on page 70
an shae went a bit closer tae waatch thim, but jest es shae come u on page 77
Also on pages 101
9 matches

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