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Use in varieties of Scots

wander Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.2 11.3 9 9.9 34.9 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3622 6 1 6 1 0
Number of authors25 15 5 1 3 1

Occurrences of wander 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.

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
We wander up the lane, buzzin wae the F on page 23

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ions but his mind started tae wander. He spotted a gaig in the pla on page 40

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
I wander doon tae the brig. Twa roads on page 1

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
since thay wander aff thamsels on page 41

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Nae mair he'll wander on the loose Like a coorse ti on page 16

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ed oan his chosen machine. Ah wander oor tae him and telt him aboo on page 41
ch ae expensive grapes. As ah wander aboot ootside the WH Smith in on page 177
arlier. So, ah took a dubious wander wae Aldo tae meet up wae Crai on page 194

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh refuse ti let them wander on page 82
But thir wild, an thi wander on page 83

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
So the hale team o us will wander doon, reserves and aw on page 15

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah wander intae Mammy's bedroom and tak on page 30

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
d under the present-day city, wander through a labyrinth of the ol on page 9

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Through wintry worlds A wander, lost,
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Gilmour, Rosie Bak Tae Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2015) Central, weans
pick yir neb an lit yir head wander
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Gilmour, Rosie Shoapaholic, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
An a wander intae Next
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
pong, others hud the baws tae wander roond ghostoons. Ah keep scro
Ah wander roond the pharmacy. The momen
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
Ah wid wander alongside the Meadows. Ah did
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
aa an allooed his thochts tae wander. He cud imagine the scenario
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
front door and are oaff oan a wander in the hope cooler heids will
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@rattlecans tweeted
f not all, if they decided to wander around the ladies (2022) twitter link

Doric

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
un. Nae far fae ess, aifter a wander, ye'll fin yersel inaboot the on page 37

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
aurants an shops that ye coud wander roon for wiks an still nae ri on page 3

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
echt. Och aye he thocht I'll wander awa doon an see fit's
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
the girse his mind began tae wander. Yon
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Wilson, Heidi and Isla Then and noo, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Keith, prose
Bit I just began tae wander,
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
ejmcgregor Aye, we wint fir a wander doon ti at pool puckle I days(2019) search twitter

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
@glenmcl Worth a wander up, easiest fae the coastal p(2020) search twitter

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
wander like lost sowls. I need an oo on page 20

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
eep a look out for our peerie wander leaflets, showing you some of(2020) search twitter
dogs joined me on my West Voe wander #Shetland(2013) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Fine peerie wander at da beach in Stonehaven dad (2018) twitter link
Oot fur a wander we da lasses daday #wander ht (2018) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
e get oot o yon derk hall, an wander aboot in amang thae beds o br on page 11

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