A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ahint

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

wanna Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 3.5 15 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences177 10 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 6 2

Occurrences of wanna 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

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
back in ttttaaaahhhhaaaaaam, wanna go baaackk, when you wuuur ma on page 3

2 matches

Wilde, Jacqueline Jay Valentine Tango, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ye wanna dance a tango?
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
loquial Scots as ‘I don’t wanna work on Maggie’s farm no mo
1 matches

Heron, Caitlin Groonded, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Wanna punch the waw
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
w soap powder tae me. Ah just wanna be able tae call ma country m
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
@RTE2fm @nickybyrneoffic A wanna enter! But a canae cos im no (2014) search twitter

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Aye I'm lonely wanna dee on page 166

9 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
Don’t you wanna draw with the others? Jenny a
1 matches

Web Analytics