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Use in varieties of Scots

wastin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 10.1 6 0 11.6 31 13.3
Number of occurrences3220 4 0 2 3 3
Number of authors17 11 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of wastin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
wid be wastin on page 30
," she said, "than gaun aboot wastin fowk's time wae riddles that' on page 69

3 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
see areddies at she haed been wastin her winnd. She gied a wee hoa on page 24

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Hatter, "ye wadnae talk aboot wastin it. It's him." on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
whaur ance she micht hae been wastin awa. Her breists were big an on page 55

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t, Miss Honey? How come ye're wastin ma time?' on page 80

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
an a fuckin tangerine. Ahm no wastin good Bucky so ah aim fur his on page 175

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Wastin Awah on page 76

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
her, But ah'll no be the wan wastin ma time pittin oot glasses a on page 41
d need tae go wi yi an wur no wastin aw that money on bus fares. B on page 54

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
y talk o wastage, but they're wastin fowk. on page 73
wastin awa because his neebour's goa on page 108
auld cronies, he'd a bin wastin his bluidy braith. Yet, when on page 116

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah know ah'm wastin ma breath, but ah cannae brin on page 29
'Ah'm no even wastin ma breath oan you,' Aunty San on page 33
hauf a loaf. Ah'm practically wastin away. Ah lost ma appetite whe on page 74

3 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
baith dee’d young acause o wastin respiratory diseases fae haei
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he full waiy aboot how ah wis wastin ma time an ah might as well g
1 matches

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Right, I'm wastin time here. The crux o the sto on page 58

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
) 'Versace'. Myn you, ye'd bi wastin yer time weerin designir clae on page 35
"Ah dinna ken fit ye'r wastin yer time leukin it em fir." M on page 38

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
were jist brakin, he wis jist wastin his time. Jonsar Eck yoked a
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
r wi da time," shö said, "as wastin it layin up guddicks at haes on page 71

2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
i nae jury or judge, would b' wastin oor breeth.' on page 29
wi th time," she said, "than wastin eet in askin riddles that hae on page 69

3 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
i nae jury nor judge, wud bae wastin oor breath.' on page 30
i yer time," shae said, "than wastin it axin riddles that hae nae on page 70

3 matches

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