A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wastit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 9.1 3 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2118 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors17 15 1 1

Occurrences of wastit 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ds, models, film stars. Heids wastit. Stuffed intae private clinic on page 1

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
no wrang that youth is whiles wastit on the yung. It took me monie on page 71

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
Hame in hur jaskit wastit wameskin. on page 60
he's juist wastit his day-release fae heaven on page 78

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Nae wastit speech, strecht tae the pynt, on page 15

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
wadnae hae bin wastit, on page 87

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Stryf discord, and wastit wanis, on page 124

1 matches

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
ngender wastit votes Beget Eleckit Tirrandom
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
warna connacht, nor wastit, bi the staundards o the plac
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
ain pissed aff, since he just wastit a nicht stawndin aboot fur nu
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Naething wis wastit. The outside leafs an coorse
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
“That lassie is wastit on a mere mortal,” the god
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
r wi' ony mair. It widda been wastit oan me.
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
ays, and nae money wis tae be wastit oan cartoons. Ah hink we fair
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he strawberries wis skailt an wastit, the flair wis a white linen
1 matches

Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tes for the pairty is getting wastit, an lattin Labour lowp in wi
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
p, because thon same fowk wis wastit three-quarters o the day.
n the fleer, een glazed ower, wastit, bucklit, gowchin oot. Jenny'
2 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
An turn't tha wastit lan tae mak it guid. on page 1

1 matches

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