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Use in varieties of Scots

watter's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 9.8 6 0 11.6 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2719 4 0 2 0 2
Number of authors21 13 4 2 2

Occurrences of watter's in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
She led us tae the watter's edge on page 32
The watter's steel, on page 33
Faur as the watter's end, on page 88
on wi ma yaukin pyne tae the watter's edge an scry on page 106

5 matches

Aitchison, Craig nobody remembers the birdman - Fishin the Mairch, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
The mairch haiks seawart. In watter's on page 1

1 matches

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
nin fur a wee minute till the watter's cauld enough, ah fill a gless on page 13

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
y-broune fae fishin Glaisnock watter's on page 21
esses, mind o Rab - Scottish Watter's the very dab. on page 77

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
watter. 'Ma daddy says cauld watter's the best way tae rouse somebo on page 218

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
the watter's skyheich owerairch - on page 16

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Missies Soon as the watter's chillier still. on page 71

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
aein a think tae masel at the watter's side - a think, if ony o yes on page 95

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Saw snipie ettlin fou wi watter's reek, on page 22
he ice aneath that smuirs the watter's souch, on page 76

2 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Lig doon on the watter's lap, on page 9

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
nnin her depths. Pine circles watter's edge thraws back thir ain swa on page 51

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - Droozie Driftin, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
the watter's lown an lintin, on page 92

1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
e dreeped doon a bank tae the watter's edge. Ye could
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
langer, ye see, an the win an watter's byous caal. Noo gin ye were t on page 44

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
ee ma breid's no fir intak ma watter's a wine nivver meant fir lips on page 3

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
run a han ower is broo. "The watter's rinnin aff ma - Ah'm meltin. on page 37

1 matches

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
fa fond o' hingin aboot at ih watter's edge. Div ye ken yon Calum Ma (2020) twitter link

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
o Smeravil. Virigens. An the watter's on page 20

1 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
or daander be da watter's edge, on page 29

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
As the watter's rinnin. on page 8

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Tae tha watter's fairly plumpin, an Then ye da on page 13

1 matches

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