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 sonsie

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

Use in varieties of Scots

whenever Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.3 37.5 1.5 9.9 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences7873 1 1 2 1 0
Number of authors27 22 1 1 2 1

Occurrences of whenever 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
appen," she said tae hersel, "whenever ah eat or drink anyhin; so ah on page 34
t on," said the Hatter, "Jist whenever we use them up." on page 71

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
NANCY: Kent whenever I saw the van. An his on page 1

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
and anybody can jist splat ye whenever they fancy. See that way turt on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Hello." Ah fur yin ken that whenever ah see him wanderin up the pa on page 115

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
punishin wan or baith o them whenever they didnae treat her richt, on page 43

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
noo, it's lik learnin a song. Whenever the teacher starts shoutin oo on page 46
That's how ah liked it whenever ah saw Emma whenever her an m on page 56
; as if that isnae bad enough whenever he sees me up the toon wi ma on page 85
ig sister's pals is veggie an whenever she comes tae oor hoose fur d on page 88
usic. His face 1s trippin him whenever he sees us though, an tae be on page 169

11 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ken, Granda,' Chairlie said. Whenever I gang past the factory, the on page 17
Mr Wonka explained, 'because whenever ye send somethin by televisio on page 145

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
Whenever ma Da says "wee man" yon wey, on page 38

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'Whenever I see a live snail on a daud on page 7
y, fou o warlockry and magic. Whenever he got a whuff o it up his ne on page 33

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
lackpool, ah missed the hills whenever ah wis doon South. on page 22
aw too familiar wi Wee Laddie whenever ah'd the nerve tae say 'Aye' on page 28

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
stick ma heid oot the windae whenever I felt seek. Aye, it wis bett on page 24

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
wi this news, and said that, whenever he had feenished his ain brea on page 22
Whenever Rabbit wis oot o his sicht, P on page 36
Sae whenever Christopher Robin sings it, h on page 47
rl, 'fae left tae richt, jist whenever the notion comes intae ma hei on page 91
Grumphie. The morn's morn, or whenever it is. C'moan. He's waitin on on page 106
Also on pages 137
8 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ns roond aboot used tae chant whenever they saw them. on page 5
We should hae gien.it laldie whenever he stuck his heid oot.' on page 14
ill be alang in a glisk, jist whenever we've sortit oot a few ither on page 42
oller and groozle wi lauchter whenever they thocht on it. It wis bra on page 45
er the rest o us will be hame whenever we're through wi yin last joa on page 57

5 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
st a sad fact aboot life that whenever somebody losses a luved yin, on page 34
rauss said we could come ower whenever we liked, and we dinnae want on page 81
the face Judge Strauss had on whenever she wis wirkin at the High Co on page 147

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
le. Ah said mair power tae us whenever we gat a judgemental glare. W on page xx
d wi Maw, he's been in ma ear whenever she's around. on page 1
on earrings swing tae and fro whenever she gets too excited aboot a on page 26
Whenever he came hame wi a richt good on page 42
at me the way Donald used tae whenever he'd a bone tae pick wi me, l on page 60
Also on pages 75, 78, 87, 115
9 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
aiblins a thousan years? Yet whenever ye jaloused that ye'd seen th on page 18

1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ly spoke or ate, and flinched whenever anyone mentioned the incident
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
get tae uise Scots cost-free, whenever ah like, houever ah like, wio
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
weeks. Ah wis lookin fur him whenever ah wis in The Portland. Chris
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
l, McNulty. Gets the heids up whenever the trail starts tae lead tae
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s like to fling oer the hedge whenever the notion takes them. Bloody
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
gether, and gied me an earful whenever she caught wind o me drinkin
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
that song comes intae ma heid whenever ah’m in pain.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
' "God bless you Iain an' Ma" whenever I cross the McThomas Bridge a
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ae snatch a few oors ae sleep whenever they could.
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
the spike wae a gentle hiss. Whenever that happened, ah alwis thoat
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e saw Daniel only fleetingly, whenever she cared tae drap by.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
s this area, Kentish Town – whenever ah’m gaun oot fur a pint or
rant fur ma lady friend here, whenever yer ready.’
2 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
the spike wae a gentle hiss. Whenever that happent, ah ayewis thoat
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
Hills, an stoap aff an fish whenever we came tae a loch. We walked
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
o episodes from last series, whenever @ComedyCentralUK get round to(2018) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
ok forward to your next piece whenever and wherever it appears. Aw t(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
@clelandpsych @DrMDempster Whenever folk say tae me that they din(2017) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
o all we can do is point out, whenever the chance arises (as it does (2022) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
air generalised remark at how whenever I scrieve in Scots, somebody (2021) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ppen," she sade till hersel, "whenever A eit or drink anything; so A on page 32

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Whenever ah'm worried or trachled, I w on page 31

1 matches

Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
plaece it on his finger. But whenever he wid rekk oot fir hit, da m
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
that plays Frosty the Snowman whenever someone walks past ??????madd (2016) twitter link

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@USCN1 @HurchinHome Love it. Whenever my dad let one go, he'd say "(2020) search twitter