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whilk Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words59.9 66.9 46.5 0 5.8 279.1 13.3
Number of occurrences194132 31 0 1 27 3
Number of authors44 34 4 1 4 3

Occurrences of whilk in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
h for ti see hou a production whilk, for nearhaun fortie year, ha on page 3

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
tae whilk we sall retour, an must. on page 6

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Pystle Frae Aberbrothock, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Whilk nae man gies up but at cost o on page 55

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Whilk needles, wirm-like, throu the on page 13
o mead, for whilk on page 38

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
Gin a bodie luves a flooer, o whilk the ae ane growes amang milli on page 30
t. Ye maun bid ilka bodie dae whilk ilka bodie can dae, the king on page 39

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
dit roond the auld airn stove whilk wis lowin braw wi a puckle sa on page 86

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
in a separate bit paper apon whilk Cherlie haed screivit 'Scobie on page 26

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Mast on whilk gramarie aye daes stay, on page 112

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Grace, Reyzl Eemis Stane 2 - Late Efternuin in the Hermitage, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
the whilk war sain bi his hagiographer on page 6

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
sk. This wis a man the like o whilk he'd ne'er seen afore in his on page 41

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
It wis your ain Dreame, whilk ye wrocht on page 43
tae common sense, frae whilk I'll no stray. on page 66

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ittin oot his beluvit Fairin, whilk he cryit Gannet. He wis mair on page 14

10 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ed at the burnist gless Throu whilk he leuked at nicht. on page 7
y rule there wad be absolute, Whilk means less wark fir you. on page 8

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
nal 'Claim of Right' fae 1689 whilk seyed that the King, Jimmy vi on page 43
n siller, the vast majority o whilk gangs straicht oot o Scotland on page 89

2 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
stock cumpany', the notion o whilk is the haill foond o the mode on page 59

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
tie comic tale o bairnhood in whilk the indiveidual characters ir on page 5

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An limpin wi an injured knee, Whilk hud been pin't, on page 34
But the auld yin (whilk's a ruin nou) on page 92
Whilk they've erected roond the kir on page 93
became a rural retreat frae whilk he explored the capital tae o on page 101
An thon keen prejudice whilk kennled Burns on page 129
Also on pages 149
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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
atements an commitments ablow whilk demonstrate the policy contex on page 2
access tae relevant resoorces whilk encourage the yiss an study o on page 5
ngage wi the document in weys whilk will encourage the yiss o Sco on page 6
Book Trust tae provide blogs whilk will encourage practitioners on page 7

5 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
oors or early morn, you kenna whilk, tae see the auld anes rowed on page 47

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
h" trials, it wis the leid in whilk a Scots wumman cried Marie Ma on page 4

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
O thon clanjamfrie, whilk am I? on page 9

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Gilliland, Sam Lallans 82 - Tecumseh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Tae ring the lan whilk the quhyt interlowpers daur c on page 87

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 59 - Yowdendrift / Gin I Kent, (Lallans Magazine 2021) Central, poetry
the whilk your ee last gliskit - on page 139

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
masell that, i the hinnerend, whilk vairsioun a reader favours is on page 116

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Mind, the lan frae whilk ye came, on page 114

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
heichlie kenspekkil Scots, whilk isna ithout its awn cherm. (W on page 7
an the extent ti whilk Scots soud be taucht in skuil on page 8
whilk is as guid as the Scots, reso on page 9

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
e memory o the reader; mindin whilk spellin variations or verb pa on page 15
he best possible examples fae whilk meanins can be deduced. The f on page 17
no absolutely specific as tae whilk senate is bein referred tae. on page 18
in tae the senate of Hamburg, whilk can noo be eikit til Rome, Ve on page 19

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
atie atwein Scotlan an Inglan whilk southert the twa kintras an f on page 22
s, in 1593, the war a new Ack whilk said, braid-oot, that the amo on page 24
opinions/2008HCJAC04.html) in whilk a bodie raisit an actioun o L on page 25

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
ds. The merk o the respeck in whilk he's hauden is kythed bi the on page 120
aen on wi Auld Schuil Tie, in whilk he tells o gettin in bather a on page 121

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Wast o Scotland plays wi the whilk Glesga Unity Theatre shoggit on page 127

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
irlie pert o Mark, Chapter 5, whilk braidlie speikin, gies us thr on page 135
auses an a seinister gravitas whilk is needfu ti warnishments abo on page 136
-fower vollums ir enveisaged, whilk testifees til the byordnar ac on page 137
ns. The settin is the Border, whilk is becumin streynglie lown. S on page 138
lie, a deil takkin hir maik), whilk offers him a remeid for his r on page 139
Also on pages 141, 142
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Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
forbye gie-in ye their titles whilk are An Edinburgh Calendar (SS on page 46

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
kens whit nondyploom belangs whilk punter, but he's swurn tae sa on page 59

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
As the White Swan Passes', in whilk George Hardie focuses on the on page 6
man-wrocht inventions (twa o whilk ir owersettins), J. Barrie Sh on page 7

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Jack hes includit his haiku, whilk brings tae the fore ae pynt: on page 91

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
fu o the notions o Empire on whilk the sun wad nivver set - bit
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Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
ansferable Vote, Pertie Leit (whilk can be run in twa weys), Doub
wael votes, forby thae votes whilk cumms fae thae bodies tae be
aiblins a bodie needs tae ken whilk ane's the maist fairest, thar
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Durie, Nick A Scots Letter, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae ettle tae sauf thon leid whilk we fowk speik athort the hale
an a seickshuin krehd wittins whilk haes monthly newspages anent
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
. An efter this recogneition (whilk maun be made), we can get dou
ervantes descrives a scene in whilk deils pleys tennis wi buiks.
us o a letter he haes gotten, whilk he is nou passin on. The new
n sae micht see the airtikil (whilk isna verra complimentarie til
eddies ir shawen intil a room whilk haes a keekin-gless, the scri
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
aften comes be wey o French, whilk was drookit be the spreidin w
be rhythm an be parallelism (whilk aften produces rhythm), be ch
no technical terminology (the whilk we’re thirlt tae acause o t
3 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ng uises the relatives wha an whilk that wis mebbe niver in commo
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
the legal seistems an weys in whilk legal ideas ir putten thegith
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ttish Leiteratur, the oncum o whilk haes liftit the deiscipline o
, aboot his airlie skuildays, whilk war merkit bi a stoundin comm
eratur suin efter, a muive wi whilk, Mrs. Scott believes, Scott
o a MS. clekkin i the NLS, ti whilk Dr. Robb haed airlie, spaicia
iblins cherm, an honestie (ti whilk soud be eikit ‘smeddum’),
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
swank etc. – aw wirds aboot whilk there can be nae argy-bargy a
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Femmes. Kemp’s owersettin, whilk was duin at the Gateway Theat
ntly Edwin Morgan in Phaedra, whilk I retour tae ablow.
2 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
uld fier - guid Scots sense. Whilk is aw tae the guid, but maks
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
upkeep fae Napoleonic France (whilk saw his ettle as a sleekit wy
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
e scales faw frae his een, bi whilk time his gullibility haes led
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
uved trilogy, the first ane o whilk, The Slab Boys, wis first per
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
their freinship cam a sonnet whilk Cecco screivit for Dante anen
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
I will wirk haurder!’ — whilk he haed taen on as his ain sl
1 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
nd international order in the whilk the richts and freedoms
uties tae the commonty in the whilk alane the free and ful develo
2 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
repressin the City o Lunnon, whilk wad devastate tax revenues an
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
n, there’s nae question ava whilk version is the clearer, or wa
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
e cooncil elections nixt Mey (whilk, tae me, wad hae made a bette
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
wa mair developments, baith o whilk haes fasht human richts an ci
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
e grue tae read o, the like o whilk I canna even bring masel tae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Lords o the Sessione; for the whilk there was dailie hanging, sku
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Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
She didnae retour, whilk mittles us aw;
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Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
ont, that ye represent, amang whilk there is ower 1.5 million Sco
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
tae that whilk sooks nae err efter we're gan on page 3

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
an traditional music, assets whilk are unique tae the airt an pr
engage in artistic programmes whilk will reinvigorate distinctive
2 matches

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
e reaction tae these stories, whilk left ye fit tae greet, wis ou
icism o the event, the name o whilk, ‘Sleep in the Park’, hin
tastic idea tae haud an event whilk raises sae much awaurness and
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Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ird of Udny’s Fule?”, tae whilk the Doric spikkin loun shairp
faimily jesters in Scotland, whilk in itsel maks him staund oot.
fan he alertit them o a fire whilk burnt the castle tae the grun
e ar you going today?”, tae whilk he juist said “Ah’m gaun
on at Langside Primary Scuil, whilk fan ah attendit the ‘aal sc
6 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ributor for this doric phrase whilk means be queart!(2014) search twitter
Doric buik Peat Moss Poetry whilk is fae collection o Buchan lo(2014) search twitter
Ye ah'll nivver guess whilk dolphin ah shall be bidding f(2014) search twitter
tor fur the Doric wirdie Bass whilk means rug.(2014) search twitter
w read fur Halloween ma novel whilk feature Doric read 1st chapte(2015) search twitter
and 12 other occurrences.

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ta Papa, an trowe da Nort Whilk on page 28

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Whilk maitter that the saisons gang on page 216

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
This is the feth wi whilk I gang back til the Sooth.
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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
hae an airticle in eet masel, whilk is mair o ae sociological acc
tap o the Ringin-stell Brae (whilk merkit the mairch atweesh Eil
s biggin cad Howpasley Combe, whilk is mair nor lyklie nou; ae ri
ferm, Meadshaw, Craik Faulds, whilk hes been ae rickle o stanes f
the Craik ferm ootbye herdin, whilk stuid i the waitter shed o Ra
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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
wi’ ye re; being oan yer ain whilk a huv experiences. It isnae e(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Wha cud crusade agin whilk ban' on page 6

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Ultach Midgates, (Reddit 2020) Ulster, poetry
Whilk raa sud sicna loun tak nou?
1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Whilk yin o tha follaein gies tha m
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