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Use in varieties of Scots

whimper Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4 5.1 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1310 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of whimper in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
t them go waecot as much ay a whimper. Couldnae even fight fur them on page 11

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
elt him fur makin a rackit. A whimper. Onythin tae make him stop. on page 1

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
bairns whimper faur aff fur a guidnicht kiss on page 91

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s up at me and gees me a Soft whimper. Ah try tae make him understa on page 158
l bars while others cower and whimper in the corner. But then aw ae on page 160

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
behind the door foallied by a whimper. The door partially opens, a
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
and oan ma bare skin forces a whimper oot ay us, an’ ah start arc
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t them go waeoot as much ay a whimper. Couldnae even fight fur them
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ious, eh? Okay, Doac’’ ah whimper, tensely.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e. He lits oot an exaggerated whimper and turns awey. Makin a dash
1 matches

Doric

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
his leggies move so a pitiful whimper wid hiv tae dee.. He lookit o
ffort intae movin the pitiful whimper turned intae a low scream the
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d her and she only gave a wee whimper instead. He stepped nearer he
1 matches

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