whisper | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 17.9 | 17.7 | 18 | 39.7 | 0 | 31 | 17.7 | |
Number of occurrences | 58 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Number of authors | 34 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ah try an hawf shout an hawf whisper tae the boays. 'Let's kick th on page 25
1 matches
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
nae joke, nae fuckin joke: A whisper back intae the room. on page 34
1 matches
Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"And whit did he whisper in yer lug?" on page 33
1 matches
Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
nixt, feart tae talk abuin a whisper and gowpin wia kind o awe at on page 6
1 matches
Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
An whisper it in Essex not on page 68
1 matches
Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
the wumman ettles again, in a whisper noo: on page 45
their boughs, songs in their whisper on page 51
2 matches
Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
e, gaun aw the way doon tae a whisper, then buildin up again an FUC on page 3
1 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
The weans whisper intae their signs o the cross on page 7
2 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
art anyhing in here, Aldo" ah whisper tae him. on page 104
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
isnae then, or sinsyne, een a whisper fae the supposedly independen on page 42
1 matches
McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
osin mah mind. Sometimes he'd whisper mah name, pure under his brea on page 75
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
e. Let him rug at yer sleeve, whisper in yer lug, an gie ye his cra on page 102
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
re tae yer Grannie and she'll whisper secrets in yer lug.' on page 9
1 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah whisper tae Mary that St Margret does on page 18
'Scots?' a few voices whisper. on page 24
2 matches
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
It whisper't in ma ear on page 8
"Get bingin," Davie whisper't an Annie scurried up the ro on page 92
2 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
oont Olaf said, in a wheezlin whisper. He wis awfie tall and awfie on page 22
1 matches
Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
tae whisper unco quate on page 18
1 matches
Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Pine Wid, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
come widpeckers, they whisper on page 6
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An asked him in a whisper, "Dae ye think Ah'm like tae
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Here, is that him?’ ah whisper.
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t nothin comes - a gasp ay a whisper. Ah go under again, the cauld
1 matches
Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
Aw no,’ he said, almaist a whisper. He wrenched his haun up and
1 matches
Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
room, feart tae speak abuin a whisper and gowpin wi a kin o awe at
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tae dö?” speirt Guzul in a whisper ower her shoother. “Gie tha
1 matches
Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
e et Toby Lerone’s A couple whisper’t in conspirational tones T
1 matches
Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
Aw no,’ he says, almaist a whisper. He pulls his haun up and awa
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
rvin’’ he says, almost at whisper.
Still, we dinnae even share a whisper between oorsels. He sticks th
2 matches
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
’ ah tell him, almost at a whisper.
1 matches
Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - MacCaig’s draucht oan the waa, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Wi haurdly a word, juist a whisper here an there
1 matches
Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
that whisper at her door. on page 18
rustle an whisper through glens on page 31
2 matches
Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
for the kingmakers o coal whisper, on page 20
1 matches
Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Closer, let me whisper in yer lug. on page 68
Whisper words o' wisdom, let it aleen on page 197
5 matches
Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
te - C an D," she added in a whisper, half frichened at id wid be on page 27
t lessons: ee'd only hev till whisper till Time, an roond goes e cl on page 67
rch Hare sade till idsel in a whisper. ) on page 68
3 matches
Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Forgive me I whisper as I bend doon on page 144
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
oaks aal owre the piece? An a whisper, a whisper aboot the Potters
, a whisper aboot the Potters …
2 matches
Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
this, an Alice only hear't a whisper noo an agane; "Sure, A dinnae on page 38
lessons: yae wud only hae tae whisper a hint tae Time, an roon goes on page 71
2 matches
Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
An whisper oo mae cunnin' skill, on page 45
1 matches