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Use in varieties of Scots

whitiver Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.1 15.7 0 39.7 5.8 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences3931 0 4 1 2 1
Number of authors21 16 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of whitiver in Corpus

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Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an whitiver little strand thare is on page 27
Feed yer fantace wi whitiver ye like on page 33
Or the hunners camped oot whitiver the wather on page 36

3 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
Kat's maw, shakkin her heid. 'Whitiver.' on page 27

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
's wee haund driven Clutha or whitiver, on page 75
Or skirts, or whitiver clung tae yer weel carbolickt on page 79
Or wumman, whitiver the case mey be, on page 113
Whitiver it is, or just naethin at aw on page 154

4 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
aentae gie the Scots language whitiver means is needit tae mak sicca on page 4
en tae gie the Scots language whitiver means is needit tae mak sicca on page 10
led tae hae at their disposal whitiver means is needit tae mak sicca on page 20
agin linguistic commonties on whitiver groonds, tae be oot o order.. on page 21

6 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
rvants is't?" said the vaig, "whitiver ye wad dae ye maun dae for yi on page 42

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
wi it. She micht last a week, whitiver the doctor
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
aiturs, a ghaist or a deil or whitiver. That’s aa it is! Ye imaigi
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
€˜Glesca’ or ‘Doric’ or whitiver, an no thair langage ava. The
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
t a Scots spellin, grammar or whitiver shoud juist be latten evolve.
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
lat it suffice tae say that, whitiver the futur hauds, ony concepti
1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
˜Niver you mind yer badinage, whitiver that is, gin ye dinna luik oo
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
whitiver ye dictate.
(Whitiver could it be she saw?)
2 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
oise yer standarts o livin - whitiver that means. Fowk kent exactly
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
readies ti dae or think aboot whitiver it is the message is ettlin a
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
So whitiver happened next – an’ there
words cun be yased tae prove whitiver ye want if ye’re the boss o
2 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
llin stories an singin sangs. Whitiver form o gaitherins tak place,
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
Weel, ah’ll bet ye at least whitiver ah’m gettin for this haufpe
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
he badge as a licence tae dae whitiver they want wi impunity. An it (2020) search twitter
opus @AndreTheViking Ah bocht whitiver wis cheapest.(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Whitiver she on page 120

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
scribbled oot bit ither, bit whitiver hid says hids no good news. T on page 37
through whitiver this is tae. You'd best write on page 38

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
s an daiälekts an registirs (whitiver the unkan, bliree distinkshin
1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
osumever, hit seems ta me at, whitiver linguists micht mean bi da wi
1 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
r her. She gied me a haund at whitiver wis needin duin aboot the pla
seemed her mind could caa up whitiver it wisst.
2 matches

Ulster

Ultach Whan Aw Wir Hauns are Turnt tae Banes, (Reddit 2020) Ulster, poetry
Whitiver ye hain will heth be gane
1 matches

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