A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

whose Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.7 15.4 4.5 49.7 0 0 26.6
Number of occurrences4430 3 5 0 0 6
Number of authors28 19 3 4 2

Occurrences of whose 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
hey live aff ae?" said Alice, whose ears ayeweys prieckt up when on page 72

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n lands next tae Finnegan, ~ whose face is fucked. He laughs, sh on page 20
, mate. A couldnae gee a fuck whose cousin it is. on page 30

2 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
e price wus rung up by sumwan whose name didnae begin wi' their f on page

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e some gremlin lookin bastard whose sweatin and pantin uncontroll on page 145

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
'Whose is it? Whose is it?' he screamed. 'If the on page 53
er nouadays. Nou this mannie, whose name hisnae survived the year on page 77

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
cousins are really jist folk whose mas went tae the Mother an To on page 57
photie, even the wans wi folk whose guts she hatet. Noo she says on page 148
story ae some famous magician whose catch Phrase used tae be, Pif on page 159
one apart fae Nicola Buchanan whose face wis like a wet weekend, on page 169

4 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
d and have a word with anyone whose name I don't know. Feel free on page 8
The other lassies and lads whose parents hud bigger cars than on page 18

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ly oan the mend ~ unlike Mum, whose illnesses huv blighted hur wh on page 88

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
So here's tae the sisters whose names have been shrunk, Tae t on page 41

1 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - Embdy Lost a Jaickit?, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
Nou ye know whose it is, but don't be too fast, on page 113

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the folk whose cantin kilt them on page 69

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
sed observation made by minds whose attitude to experience and wh
attitude to experience and whose speculative and imaginative t
2 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
part whilst gawkin at Livvy, whose eyes were fixed on the sign a
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
t’s a step too far for folk whose existence an livelihood is de
ancehall artist Elephant Man, whose Jamaican accent seemed tae ha
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
™ve no answered the question, whose hoose is this?’ ah sais, st
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
lineage of this beautiful boy whose eyes are like stars which wil
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
surroondit by wispy figures, whose claithes wur spun fae cobwebs
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
: as in, fur exemple, quhais (whose); quha (who); and quhilk (whi
1 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
anos an makin a mental map ae whose ma 'n da had Italian an whit (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@CraigGRadio @vickipeachxx whose vicki peach - you kept that (2020) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
d been e whitan," sade Alice, whose thouchts were still rannan on on page 99

1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
e with her airms about Davie, whose heed wis bent, and the smirk on page 21

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Gary Mirrland, whose subsequent on page 7

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
timo is askan fur hur brither whose been laid up wae an unidentif on page 87

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
o a ranger on the island – whose job is tae mak the abundant w
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
wairm," said she tae Esther, whose een wur stealin the distemper on page 3
n in thair sheddaes sut a lad whose green een flichtered an faded on page 6
aal but forgot aboot Daniel, whose baney shouler was slotted nea on page 22
st ootin tae hell fur her ma, whose fear o ilka manifestation o m on page 42

4 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
mine! 'Wulliam the Conqueror, whose caas wus likt muckle much bae on page 26
bin the whittin," said Alice, whose thochts wur still rinnin on t on page 102

2 matches

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