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Use in varieties of Scots

whusperin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 2.6 0 0 0 10.3 22.1
Number of occurrences115 0 0 0 1 5
Number of authors7 4 1 2

Occurrences of whusperin in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e wee vyce e'en than, whusper-whusperin at the back o her mynd. 'Ay, on page 19

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
echoes white ants whusperin through wuid. on page 16

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
wis bumbazed tae hear a vyce whusperin, on page 60

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
istie inwutt jaggin at him an whusperin ‘Whyt-waash!’ he sumgates
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
smouriched hir dochter, whyle whusperin in
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
thair endless whusperin deids ma hert wi dule.
1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
An frae whusperin on page 16
babs lippn, whusperin by; on page 17

2 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
leep wi aa tha coorse eldrich whusperin an clackin in thonder room: i on page 14

3 matches

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