A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

why's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.5 1 0 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences52 0 2 0 0 1
Number of authors3 1 1 1

Occurrences of why's in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
've you said tae her. Nothin. Why's she suddenly gaun home then. on page 37
box. Cornflakes, said Karen, Why's she gied yi a box ae cornflak on page 43

2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Why's thee Auntie Jean so fat? on page 5
And why's hid's peedie belly-button tie on page 60

2 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
t this; but aal hae said wus "Why's a raven lik a writin-desk?" on page 68

1 matches

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