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The word 'wanst'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wanstOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.8326
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 114.9 25 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wanst in Corpus

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West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ourin wan book efter anither. Wanst she had read every single boo on page 7
da wid visit the library jist wanst a week so she could tak oot n on page 13
n auld wifie wha only used it wanst a week tae dae her messages." on page 19
ny thing tae dae, as Napoleon wanst said, is tae coonter attack. on page 35
Then came the voice wanst again, saft and eldritch noo. on page 41
Also on pages 69, 76, 79, 80, 85, 93, 104, 118, 130, 145, 159, 168, 178, 198, 205, 218, 231
24 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
need tae come ower an see us wanst ah'm oot the hospital, she sa on page 58

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e Queen, who wir aw talkin at wanst, while aw the rest wir sayin on page 85

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That aw wore nappies wanst on page 51

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
hit he cries 'a wee project'. Wanst it wis buildin a gairden shed
1 matches

General Central

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Iona. A daena ken hou, bit wanst thon Gallus Alecs hear ma vyc on page 2

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ny get a big blob appearin at wanst, but efter a few goes ah wis
. Donna’s big brother Jimmy wanst tried tae explain tae me that
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
mpted tae eat too much rabbit wanst they wur doon the burras. The
1 matches

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