A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'wasn'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wasnOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81611
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 wasn in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
told you earlier, father, it wasn’t me and anyhow I don’t h
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
lv_Taylor I’ll tell ye why I wasn’t there and it’s nithin tae (2022) twitter link

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
e Aiberdeen for Heavens Sake. Wasn't he the Cooncillor for Seato (2023) twitter link

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
“I came back early. I wasn’t well.”
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
y have gone up anyway - that wasn’t just a few sparks. And no
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
'It was Steven, wasn't it?' on page 8

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ye and then get the bus so it wasn't too bad really." on page 3

2 matches

General Central

@alistairdunn tweeted
heard fae ye, although she “wasn’t worried”, so ye better me(2019)

@g_hibby tweeted
tae get the model done.. And wasn't on much.. Been the same her (2023) twitter link
Roddie.. Couple o' days, but wasn't full on.. Ye get intae the (2022) twitter link
fiddle aboot wi' settings, I wasn't getting my usual peeps? Fin (2023) twitter link
Well... TBH.. I wasn't looking for much today at T (2023) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
https://t.co/Awd8z3CSvG Wasn't ettlin tae lairn this but w(2020)

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
look impressed, damn right I wasn't impressed!!! (2022) twitter link