Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'wellies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

wellies	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	4.8	16	15
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	4.9	2	2
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	10.2	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	6.6	5	5
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 wellies 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.

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Wails Mary as eence mair her wellies she scrubs { thocht fit could on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
y hat, a muckle wide belt, an wellies
ned, Grace Girn ruggit on her wellies wioot a murmer. She didna
2 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
en came oot in white suits an wellies , wi buckets fu o wet plaster
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
in wellies an glaury auld duds.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
I'll have to look my wellies out.
1 matches

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
t in puddles and burns wi the wellies oan. Wanst Ah made her a hat on page 102

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
maist e’ thum wis wearin’ wellies ‘Cos they ken't the rain wi
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
playin chic-a-nelly in yir wellies, on page 52

1 matches

Glasgow

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
Royal Brolly wi her or Royal Wellies or Royal Handbag. And whit wi on page 10

1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
ff a the windaesill, a pair a wellies shifted fae their place aside
1 matches

General Central

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
A wee black doo, in red wellies on page 61

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
din' through porridge wearin' wellies thit are twa sizes too big. S on page

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
t the colour o her. W wis for wellies that ye splashed through the on page 120

1 matches

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
gins Ahv hud a compost bin an wellies afore but nivir salted cod(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
and bra. Dae yar hae yer ain wellies?(2020)