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The word 'whitivver'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
whitivverOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.44118
ORK - Orkney 89.4 9 4
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 3
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 106.2 10 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 6
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 whitivver in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
aalways keeps me up tae date, whitivver ploy he's on on page 10
ed fur a stick o explosive - whitivver hid cost, he wid pay. on page 16

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ther sheu's ramstam or huily, whitivver hid is sheu's draan hid's bru on page 93
s isno as geud as thay claim. Whitivver wey: her faithers ken tae ran on page 103
ies is set tae Stannart Days, whitivver thir staetion's spin. Thir da on page 126

3 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Whitivver ye dae say'll be teen doon on page 34

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
nivver been caaled a Muggle, whitivver that wis. He wis rattled. He
eu did noo. It wis plain that whitivver ‘ivrybuddy’ wis sayan, sh
2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
aboot hou ithers see hid teu. Whitivver A write, fock ir gaan tae see
1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
d haads its wilt tings closs. Whitivver wye, du seems tae fin dysel m on page 42

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
nor shew, sae he cled him in whitivver plaags or polythene sheetin g on page 8

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
on Mary isna spaekin means at whitivver it is at Mary on page 88

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
heads or tails, whitivver wye is ca'ad. on page 106
Whitivver cam o da kirk weemen on page 115

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
s ben maakin a cup o tea or whitivver, we go up tae the door, sneak
1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
jaloused awb'dy wad faw in wi whitivver he waantit. on page 26

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
whitivver etioun the sojers ar !”
whitivver sweirin an bannin he med. Ric
2 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ntly, we maun unnerstaun that whitivver its form, whitivver its airt,
its form, whitivver its airt, there isna sic a th
2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
d wheen o strikes onywey. Bit whitivver it wis ower, scarce onieb’d
1 matches

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
ack, hypervigilant, ready fur whitivver shape micht jump oot fae the on page 12

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Whitivver comes neist, an the election on page 11
e yer vote, aff they gang tae whitivver forum they hae been electit t on page 30
wer Olympic Gods, siccar that whitivver trouble they micht cause, the on page 54
S times is whit the Tories, o whitivver colour, are plannin fer their on page 96
t the Vigil but realised that whitivver the Vigil wis, it wisnae a la on page 108
Also on pages 114, 141
7 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ein a maitter o taste ye see. Whitivver, it wis decided that a polar on page 37
e end. Nou they wuid fish for whitivver wis at the bottom o thon deep on page 52
ticks, fer awbody thocht that whitivver it wis had happenit, they'd b on page 79

3 matches

General Central

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
n exerptit fur the dictionar. Whitivver oo hae tae say aboot that vie on page 59

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
bather ti scrybe, or fix, or whitivver. Ian didna ken wha he likit b on page 65

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"The real bird jist sings whitivver notes happen tae come intae h on page 103

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Ah weel, whitivver the twa o thaim wir up tae wi on page 16
s ma joab tae keep fowk alive whitivver thai wir ... Onywey, it wadna on page 18

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Glasgow Citizen’s Theatre. Whitivver the reason, it wis a sair dec
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2020) Central
thin else. And tae dae it fur whitivver ye believe …. Whither that

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
r ain madness ah suppose. But whitivver it wis they hud mair smeddum

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