A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'willin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
willinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.95637
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 40.7 7 5
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 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 5
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 18 7 5
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 43.4 7 4
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 2
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 willin 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.

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
paek, an naebody idder seemed willin ta say onything. on page 27
birsin up. Hoosumever, he wis willin ta kerry on. "An so dis tree on page 75

2 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ep ken me. An dey ken dat A'm willin ta dee fir dem. Der''s idder on page 139

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
fur himsel, an he wis mair as willin ta buy dem whatever dey wanti on page 57

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Love in a Caald Climate, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
as shö stakit hit, willin
1 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
€œA Chinese kerry oot? Ir dey willin tae deliver tae a hole in da
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
a peerie start tae fin a frog willin tae spaek. Dey ir naturally b
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
mean se muckle. He's aye mair willin te criticise raither then pra on page 28

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aat wid bi somethin they'd be willin te pit on the readin list. Ma on page 30

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
peerit. Noo Joseph, nae verra willin tae hae her teen throw han, t on page 7

1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
There is aye a guid willin' wife on page 27

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
™s faither wis oot, an Ah wis willin eneuch tae ging in an play wi
1 matches

General Northern

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ae us an he promised tae be a willin worker. He hid his ain sleepi on page 27

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
need tae ask masel is 'Am aa willin tae lose her recht noo, or la on page 99

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ine he was tae hae aroon, aye willin on page 8

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
he key. It wis mair likely an willin
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
things tae a heid they were willin tae pit up wi it. Fowk were s
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
nydee72 ower @shmuFM he's aye willin' tae gie local talent a shott(2015)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
neuch that there wis aye fowk willin tae dae it. It gat tae sic ex
1 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
lonel ay likes thaim tae shaw willin wi the locals?" said Sweeney, on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
boay's toughness is what he's willin tae dae tae provide fur his f on page 88
e us tae. But only if yae wur willin tae die fur Queen and capital on page 90

3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
chyre wi ma fingers crossed, willin the boys tae haud oot for jui
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'd willin tell ye whit A saw
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@EamonnReynolds wis willin the big man tae claw it back (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
perfection, somebody wha wis willin tae risk life and limb in pur on page 102
ed. She pushed haurder still, willin her een tae shoot oot mair fu on page 159
er unless ye gie yer hale and willin consent.' on page 232

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
if yer e'er willin tae chauve yer wey throu the on page 121

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
laughin like a man that's no willin ti repent, on page 70

1 matches

Edinburgh

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
aboot linguistic richts an is willin tae walcome Scots back ben wh
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e cud. The weemen wis usually willin tae humour her for a wee, til
They regairdit him, willin tae be convinced, he thocht.
Beatrice leuch. “Ah’m willin tae pit aside ma disbelief,â€
een a yak’s erse, bit Ah am willin for tae gie it the benefit o
4 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
who else ah know who would be willin’ to gie us a ride oan such
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
past but none ae thum seemed willin tae furget ma past indiscreti
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ndness and mystery o ma luve, willin as missie's glory hersel. She on page ix

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ntae the side ay their heids, willin wan ay them tae turn roon.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t his door aw day, every day, willin tae part wae their cash, read
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
airn - nor wad bairns - God willin. The followin year, a furst c on page 27
road tae Lanark. The lass wis willin, an sae, ona snell Januar mor on page 80

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Bi thae young willin hauns guidit bi you,
1 matches

General Central

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
I'm willin tae wark masel tae the bane on page 61

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
sanctuarie, gin thae micht be willin tae fecht wi him in Ireland. on page 14

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
A'd willin tell ye whit A saw on page 62

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
in offert, tho it will aye be willin ti gie space ti fowk at haes on page 4

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
tae try pratticks oot on us, willin or no, or micht thay be oor a
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
ity. Ay, it helped huvin folk willin tae hide him, gie him a bed f
n. He kept goin. Few folk wur willin tae betray him but the tempta

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ff tae her social circle. God willin, she micht hae guid fortune t
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
ir a hail fouth o folk wad be willin tae pit their names tae't!(2019)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
wake but mae spirit is willin',
1 matches

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