A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example sonsie

The word 'wiser'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wiserOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12723
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 65.6 1 1
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 wiser 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.

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Tae rise a wiser chenged man, that really leuk on page 79

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
when a stoot simmet wid be a wiser plan.(2020)

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
an glaur, an he wis still nae wiser fit the aul wumman wis aboot. on page 84

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
it Ah s'pose Elsie's neen the wiser - disna ken fit's happenin. on page 45

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ks. They'll niver be neen the wiser that we're there.'
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ip wrack. They'll be nane the wiser. Syne we'll buik ye intil the
1 matches

Mid Northern B

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
e morn so she wid be nane the wiser. But she wid notice it wis go
1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, Sine Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
itten or recordit, we'll a be wiser and (if it's legal and decent on page 111

1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
ae back they arrive… auler, wiser… duller.
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
wid end up. U wid be neen the wiser. Ta for liftin the curse on t(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
and mud. We're reckoning It's wiser to turn back. on page 63

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
r issues ah thoat it might be wiser tae avoid any soartae communi on page 192

1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
they were back then. Aulder. Wiser. An if we had oor time again,
fore, we're aulder nou, we're wiser. Lessons hae been learned in
2 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
en and ye’ll leave nane the wiser. In this environment rebellio
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
that believed it forbye, but wiser heids thocht that Jamie's fai on page 31
ein awa wi Davie awthegither. Wiser heids tho saw this cuid but m on page 85

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ndings, and nobody be any the wiser. But, I mean to
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t kinds, he’s never any the wiser, hence the varied assortment
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
. Ah wis rinnin hame nane the wiser, yit nane the waur. on page 14

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"Weel, I'm nane the wiser aboot thon tindel-box," the s on page 37

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
ye looks bonnie, onywey," the wiser courtiers muttered, aince the on page 106

1 matches

Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
the tricksy stuff to someone wiser. I’ll gie Finn that. Seems
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
The auld boy’s nane the wiser. He’s aariddy crackt open a
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
a’ day, so we were nane-the-wiser when we got back late. Faithe
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
But noo I’m ouler, wiser an’ as sure as God I wud.
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Naen the wiser, on page 37

1 matches

Web Analytics