Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'wouldnae'

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Use in varieties of Scots

wouldnae	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	25.6	85	37
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	51.6	20	6
WCE - West Central	39.9	9	6
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	18.6	3	2
GLA - Glasgow	60.3	12	5
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	13.1	10	8
SEA - South East (Borders)	218	18	2
SWE - South West (Galloway)	41.8	3	3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)	605.7	1	1
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	85.3	3	2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wouldnae in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
e seen Doric tractor play? Ah wouldnae adee, the trailer wis keech! (2016)
in The Archers, because they wouldnae wint the expense o building a(2016)

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
tichtest budgie smugglers. Ya wouldnae mind annoying subs an tactics(2020)
@scottda95388967 I defo wouldnae be wantin a snitch or grass i(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@CaroleInnes0 Wouldnae be 1978 withoot Boney M??(2020)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
the Legion, Yakcam an his aix wouldnae be on thair wey tae Ullapool on page 90

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
p the ither side ae the shop. Wouldnae git ower the waw in time. Got on page 1

11 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
cawed Pongo - apparently yae wouldnae ride his mum intae battle. Ah on page 25

1 matches

Hawkins, Rudi None Shall Rest Easy, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central - Stirling, prose
in her eyes. The fear that ah wouldnae come back. Deep doon inside,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ae his couch that surprisinly wouldnae look oot ae place in a Sofolo
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@1Mikeydfc She wouldnae pass an MOT bud.(2020)
@IrishguardShaw That wouldnae fill me up ????(2020)
@JohnJcampbell73 Wouldnae be a bad piece ????(2020)
ated so I cannae see the veg. Wouldnae been nice if it was hot ! ??(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
gue 2 survival - a certainly wouldnae write them off just yet (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d ah'd pay fur everythin. She wouldnae cost ye a penny. But it's no on page 232

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
er she bought them, ma sister wouldnae stop girnin an she kept pulli on page 12
hin in the hall cupboard. She wouldnae say whit it wis, only that it on page 62
pizza between us but Charlene wouldnae take a bit; aw.she bought wis on page 138

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
er she bought them, ma sister wouldnae stop girnin an she kept pulli
1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ready to wake up noo! But it wouldnae end. An that’s when a kent
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
signed her up fir it and she wouldnae take no fir an answer. Hazel
1 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
There’s folk wouldnae gie houseroom
1 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
snae great, but the historian wouldnae hae been targeted if no for t (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
could use ma ain hand, but it wouldnae be the same. Ah’m achin’
—Is no the same, ye ken. It wouldnae do the trick.
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
m tellin yae yur wrong. Bruce wouldnae go near that hing. That no ri
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Wouldnae, couldnae, wouldnue, couldnue on page 100

3 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
d the polis huv appeared they wouldnae know if we wur tokin a half-o on page 4
corner. The kinda wee guy yi wouldnae leave yir goldfish wae. The w on page 7
'Ooft, man, wouldnae mess wae they cunts' on page 9
'Azzy, mate, A wouldnae worry aboot they three. They on page 32

5 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
and stop Da fae being mad. He wouldnae go mad over things like beans on page 42

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
nd even in mg current state I wouldnae dare. Ye can see the long bla on page 3

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
drill fae his young days, we wouldnae of knew whit tae dae. The bea
1 matches

Ayrshire

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
me onytime? Ah hope ye dae. I wouldnae like tae think that a' the ye
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
d seem convolutit, an ye sure wouldnae fit in a sang. on page 77

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
rted makkin an ice cream that wouldnae melt, even in the bilin hoat on page 18

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
for they wouldnae let Donnie stay.
1 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
k remeent daurk. Moa's family wouldnae wak frae sleep, for aw her gr
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ndins in ‘-ae’, sic as on wouldnae , dinnae, willnae, shouldnae (
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
ere early fir Festival an you wouldnae be haein awe those problemo's(2014)

@billykayscot tweeted
ham and Mones elevation, it wouldnae surprise me to hear that Jame(2020)
He wouldnae be the first - if ye read th(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
@Alex_Corbitt Wouldnae mind yer resources on this - (2016)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
aw hink iz at hame! Jings, Ah wouldnae say onythin aboot eet, even i on page 9
"Whit a pity eet wouldnae stei!" sighed th Lory, as sin on page 30
tae put everyhin oan Bill! Ah wouldnae b' in Bill's place fur onyhin on page 37
wee bit bigger, Mister, if ee wouldnae mind," said Ahlice: "threi in on page 49
s, actually; an if Ah was, Ah wouldnae want eers: Ah dinnae lik thum on page 52
Also on pages 63, 64, 87, 100, 105, 111
17 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@GingerGeekCraig a wouldnae touch any o em! Even cannae(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
orld but wir sae thrawn, they wouldnae haund the secret ower tae the on page 17

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
the forefront o ma mind. They wouldnae hae planned like thon if it h on page 113

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
yground, and before long they wouldnae stick up for me any mair. A w
1 matches

Donegal (East Donegal)

Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
dnae raxed awa tha frost; nor wouldnae . Maistly, they wur on thair a
1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
the back would stiffen an ye wouldnae feel as fit
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
nda "Ah'm Charlie" would dae: wouldnae owreset "Charlie". (2015) twitter link
@my_cat_jeff @WJProgressive I wouldnae dignify the blethers on thon (2015) twitter link