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Use in varieties of Scots

watt Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words42 5.9 1.5 0 11.6 144.7 169.4
Number of occurrences14012 1 0 2 14 35
Number of authors19 9 1 1 2 5

Occurrences of watt 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.

Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
ae ma wirk. It's gey daurk an watt an windy an Ah'm stewin ower on page 13
ftin ower tae me. Ah pace the watt pavement, gled o the cauld. A on page 14

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
James Watt says "Aye" on page 40
James Black, James Watt inventit the modern warld on page 91
The genius o Watt and Hunter, on page 93

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Mistress Watt's Baudrons on page 22

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ve intil it aa here, but John Watt sings 'Pittenweem Jo', 'John on page 54

1 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Baird inventin the telly, or Watt's steam ingine, gowf, the tel
1 matches

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
first twa editions, at Jeames Watt’s insistence,2 includit tra
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
m pairt athoot his fivehunner-watt grin. She dashed back tae pic
1 matches

Puchowski, James Aiths an Affirmations, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Maureen Watt (Aiberdeen Sooth an North Kin
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
your about as bright as a 30 watt bulb - you need medication l (2020) twitter link

Doric

@FaeFoggie tweeted
(itherwise it'll be unner at watt(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
oo du's laandit dysel wi Alec Watt's bastard bairn, draggit dyse on page 22
n ae thing, I dunna want Alec Watt's brat wi its shitey nappies on page 23

2 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
job fur ae wheen ‘ear. Auld Watt’s son, Mark Tamson, bade i
it Bob Tamson, anither o Auld Watt Tamson’s sons, bade wi his
n ma maimorie sers mei richt, Watt Davies wis
rdson tractor up Borth’ick. Watt wis keen on
me, whan dain ae hey-tyme fur Watt Davies it Girnwud; hei hed be
13 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
udin @PeterChapmanMSP Maureen Watt @alasdairallan @EmmaHarperMSP(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
But sautie wattérs aye aboot Fur tides jaist on page 25
Brocht tae tha wattér side on page 51
Lake wattèr Am teemed oot; ma banes Aa on page 64
ndations o tha same He on tha wattérs lay. on page 69
Cum doon, an troubl't wattérs rin. on page 71

6 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
A'm baptisin yis wi wattèr fer tae show yis hae repen on page 3
wur castin a neyt ïntae tha wattèr, fer the' wrocht at tha fà on page 4
roak. Tha rain cum doon, tha wattèr ris, an tha wuns got up an on page 8
ale lock o thaim deed ïn tha wattèr. on page 9
"A'm onlie baptisin wi wattèr. But yin'll cum that wull on page 74
Also on pages 77, 82, 83, 93, 98, 99, 106
24 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Wattér buits, dunchers, tairtan s on page 21
t tha beck en o tha yeir, tha Wattér Boord wus pittin in pipes on page 25

2 matches

McMaster, Anne Yarns 3 - Tha Gift / At Sea / Hairst Light, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ulster, poetry
l tha meetin-hoose forbye tha wattèr
o’ deep an’ mirkie wattèr,
2 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
nn-pooert flatches fur haitin wattèr
1 matches

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