Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'waitit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

waitit	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	24.9	83	22
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	69.7	12	1
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	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central	45.9	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	17.1	7	4
WCE - West Central	4.4	1	1
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	148.8	24	1
GLA - Glasgow	61.5	12	1
AYR - Ayrshire	74.7	7	2
LAL - General Central	17.1	13	8
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)
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 waitit 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
gairden. But first tho, shö waitit for twartree meenits ta see i on page 13
s o him), while da rest o dem waitit in silence. At da lang an da on page 27
shö waitit a start athoot hearin onythin on page 38
Bill," gae wan sharp keek, an waitit ta see whit wid happen nixt. on page 39
Dis time Alice wis patient an waitit for he fell ta spaekin ageen. on page 51
Also on pages 66, 80, 85, 94, 95, 115
12 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
In vain we waitit - jist my luck on page 15

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
aneth my nervous feet, I waitit there on page 43

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
iz. A leddy bein waitit on.
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Hercules waitit until it wis twa feet fae him on page 31

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ed places wi Boot's mither an waitit. The polisman said they'd let on page 1

2 matches

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
They waitit on the beep. The machine did on page 87

2 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
"Hillwalkin' Ah waitit fur her snarl, she bit her li on page 7

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
n sayed, "Ye shuir, nou?" She waitit a saicont or twa, syne pit he
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Nine Fragments - III, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
Ísabel waitit in this hole on the buildin s
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Ah'd huv waitit till he played 'crammasy' on page 222

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
w an Auchterhouse an his pals waitit anxiously fer a sign o weakne on page 88

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ger man, the Indian yin. They waitit while he arranged his auld li
aye weirin Tad’s sheepskin, waitit wi Bill an the lave, hunkerin
it there wis eneuch o’t. He waitit till the ferm had faaen quate
him, bit he stuid his grun an waitit till a loon appeart an cried
rt her towart the bus stop an waitit wi her till the bus cam in si
24 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
y gairden. First, though, she waitit fir a few meenits tae see if on page 13
ae him), while the ithers aw waitit in silence. Eventually the Do on page 27
She waitit fir a wee bit wioot hearin an on page 38
kick, an waitit tae see whit wid happen next. on page 39
This time Alice waitit patiently fir it tae speak ag on page 50
Also on pages 64, 78, 83, 92, 94, 107
12 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
She waitit a wee while athoot hearin och on page 37
stuid still whaur she wis, an waitit. on page 44

5 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
nigh on an hour he watched an waitit, till the fermhous door opene on page 59

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
windae the neist forenuin, an waitit for a likely lad tae gae by. on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
And foond the wids. We waitit til the muin on page 100

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
The crood on the riverbank waitit braithlessly tae see whaur he on page 85

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
t tae the kitchen and sat and waitit for Coont Olaf. on page 95
h and haird as she could, and waitit tae see if it wid cleek ontae on page 119
ck doon tae the grund. Violet waitit again, luggin oot for fitstep on page 120
nkle, he pressed a button and waitit a meenit. "Gaffer, it's masel on page 125
on his walkie-talkie, and he waitit until the hook-haundit mannie on page 148
Also on pages 149
6 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
He waitit for Ernie. Whan it got tae ef on page 65

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
boot the wives an mithers wha waitit, ettlin tae keep faimlies the on page 18

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
et tae her wark, hooiver, and waitit , her een aye
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
wre a hunner thoosan patients waitit mair than fower ‘oors tae b
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
os wisna giein up. Ae day, he waitit tae Atalanta had feenisht her
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
t's a cracker man in't it? Ah waitit until a good yin came up in T
, haudin the rod an the reel, waitit fur aboot a minute
2 matches