Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'whose'

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Use in varieties of Scots

whose	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	14.4	48	30
ORK - Orkney	49.7	5	4
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	35.2	1	1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	14.6	6	5
WCE - West Central	22.2	5	2
DUN - Dundee	53.1	5	2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	51.2	10	7
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	7.9	6	4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	62.8	2	1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	58.1	1	1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	131.3	4	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of whose 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

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
e with her airms about Davie, whose heed wis bent, and the smirk on page 21

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Gary Mirrland, whose subsequent on page 7

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
timo is askan fur hur brither whose been laid up wae an unidentif on page 87

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
o a ranger on the island – whose job is tae mak the abundant w
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
d been e whitan," sade Alice, whose thouchts were still rannan on on page 99

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
oon @colinclyne is the singer whose songs feature in my novel, Th(2016)

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ched whan she'd telt him. "To whose croft are you going?" on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e some gremlin lookin bastard whose sweatin and pantin uncontroll on page 145

1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
t’s a step too far for folk whose existence an livelihood is de
ancehall artist Elephant Man, whose Jamaican accent seemed tae ha
2 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
surroondit by wispy figures, whose claithes wur spun fae cobwebs
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@CraigGRadio @vickipeachxx whose vicki peach - you kept that (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
cousins are really jist folk whose mas went tae the Mother an To on page 57
photie, even the wans wi folk whose guts she hatet. Noo she says on page 148
story ae some famous magician whose catch Phrase used tae be, Pif on page 159
one apart fae Nicola Buchanan whose face wis like a wet weekend, on page 169

4 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
part whilst gawkin at Livvy, whose eyes were fixed on the sign a
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
'Whose is it? Whose is it?' he screamed. 'If the on page 53
er nouadays. Nou this mannie, whose name hisnae survived the year on page 77

4 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Whose new bar will you back in Cadb(2020)

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
hey live aff ae?" said Alice, whose ears ayeweys prieckt up when on page 72

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n lands next tae Finnegan, ~ whose face is fucked. He laughs, sh on page 20
, mate. A couldnae gee a fuck whose cousin it is. on page 30

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
tterness. The party ay people whose lives ur dedicated tae that s on page 3

3 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - Embdy Lost a Jaickit?, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
Nou ye know whose it is, but don't be too fast, on page 113

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
�ve no answered the question, whose hoose is this?’ ah sais, st
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
lineage of this beautiful boy whose eyes are like stars which wil
1 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
anos an makin a mental map ae whose ma 'n da had Italian an whit (2020) twitter link

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
e price wus rung up by sumwan whose name didnae begin wi' their f on page

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
were the province of Douglas, whose job was to harden them, initi on page 3

2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
sed observation made by minds whose attitude to experience and wh
attitude to experience and whose speculative and imaginative t
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
: as in, fur exemple, quhais (whose ); quha (who); and quhilk (whi
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
So here's tae the sisters whose names have been shrunk, Tae t on page 41

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the folk whose cantin kilt them on page 69

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
mine! 'Wulliam the Conqueror, whose caas wus likt muckle much bae on page 26
bin the whittin," said Alice, whose thochts wur still rinnin on t on page 102

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Dickey, William Yarns 3 - Annual General Report, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, prose
udience wi Mr. Neason Gleeson whose links wi us are a source o so
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
wairm," said she tae Esther, whose een wur stealin the distemper on page 3
n in thair sheddaes sut a lad whose green een flichtered an faded on page 6
aal but forgot aboot Daniel, whose baney shouler was slotted nea on page 22
st ootin tae hell fur her ma, whose fear o ilka manifestation o m on page 42

4 matches