Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'whur'

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Use in varieties of Scots

whur	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	19.7	64	14
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	27.9	11	1
WCE - West Central	18.4	4	4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	29.2	22	3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	659.1	21	3
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	353.4	4	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 whur in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
"Whur ur ye gaan tae, peedie broon on page 5

1 matches

(South) East Central

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
‘Who dae? Go whur ?’
� like who “they” wur and whur exactly they wanted her tae g
ah saw it this mornin, it’s whur it usually is. Oan the bookca
e time, she wis hauf-aware ae whur she wis, hauf-conscious that
n darkness, unafraid. She wis whur she wis supposed tae be.
5 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
Right, so, whur wis ah? Aye, so, Robert Broon
ally want anywan else tae see whur ah wis gaun. Ah sprintit inta
h ran. And there it wis, jist whur it’d landit.
3 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
Right, sae, whur wis ah? Aye, see oor playgrou
nnae want onywan else tae see whur ah’m gaun. Ah sprint throug
ah run. And there it is, jist whur it landit.
3 matches

West Central

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
It soundit close. Whur is it? Ahint me? In front of
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
The wans whur ye’r loosenin yer straps
1 matches

Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
ose who're bidin fae awa frae whur they'd raither be
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
nnsachadh. Noo yiv met a few. Whur huv yae been fur 68 years, hi (2021) twitter link

General Central

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
nd aw a stoat aboot the hills whur she stoaped. She kent aw aboo
She kent theym as whit whur respectful tae the Guid Folk
sheep byre fyr theym if they whur caught oot. Ere lang, the Gui
t the hills well and she kent whur she cuild find a wee pool in
4 matches

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
ratbag did tip them the wink whur he wis.

@jax6754 tweeted
omthin but........WELL........WHUR ARE THE SCOTTISH DATES PLEASE(2014)
l check ma bus times back tae whur a stay oot in East Lothian, a(2014)
@radioleary Richt! Whur are yiur Scottish dates? Plea(2014)
@JeffBrazier Is it snowing whur you are tae? #LovelivininScot(2014)
@JeffBrazier @ComeCoachWithMe whur being coached is drawing posi(2015)
and 11 other occurrences.

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
whur ye wur noo, whit ye wur daen. on page 99

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
Lee it whur weeyinish dreams ir twined on page 6
e eonclusion that, nae metter whur yae go tae on the Inglesh coa on page 21
s sure es ferrets ir ferrets! Whur can I hae drappt thim, A wunn on page 33
voice-the Rabbit's-"Pat! Pat! Whur _ ir yae?" An thin a voice sh on page 37
a minute, tryin tae work oot whur the twa sides o it wur; an es on page 51
Also on pages 63, 64, 65, 74, 79, 82, 85, 101, 112, 119
18 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
en he's aff an ye dinnae know whur he went an ye'r stannin there on page 33

1 matches

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
rnesh fae ahint the oul doar, whur it haes hug
1 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
He’s fermin’ up in Heaven whur al’ his kye has names.
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
he pakked, broon-padded snow, whur on page 4
he waitin gate, quait-hingin, whur A on page 5

2 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
e stricklies an, farder doon, whur the watter run shella ower a
t! — the bairded grunts. An whur the brenches booed ower the w
2 matches