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Use in varieties of Scots

wu Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 13.4 1.5 9.9 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences3026 1 1 0 2 0
Number of authors9 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of wu in Corpus

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Central

Durie, Nick A Scots Letter, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Glasgow, prose
ell is hou tae dae it kis gin wu aw mak wur ain wabsteid strav
thar's nae ower monie aiblins wu shuid aw band thegither an da
Bob someday abodie sall thenk wu.
3 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
beer’s workt oot quick that wu’ll no be bletherin either,
play ma book. It’s obvious wu’ll be here a while.
2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
“ 'Hink wu'll caw it a day, George,” s
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ourteen, Bill guessed. Twins, Wu-Yun an Bai-Yun. The engineer
d eventually recognise him as Wu-Yun, the mair talkative twin
se ye ken better, convick?” Wu-Yun challenged him.
Wu-Yun hesitatit whedder tae dae
“Richt,” sayed Wu-Yun, “ye’re gaun tae say
15 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ner whither That's the reason wu’r sae guid the gither Bit s
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
st perr a strikers in Europe. Wu'll get a couple a
her's a baker's shoap ther an wu'll get some rolls an pies an
2 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
msels tae luik a certain wey. Wu've got eneuch tae contend wi (2020) search twitter
aud his rallies. Wi ony luck, wu'll end up wi fewer Trump supp(2020) search twitter

Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Anither wu'd on page 121

1 matches

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
And wu've been watchan you. on page 15

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
5. Draftit: Su Wu (2nd Century)
of Su Wu (2nd Century)
2 matches

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