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The word 'wester'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
westerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.588
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 wester in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
herine Craigie who wrought in Wester on page 74

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
e, follyin the road throw the wester park wis soaked tae the semmi on page 86

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
In the teeth o a keen Sou'wester gale on page 98

1 matches

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
braw new Corporation hoose at Wester Drylaw. Modern-like, ken? Wi on page 136

1 matches

Glasgow

@johnstone_shane tweeted
@BethFrieden Sorry, the Sou'wester I think it was (2020) twitter link

General Central

Robertson, James Melt (Yin), (Kettillonia 2001) Central, poetry
An poors oot daith on Wester Hailes and Grange.
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
e last wan. Wandered doon aff Wester Lomond at New Year wance and (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
Here at Wester Hailes librar the day wi Scot (2018) twitter link

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