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The word 'whitwey'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
whitweyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.1294
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 46 18 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 50.2 8 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 whitwey in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
Nup,’ sheu said sharply. ‘Whitwey?’
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
nadae. Bot he cuid sei bedene whitwey the loun fand it strynge at s
“Tel me whitwey ye canna halp ?”
an freins, an kentna whitwey ti flit thair leilties ower n
“Whitwey is thare a cuiverfeu?” Gran
“Whitwey can ye wun ower ti Fyfe? Whit
18 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
glish" onding: "Thon explenes whitwey fowk cry Anglo-Saxon "auld En on page 13

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
Whitwey thon buddie hantit ma drames on page 5

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
"Bot whitwey?" on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
sson tae thon eyl fur ti leir whitwey ti kerve ruids. Thusgates wha on page 43
uid aw hissell ti schaw thaim whitwey ti dae it. Thai clyped ti the on page 45

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
tertit ti grumph at ither. ‘Whitwey ar ye that stupit! Whitfur di
no tel him – ’ ‘Weill, whitwey did yow no say - ’ ‘Ye m
“Whitwey, wha suid intertryke wi’m?
3 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
nnin yonder, meenits, oors or whitwey, but abin the stushie o the r on page 22

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
thae fowk? I fizzed at masel. Whitwey ar we aye warslin
1 matches

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