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The word 'wifies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wifiesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.45924
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) 8547 1 1
MNA - Mid Northern A 75.2 23 5
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 79.7 18 5
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 6
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 wifies in Corpus

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North Northern A (Black Isle)

Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
a wiz nitten gairtens for aul wifies , Six rows across an a fit la

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
she jist wisna the bonniest o wifies, mebbe it wis the purple cair on page 84

3 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
rish lassie I Danny La Rue in wifies' claes Wi music fae the gweed on page 15

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Wifies, maanies, loons an quines, on page 32
elt fair disgustit wi the twa wifies an winnert iv he shid ging ow on page 76

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
bakin. Ah thocht aboot ither wifies aat Ah kent...auler wifies li on page 64

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"The wifies oan either side o ye leuk ple on page 21
"Weel, cre wis ess twa wifies stannin newsin aboot hacin so on page 22
ors, iv ye git ma meenin. The wifies war sayin she entertaint maan on page 23

3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
gye sorry if ah offended ony wifies wi ma last sexist tweet tae g(2015)
Happy International Wifies Day! Fit's a the quines deein(2016)
Wifies latest pet portrait whilk cos(2017)
Fit!!! Wifies in the celebrity big breether(2017)
the stooshie is aboot wi the wifies new watterie - ah putten a l(2017)
and 4 other occurrences.

@FaeFoggie tweeted
son1873 @scotsfilmguy Een o i wifies fae @JGRossBakers in Aiberdee(2019)

Mid Northern B

Martin, Keiron Ma Worst Nicht Oot, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
awlin and there wis a group o wifies in the corner haein a blether
1 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
booin and scrapin tae aa the wifies in the village fan aa I wante on page 124

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ted his firewid roon. Fin the wifies started deein
soun fae a park neest tae the wifies hoose, Ere
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
wifies leg stracht up in the air. Er
Fin the twa wifies in the bakers shop started sp
think yon twa wifies ken fit their spikkin aboot."
p at New Deer ae day cuttin a wifies girse. Jonsar wis
is ileskins an knocked at the wifies door, she appeared
7 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
nae kennin fit it meant. The wifies in the scheme didnae like her
r a packet o fags. It wis the wifies telt us she wis a Nazi.
ven at yon time. Onywyes, the wifies wis aa oot for a blether in t
Barbara Cartlands – marriet wifies didnae wurk then, but bed at
s he movit aff, and ane o the wifies askit, “Fit wis that auld d
5 matches

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
teuchters spik ih Doric. Yon wifies spikin at ih hinner eyne o at (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
y Kyle or that blooming Loose Wifies will hae me camping oot in th(2018)
ing loon. As bad as yon Loose Wifies rubbish(2018)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
The wifies doun in the clachan war fashe
Aa the wifies watchin Ben Edra saw the same
2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Doun Kirktoun Brae whaur the wifies foregaither On the oor, bi th on page 15

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
reen man. Nae sense. Twa auld wifies wi patterned heidsquares an b on page 35
shton cashed this mornin. The wifies werenae locals, so he'd no li on page 40
s. Turns oot it wis they auld wifies. The wee yin, Isa, has been c on page 46

3 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
laygrund he could see umpteen wifies gaein the messages or wheelin on page 99

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Twa wifies in Fifeshire, efter giein the
1 matches

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
A pack o Muslim wifies comes by on page 98

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
in for the treisured tickets. Wifies were seen mairchin intae swee on page 28

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
The Cleanin Wifies on page 42

2 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
p blue watter for the village wifies'
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
For mony wifies, poverty wis nae excuse for l
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ld men in kilts an balmorals, wifies wi backpacks haudin toddlers
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
m Bernadette passt thare were wifies didna com tae the grave but s(2020)

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