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The word 'winnae'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
winnaeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus154822
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 25.6 10 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 21.4 16 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 1
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of winnae in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
“It’s easy! Mibbe we winnae get in. Aw depends on if we f
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Winnae be able tae sleep in ma flech(2014)
Park, grand photo but Twitter winnae let me share it.(2016)
e-mails! Dinnae panic, the EU winnae fine a’bidy! https://t.co/rz(2018)
nder ba hinmaist nicht - bit winnae caa a press conference!(2018)

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
"Ay, Mosegi, 'The Cushat' winnae bi ower for his brakfast this on page 80

1 matches

Clark, F. E. Eemis Stane 1 - Vratched, (Eemis Stane 2022) Doric, prose
bit een day, een day mibbe it winnae, an Ahm wrung oot an foonert on page 23

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
he tap o her anger, “If you winnae move it, somebody sure as hec
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
hat's still aye growein an it winnae need an awfu lot o help frae
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Look, Dad - A winnae gang!
that winnae help tae get ye oot.
A winnae keep him waitin
For they winnae knuckle under,
We'll munch awa, an winnae care
8 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ack that thae upsteerers that winnae yaise spoken conversational S
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
him whit he's worth', Yet ye winnae believe on page 111

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Chiels that Winnae Ding on page 97

1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
it ken the Scots wird job bit winnae use Scoys: div they let oan o(2020)
gied her pain killers bit she winnae bide aff it an she's aye raxi(2020)

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
as afore: "Lee me alane - ah winnae - ah hae livit like a beast, on page 112

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
er yon nicht at Airs Moss, an winnae let onybody ken whit I'm thin on page 60
'Weel mither, it's no that I winnae tak it on,' said Adam, kinnae on page 77

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e Pondicherry, "I warn ye, it winnae last verra lang, sae ye bette on page 15
annie Jockina meeserably. 'He winnae tak ony o oors. I hear his mi on page 48
, aye!' the bairns cried. "We winnae touch a thing!' on page 99
gey thick gless sae mibbe it winnae.' on page 164
'I ken ma mither winnae come wi us,' Chairlie said wi on page 172

5 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Na,na, I winnae, on page 19

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e intristit. Weel, onywey, it winnae maitter gin A tell ye noo. on page 59

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
A winnae look at him. on page 62

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
lee, and the kind o plots you winnae need a spaewife tae foresee t
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
ail’s pace – ye certainly winnae be the last.
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
r South or Aberdeen. Stirling winnae want me back ?? so likely Edi(2020)
nae be scottish aboot it that winnae help.(2020)

@jack_capener tweeted
h, an 'willnae' is yaisually 'winnae'.(2020)
@DrMDempster Viva la 'winnae'!(2019)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
ahookie on the wey oot Boris. Winnae miss ye! As the sun rises so (2022) twitter link

@raiphsays tweeted
@Aibagawa @BRWombat Ma da winnae let me!(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@heresDaibhi That’s it!! Winnae touch that again!! https://t.(2020)
emybcorbyn_ @RDHale_ Ma arse! Winnae touch him with ma barge pole.(2020)
@utb_smith Nae, winnae touch a voting paper fur ‘em(2020)
stie Ta, make the most o’ it winnae ye????????????????? (2020) twitter link

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
‘It’s juist that ye winnae be at St. Joseph’s wi Harry
ph’s wi Harry onymair an ye winnae see much o Gary yince ye al g
2 matches

General Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
“O coorse, Dorothy. We winnae. Dinnae fash yersel, we dinna
1 matches

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