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The word 'wullnae'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wullnaeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22014
ORK - Orkney
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 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 23 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 2
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 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)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of wullnae in Corpus

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North East Central

Valentine, Lynn Thi Loast Bairn, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Arbroath, poetry
A wullnae blait like a sheepie fir a la
wullnae own ma voice fir air thit’s
2 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
But sune it wullnae matter -
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Of course it wullnae, ya puddin,' said the mither. on page 58
vender said, 'Amanda's mither wullnae clip aff her pigtails.' on page 111

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
An wullnae dole oot Sawney's money, Fir on page 213

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
nae middle wey. Thair's some wullnae touch on page 111
An wullnae allow thaim tae pu the plug, on page 145

2 matches

Ayrshire

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 83 - Cochise o the Apache Nation, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
A wullnae lee tae ye, on page 26

1 matches

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Alas, complainin’ wullnae change
1 matches

General Central

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
innae fret ye, Claverhoose he wullnae get ye!" on page 10

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
likit kale, an yin lest stalk wullnae dae onie herm. She micht ein on page 79
"Ay! The ratton wullnae mind!" Saicretlie moothin a w on page 84

3 matches

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
red the lassie-in-waitin. "He wullnae gie ye the music box unless y on page 89

1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
They wullnae tell ye how
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
a elby DIS hurt? They windaes wullnae clean thumselves.(2016)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"He wullnae b' beheided!" said Ahlice, an on page 80

1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
ip an cultùr forrit an ayont wullnae be wun til less aa tha yins ' on page 1

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
(gin ye can) whaniver a wurd wullnae fit, lake sae:
1 matches

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