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Use in varieties of Scots

weesh Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 3.6 1.5 0 0 51.7 0
Number of occurrences137 1 0 0 5 0
Number of authors6 4 1 2

Occurrences of weesh in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tae say ocht tae an noo weesh were listenin an here. on page 20
owre whaur Ah weesh we baith were baukit still. on page 25

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah weesh we could dae the same thing w on page 118
athir!' ah says. 'Juist mak a weesh! - A man lik yersel wull jui on page 126
'Ah weesh they'd mark them mair clearly on page 147

3 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ike o ‘Hup, feres!’ or ‘Weesh aff, feres!’ And ivery anim
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ma nut It's times lit that a weesh't a wis a fish.
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
aff tae hospital; an anither weesh some things at haed gotten fy
1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
'Ah weesh they'd mark them mair clearly on page 220

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
otsAgen @Historic_Ally Widnae weesh me oan onybdy but ta pal! (2020) twitter link
cotsAgen @CommunitiesNI Rerr, weesh we'd the likes o thir fir Sco(2020) search twitter
py birthday Jean, 25th an aa, weesh Ah'd kennt.(2020) search twitter
@ashdouglasscot Weesh Ah wis owre the Covid haudbac(2020) search twitter

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