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The word 'waeoot'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
waeootOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.5318
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 2
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 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 59.2 13 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
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 126.5 9 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of waeoot in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The teeick migrates waeoot question on page 118

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@johnkmitchinson tweeted
y can we no spaek aboot Scots waeoot haean to defend hid? (2019) twitter link
n Orkney we generally write ‘waeoot’ ?? (2021) twitter link
chantan means tryan tae spaek waeoot yer accent? (2021) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
like gittin ma baws cut oaff waeoot anesthetic. Fuck you, very mu on page 127

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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
FA_Official of course it goes waeoot sayin - a watched the game a (2020) twitter link

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Naw.’ ah immediately, an waeoot thinkin say, an zip it back u
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
haul the auld bones up there waeoot some sort ay step, ah’ll te
Five weeks passed waeoot hide nor hair ay the cunt. Ah
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
nae huv wan.’ Scanlon sais, waeoot avertin his gaze an kerries o
y smile, ye know.’ ah sais, waeoot thinkin. Nice one ya fuckin k
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
be next time ye should dae it waeoot wavin a bottle ay tonic aboot
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rd enough tae git oan in life waeoot turnin yersel intae somethin
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
load ay shite Ma.’ ah sais, waeoot thinkin, recognisin she’s n
Another rant, ah kin be dain waeoot.
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t doon aboot as low as ye kin waeoot coverin yer eyes. He's goat y
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ah just let them; let them go waeoot as much ay a whimper. Couldna
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ah paiy the exorbitant price waeoot as much as a grumble. No dain
les. Needed tae be done. Goes waeoot sayin. Ah brought the rest wa
2 matches

General Central

@raiphsays tweeted
@HairyAngus Widnae be a same waeoot em!(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ae go abroad fir ower a month waeoot packin ony troosers or a jaik
bits lik this in the Balkans waeoot payin sumbdy a tax. A city ta
2 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
here though. Brendan Prunty, waeoot Brendan an his writin an enco on page 1
o these poames. A'd be loast waeoot her to be honest. on page 2
tae, hit thon restairt button waeoot fear. on page 48
A cannae read waeoot on page 52
Waeoot a muckle groan, on page 53
Also on pages 54
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