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The word 'wandered'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wanderedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.72516
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 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)

Occurrences of wandered in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I wandered roond the 'Showies' hivvan sh on page 29
As sheu wandered through the gilded rooms, her on page 36
Bit, when they wandered intae Croy's, poor Daavit sto on page 46

3 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Had a peerie breakdoon when I wandered in but da dentist wis really (2019) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ade Alice till hersel, as she wandered aboot in e wood, "is till gro on page 38
stood near. E three soldiers wandered aboot for a meenad or two, lo on page 78

2 matches

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
oth o frunce fir a wikk. Jist wandered aboot listnin and laughin oot(2020)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
they wandered alang the main street, they h
hoose?" Neest day Jonsar Eck wandered in tae anither waterin
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
the T.V. ae nicht his mind wandered awa back tae fin he wis a loo
Jonsar ata. As the fox wandered awa throo the wid a second fo
2 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@watterloony @DeesideDon Wandered fae the Bullers ti Longhaven (2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
doensae look as if she's jist wandered oot fae a Crufts competition. on page 79
otae naewhere, Miss Robertson wandered in. And she wis accompanied b on page 189

2 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
efter that, Ailsa goat up and wandered intae the hall. She wisnae fu
1 matches

West Central

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
y the South o France bit they wandered aroon dressed in flimsy wee o
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
His thochts wandered tae St. Andrews, where aince on page 112

1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
Ah wandered intae Mammy's bedroom and too on page 7

1 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
f a dozen cages roon it. They wandered roon lookin’ at aw the sigh
They wandered up tae the back ae the hall,
2 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
oothfu o whisky. God an Peter wandered aff tae hae a word wi David. on page 50

1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
orman's Law wis the last wan. Wandered doon aff Wester Lomond at New (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
aid Ahlice tae hersel, as she wandered aboot in th wood, "is tae gra on page 39
as aboot a fit high: then she wandered doon th wee passage: an then on page 75

2 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
@ciaranmacairt I always wandered what thon big word meant. I t(2019)