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The word 'wedding'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
weddingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82216
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wedding in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Bessie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I danced at yir wedding, on page 18

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
a suffix - ing (laek weddung 'wedding'). Dis is why Standirt Englis on page 45

1 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
a suffix - ing (laek weddung 'wedding'). Dis is whit wye Standirt E

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
It's my peerie cousin's wedding day :-)(2013)

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
e if ah’d like tae renew oor wedding vows - ah got aa excited kis(2018)

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
’m ayewiz planning my dream wedding. The trouble is, it’s diffi
for a very romantic alfresco wedding ceremony, by the benches outs
2 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
n the photies o them on their wedding day. Baith smiling lik they'r on page 44

1 matches

Wilde, Jacqueline Jay Valentine Tango, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Mind oor wedding night?
1 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
needin tae go like. Iv got ur wedding gifts in the hoose il pop oar(2013)
aha. Aye cana see ye makin at wedding(2013)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Fit a day i'day wee yon Royal Wedding malarkey! Dinna ken fit the f(2018)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The wedding banquet newly spread. The fus on page 6

1 matches

Ayrshire

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
ae ye mind? It wis oor John's wedding, an' ah only said it then bec
though - yer Auntie Agnes's wedding wis it no'?
That first nicht, at Agnus's wedding, ma hale life stretched oot a
3 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
wedding-finger.) on page 35

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
illiantly in the sang Tranent Wedding “Aff they aw went gallopin, (2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The silent watch and wedding ring on page 7
Old wedding photo's from long ago on page 24

2 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
a was his best man at his 3rd wedding. A dini want to ken aboot yir(2019)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
while. He wis cradling their wedding photie at the table like it w
1 matches

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