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The word 'wirno'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wirnoOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.583
ORK - Orkney 79.5 8 3
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wirno in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
gaed me a shout, an though I wirno for much use, wae managed atw on page 14
"Aam fine as I am, "(though I wirno feelan as good as I wir twa o on page 15
s. Bonny fine did I ken but I wirno lettan on. on page 18
the lot as wis his wont, they wirno gaan tae yield. on page 97

4 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
id's reassurance is blate. 'I wirno uissan thaim. Better ithoot.' on page 47
rst day on site, whan nummers wirno been wrowt intae unmeanan an on page 102
Thay wirno chansan. Olaf taks a haad o I on page 157

3 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
ght wather for it, an if they wirno wirkin in it someen ether wid
1 matches

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