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The word 'wishes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wishesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus123926
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 3
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 32.8 3 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 95.6 9 4
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 8
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 wishes in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ng and washing. So against me wishes a lass fae Wyre wis hired and on page 21

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'il grant tae you three wishes but be carefil whit you taak on page 36

2 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
list o presents and telegram wishes. on page 43

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The wishes o a customer on page 15

2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Special guid luck wishes to those Aberdonians and all (2016)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
r gay?' He shaks his heid. He wishes he was able to say but he's n on page 36

1 matches

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Our wishes are for a long and heaithy re on page 11
Wi' Oor Best Wishes Tae Charlie The Vet on page 13

2 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
edit it: Janice says she even wishes Stuart wad think on something
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
though much agin ma wishes,
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
BBCScotland @ScottishCup best wishes tae the rose tonight guys - (2021) twitter link
fir the trip tae wick n best wishes tae everyone oan the day - m (2020) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e respond near enough tae the wishes o the membership, that the me on page 10
aboot respeck fer Scotland's wishes that we get fae the British g on page 25
wis warkin direckly agin the wishes o the fowk o Scotland, the su on page 102
ely right that the democratic wishes of the Scottish people are no on page 106
ntrol o Catalonia - agin the wishes o the fowk there - gets plai on page 140

5 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh wish that ah these wishes on page 22
shi wishes. on page 50

2 matches

Kerr, Oliwia, Sarah and Amber Fiona and the Ring, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
this ane it granted her three wishes. So first, she wished for her
1 matches

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
gin beh the fire, hope ah yir wishes come true
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ah reluctantly dae as she wishes and heid straight back oot th
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
r stands silently. A think he wishes he could just run oot n git s on page 60

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Tae cosset spirit's wishes bottelt up in veins o gowd on page 15

1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae console an auld duffer who wishes he wis six feet under.
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
sommat like that by now. She wishes. The only common ground she h on page 34

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
for them that wishes tae continue or tae bring oot
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
The poet wishes tae hae the ‘pairt’ o the
sense that the poet actually wishes tae be a man. Raither, she is
2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
orn tae gie' ye' yer New Year wishes.. :) (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
attEvers This Scottish lassie wishes you a "Happy Labor Day" and a(2014)
robs! Thanks fir the birthday wishes though! Richt orf tae sleeps (2015)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
@JaneyGodley @holywullie Best wishes tae you an yours Janey! (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
dreTheViking Belated birthday wishes tae yer bonnie lass ??????(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
offender tae be sent get well wishes from jist aboot every world l(2020)
sh boarding skuill aginst yer wishes, hence the accent. Sorted.(2020)

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