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The word 'wisno'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wisnoOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.1206
ORK - Orkney 188.8 19 5
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 10.9 1 1
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 wisno in Corpus

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Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The second time they cam he wisno so lucky. on page 10

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
, paesable chap though he is, wisno gaan tae stand for that kind on page 14
lie's, as thoo might ken! Hid wisno fit tae pit intae the washer on page 17
him that I wir in trouble. He wisno happy wi me workan there, tha on page 21
This brettan wee chap noo, he wisno immune, on page 69
But his grip hid wisno tight anof, aroon the creatur on page 97

6 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
pittan Higgie's biss up. "Hid wisno me braens. A'm no gyte. Hid w on page 56
ce, forgettan, pretendan sheu wisno traikid by histry (or faimly, on page 73
pouer, whit wey the FtL drive wisno a thraet, but a opportunity t on page 85
n whit sheu's gotten noo. Hid wisno ower haird, aence sheud left on page 90
e atwart her luntit face. Hid wisno possieble. Sheu shoud been wr on page 106
Also on pages 119
7 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
na, he wis bein daft. Potter wisno such an unusual name. He wis
˜ivrybuddy’ wis sayan, sheu wisno gaan tae believe it until Dum
2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
wirk about language, bit hid wisno aa aboot wirds at wir tint: h
, thir wis plenty o writan at wisno aboot Orkney at aa!
2 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
eron @prowlandson Aye, and he wisno talking about hingin oot clae(2020)

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
e fairm. Startin' fae scratch wisno easy wi a buget o' £1,000. F on page 29

1 matches

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