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The word 'wullin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wullinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.1239
ORK - Orkney
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 98.4 9 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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) 90.8 5 1

Occurrences of wullin in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
this aal maan, wad he mak im wullin. The prayer was answert tae s on page 30

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
be thocht that, gin Gweed was wullin tae gie a haan, faa was he ta on page 27

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
this, the deil's fun naebody wullin tae file th'ootside o the kir on page 90

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ntia, puir sowl; an, mair nor wullin tho A was tae notice her, sai
€™s nae that there wasna fock wullin tae help. There was; but, the
s wife telt ma th’umman was wullin tae help, for it seemt she ha
telt her. ‘Wad yir maan be wullin?’
4 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Puppet Mannie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, poetry
Ye haed mony wullin warkers, fan e puppet mannie
1 matches

General Northern

Templeton, Sheila Tales Fae The Doric Side - La Bella Rebelle, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
. Five hunner chiels ready an wullin on page 62

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
The Local Autoritie wes wullin t’allou uz ti modreneize th
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
indit an soupil cheil, wha is wullin ti coontenance on page 6
ots an the internet, gin he's wullin ti keep on page 7

2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
it. The Brithers wes no verra wullin ti tak a tellin frae ane onbe on page 45

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ookin oot ower the warld, and wullin it no tae stap. on page 164

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Tho whiles a wullin mon at haund on page 58

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
tion is, is the Labour pairty wullin tae engage wi reddin oot thae
1 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
even I doot there wad be fowk wullin tae dae sae. An aye, the Cons
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
n oot an toucht tha man. "A'm wullin," he saed. "Be clain!" An ric on page 8
us tae happen. ! An ïf ye ir wullin tae believe whut A say, Jhone on page 9
owl. For ïf oniebodie ïs no wullin tae stan up for me an ma wurd on page 86
d, sayin, "Faither, ïf ye ir wullin, wud ye tak thïs kip o suffe on page 107

5 matches

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