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Use in varieties of Scots

wry Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 3.7 8 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences127 5 0 0 0 0
Number of authors7 5 2

Occurrences of wry in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
A wry smile on his sonsie face. on page 28

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
dbank, but...' she gied a wee wry smile, 'whaur wad ye be yerse on page 80

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s sex mad. Ah allow masel a wry smile as ah consider whit McD
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Wi' wry-smilin' humour,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ime sizin me up ... He gied a wry snirt as he mindit the wey sh
He gied a wry smile. “Oh. Ah,” he repea
ahint the coonter, smilin his wry smile, haunin oot strawberrie
3 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n bi," agree the patient wi a wry grin. on page 8

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
or ain dear mither. Ah feel a wry smile creep ower ma face: ye on page 78
ak, yak, yak, yak." He gied a wry grin. "Aye...my dream job wid on page 86

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e are," said Archie, takkin a wry grin. "Sittin doon insteid ~ on page 16

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he file being closed and wi a wry smile teen oot anither file b
1 matches

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