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The word 'cwid'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cwidOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus31.21009
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 117.7 36 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 283.5 64 4
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 cwid in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
och wi the caul So afore they cwid answer the door on page 15

18 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
For a’ it we cwid click an clunk
1 matches

Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
e, picturing ih’ world they cwid be left wi,
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2012) Doric - Buckie
tlin wi shops o aa kyne an ye cwid git a suit made an the top qu

@DoricPhrases tweeted
irdie aboot oor Doric dialect cwid ye pls help wi a RT an hope o(2014)
Cwid onyone please help wi donatin(2017)
has a Doric sign ootside, ah cwid jis ging a cauld beer, fa's j(2017)
Cwid onyone fa has stockpiled brei(2018)
Cwid onyone please mind me if Engl(2018)
and 10 other occurrences.

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
aa Scotland's blackest wolves cwid be confrontit by 1 countless on page 10

5 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
But he cwid dae nithin, jist try as he mi on page 25

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
n in as crabbit a vyce as she cwid manage-an syne she spraachl't on page 10
check, Cheetie, an aiblins I cwid hae wan, gin it hedna been fo on page 13
the ingle. Och, fou I wuss I cwid see thon bittie! Fit blythe I on page 14
the lave wes as different as cwid be. For ensample, the picturs on page 15
htit fusper, aat laich at she cwid scarcelins hear fit they said on page 19
Also on pages 20, 24, 25, 25, 29, 31, 32, 34, 39, 40, 43, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 56, 58, 60, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 89, 92, 95, 99, 100
57 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 67 - The Road I didna Takk, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Glowert doon ane as far as I cwid on page 62

1 matches

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