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The word 'uis'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
uisOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.1175
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 60.6 5 1
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 uis in Corpus

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Orkney

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
l, grim-faced until he greets uis, on page 18

1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ays stertit chippin stanes at uis ... we nivver ...' on page 34

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
glitter baw gaen roond abune uis, ir the heat gaen aff bi aw t on page 32

2 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
look, then doun he sate aside uis. The twae o us hed a smoke an
1 matches

General Central

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
hyne-awa leukin, see, maks uis hairt-sair on page 21
erin wunds, ay, gang on afore uis on page 23
t pirls, ay, wimplin aa about uis on page 25

3 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
There's some say he wes nae uis onywey at the bricklayin, fau on page 72

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ere, ower guid fir the rest o uis noo, wi her new watchcloth an on page 66

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
wecht o him broch the three o uis creshin tae the grun in a tap on page 17

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
uis their tung tae swall their wa
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
fore he dee’d, Norman tellt uis that he mindit the Swahili fo
Chinese cam ti uis in Gala Academy library. A’
de foudre seems as shairp ti uis nou as it wis yon day in 1965
It cam ti uis yin simmer gloamin in 1965, s
inspiration ti me: he showed uis hou ti mak ma owresettins int
5 matches

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