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The word 'waash'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
waashOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.44118
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 116.3 2 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 72.7 4 1

Occurrences of waash in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
So Tammie hid tae strip an waash afore the keetcheen door on page 81

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
nd if hid wis a front ur back waash they gaed me bit innywaey, ef on page 99

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
seem't tae maneyge tae brain waash ma tee louse aff an maak for' on page 56

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"A gweed waash wi a facecloot an Palmolive s on page 83

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Wid ye like a drappie wine te waash it doon? Ah've reed or fite." on page 28
het flush O guilty conscience waash ower his dial. "If aat's fit on page 87
t stannin ower the aul widden waash tub, scrubbin it collars an c on page 90

3 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
roart an grat. She begun tae waash his feet wi her tears an dry on page 92

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
'v only hid time fir a Glesga waash," said Ronnie, grinnin an hau on page 37
nick-knacks; a waardrobe an a waash-han basin. on page 48

2 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
"Waash ma windaes," Eurystheus order on page 5
you're honkin. Dae you never waash? Ye no ken whit soap is? Here on page 26

2 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
id a brek fae that it wis tae waash doon wa's or tae scrub pots a on page 29

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
cairrie the waash awaw, the fermer hed apent th
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
'd be mair e' ma face fur tae waash.
need sum'dy tae feed ye an’ waash ye is well
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
, wi a birss an a pail o whyt-waash; ontil he hed stour in hiz th
whyt-waash aw owre hiz blak furr, an a s
n at him an whusperin ‘Whyt-waash!’ he sumgates cuid anerlie
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rmeat in it, an rice wine tae waash it doon, in a wee front room.
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'I doot I'll need tae hae a waash on page 19

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Ye'll hae tae redd yersel up! Waash yer coupon, kaim yer hair, sc on page 61
e's boond tae come oot in the waash. They ayewis dae. We'll hae t on page 92
t! They'll aw come oot in the waash!' on page 135
ried! They aw come oot in the waash, ye ken; aw o them...' on page 155
And waash the dishes in the sink - on page 157

5 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
mak waves, and the waves wid waash him tae the tither side.' on page 91

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
bleck an grey kittling micht waash intae a broon an white kittli
d an gaed intae the hoose tae waash her haunds. Thair wis a rare
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
ays, it'll aw come oot in the waash. Now away and vote for me ??(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
-tim, an wae hae nae time tae waash the things baetween while." on page 72
Mock Turtle. "crumbs wud aal waash aff in the sea. Yit they hae on page 102

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Glass, Ewen Yarns 3 - Waash, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymony, prose
Waash
Owrflowin’, waash’d gray in tha raa,
2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
e-stane, slatey bans That bak-waash drains. on page 26
Tha mair if it's no waash't theday, on page 37

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ast, pit oiyle on yer heid an waash yer face, sae fowk wull no no on page 7
oor elders? The' dïnnae even waash thair hans afore the' ait!" J on page 9
han he saa that Jesus dïdnae waash afore dennèr. But tha Loard on page 90

4 matches

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