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The word 'wains'
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Use in varieties of Scots wains Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 4.1 13 10 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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
9.2
2
2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
13.1
1
1
LAL - General Central
2.7
2
2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
163.5
1
1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
125.5
4
1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
176.7
2
2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
14.1
1
1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)
Occurrences of wains 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.
West Central
Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
battur lumps oot aw thi uthur wains wi ees rattoal. Ah laft wen m on page 41
1 matches
Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND , (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
known sightin ae those devil wains . Ower the next week it wis re
1 matches
Ayrshire
McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island , (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
land, Alaska, Billy n his twa wains , Gabe n Bear, ur preparing ta
1 matches
General Central
Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Buffalo Bill , (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Google-eed we wains on page 62
1 matches
Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan , (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
Tae aw the wains that jumped, dived, swam ablo
1 matches
West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems , (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
they'd mine yae o' a pair o' wains on page 36
1 matches
Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names , (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
yside, since you an’ me wus wains ,
o, its chane’t since we wur wains ,
man, wae thrupp’ny bits for wains ,
keep it richt for yer’e ain wains the Lord in wisdom sent ye,
4 matches
Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
Fenton, James On Slaimish , (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
A wains clinched fist tae, on page 4
1 matches
Hume, David Aince the corncrake caa’ed , (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
The wains theday will think on why
1 matches
General Ulster
@OrangRuth tweeted
Queen of Ulster. The loyalist wains will never forgive her. (2017)