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The word 'wasted'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wastedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22322
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 2
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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)
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 wasted in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
the field again. Relive some wasted youth. on page 39

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
haein sae much money da oolit wasted it on a lok o bruck. Wan day on page 123

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
r what we canna change. We're wasted anyoch time as is, ah'm misse on page 49

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Hallowmas. Dey'll be naethin wasted, sparl an aa. on page 71

1 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Da leftovers wunna be wasted,” I said gaddered dem. “W
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Andra's faither wasted nae time at aa, an armed wi t on page 84

2 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An he wasted enough for twa rooms on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
yce's key in the lock. "Ah've wasted the himmest day o ma holidays on page 17

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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t the flickerin licht. Jessie wasted nae mair time but got oot o t
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General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
furious, a hale damn day wasted, nae denner, ney pey. Jonsar
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
game work in Slovakia or else wasted a lot of hard earned cash wat(2016)

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
nkin' he wis thinkin' that Ah wasted ower muckle time. Ochrtr, the on page 7

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Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
at yer hert oot. His heid’s wasted enough withoot his maw fillin
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d. 'And ah suppose Miss Honey wasted a hale lesson teachin ye tae on page 140

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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
. I looked at ma watch. I had wasted half an oor awready. I had ta
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ist hou muckle siller is bein wasted bi the Ministry o Defence. He on page 120

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. He’s spaced oot his dial. Wasted. ‘Here mate! Haud that door
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
, cast oot Wi ane anither, an wasted precious days takin the pet, on page 39

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Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
e years we had thegither were wasted.
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General Central

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ust in there, so they’re no wasted. I wonder what a bairn o mine
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
their naw side started to get wasted on it, so it was frozen ??(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
seldom wasted breath, on page 93

1 matches

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