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The word 'whoosh'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
whooshOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.555
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 whoosh in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
boddom o the pile. He saw the whoosh as the flames lowpit heich. H
1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Then whoosh! Richt on the tick appeared
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
when they crack. The whoosh an lang applause on page 112

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
, but it wis gey interestin. 'Whoosh!' skraiked the chookie and it on page 82

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
dy noo, Ah'm awmaist there an WHOOSH! Ah birl the bedclaes back an on page 76

1 matches

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