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The word 'wisht'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wishtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.585
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 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wisht in Corpus

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General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
spert "Gin ye dinna haad your wisht I'se pou ye!" on page 27
He gomed at him, he heild his wisht, A drochlin ee he gley'd, on page 53
Ailice cwidna haad fae sayin "Wisht! Ye'll waaken him up, I dout, on page 58
loud at she beed tae haad her wisht on-feinisht the sentence. "Oc on page 67

4 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Ah wisht ah wis muckle,' Nigel said. ' on page 209

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
looked at puir wee Alice, who wisht the grun wid open up an swall on page 94

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
weeyins sweet-tempert. A jest wisht fowk knowed that: thin they w on page 88

1 matches

General Ulster

Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
A aye hated that ...but wisht shae cud cum beck noo an dae
1 matches

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