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The word 'wiv'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wivOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.7158
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
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 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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 wiv in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Wiv been taegither Jeannie noo on page 130
Weel Jeannie noo wiv said hid aal on page 132

2 matches

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae Puddock Spittins, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
wiv baptised
1 matches

General Northern

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Exodus20:3, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
dee wi us, fan wiv grown on page 67

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
Hewitt is the best pundit wiv hid on is season. https://t.c(2020)

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
wiv only got a fraction in time on page 114
Wiv got a habit o talkin dead fes on page 115
Wiv got lugs fir ears an scissors on page 121

4 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
paths wiv teuk on page 44

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
‘Guinness wiv a dash of blackcurrant mate,
1 matches

General Central

@ionafyfe tweeted
Aaaaaand wiv aa got stuck intae a dram. Ch(2020)
I love how wiv aa jist wired intae the drams(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
t. Oor new boats no riddy yet wiv ainly goat the rowin yin on page 28
wiv bin propping it up on page 78

2 matches

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