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The word 'wor'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
worOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.71510
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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) 98.5 3 2
GUL - General Ulster 70.3 5 3
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wor in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
oat ipo da laft at her faider wor sometimes. Whin shü wis aa r on page 30
fae anidder fashion era. Shü wor a weel-cut burgundy suit wi m on page 42

2 matches

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
y, rollin-pín at the ready. "WOR-ARE YOU ON ABAAT NAH?" ah'll
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
got in fae school ma ma an da wor talkin aboot Lesley Ann. Ma m on page 129

1 matches

General Central

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
is wor’ mair nor gowd frae ony man
1 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
see There is terp behind oor wor lady whereas BOJO dinnae... t(2020)
@alisonmccaffer2 Ta, wor lassie ??????????????????(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Bring the weans yince we git wor broth." on page 57

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Wor een wus apen't til the warl, on page 9
Tha maist hairtscad is fur wor ain. on page 55

2 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
wor' bae the wie fowk an' Ulster- on page 13
on sae encouragin' an' maakin wor' the politicisin' o' on page 15

3 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Wor ain Hamely Tongue is the Ulla on page 45

1 matches

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
king @molach95 Ah yes, as in "wor ain folk" we would definitely(2020)

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