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The word 'wuss'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wussOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.9226
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 66.5 15 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wuss in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
. I’m wearit bit waakrif. I wuss ey wid come hame.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
‘A cud wuss ye was richt,’ says Fergie
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
e clap her hannies. "An och I wuss it wes for rael! I'm seer the on page 12
, come an we'se lat on-" An I wuss I cwid tell ye haaf the thing on page 13
t ahint the ingle. Och, fou I wuss I cwid see thon bittie! Fit b on page 14
out gracielie in the tirl, "I wuss ye cwid spick!" on page 25
a. I wes in a shaa eenou-an I wuss I cwid ging back til't!" on page 39
Also on pages 44, 45, 55, 62, 68, 74, 80, 92
15 matches

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
mensefu, grown up athout the wuss to gang awa frae their hame
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Ah wuss thoo’d juist preten tae pey
“Ah wuss thoo’d juist preten tae pey
ithers, wha were stertin tae wuss they’d walked - e’en Abd
3 matches

General Central

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
alecks an tae the legeitimate wuss o spickers o aff-centre diale on page 56

1 matches

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