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Use in varieties of Scots

wailin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 4.6 3 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences139 2 0 0 0 2
Number of authors10 7 2 1

Occurrences of wailin in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
wan left is Owens n he starts wailin like a fuckin wean shitin him on page 46

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
thae racin' chasin' screamin' wailin' heebeegeebees o' the modern on page

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
he wis aa ower me, greetin an wailin like she wis worried. Mebbe s on page 29
cratur." The crabbit yin wis wailin like a banshee. on page 36

2 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
t haed an unfortunate habit o wailin the side that tint in the muc on page 9

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Darnley: Wailin still. on page 31

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
nine yir auld howlin’ an’ wailin’ Meant it wisnae a’ plain
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
whit cud only be described as wailin comin fae the back gairden. I
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
masel as Ah lookit it Tamara wailin intill her sypin hunkie. Ah'd on page 77

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
at the wailin waa. on page 4

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
s. Noo the' wur aa greetin an wailin for hir, but Jesus sayed, "Be on page 84
hale lock o yis!' Thair'll be wailin an scringin o teeth whan ye s on page 94

2 matches

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