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Use in varieties of Scots

woo Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.3 7.4 7.4 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2115 5 1 0 0 0
Number of authors15 10 4 1

Occurrences of woo in Corpus

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Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ain wey - twa ba's o cotton-woo dookit in 'rose watter' an pu on page 80
ter. Ah huvnae pit the cotton-woo ba's up ma neb the day cuz Ah on page 81

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
or Angus MacNeil and friends! WOO!" on page 3

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
WOOT-WOO, said Charlene. Chris pult aw on page 73

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
hae ye ony woo? on page 8

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
d remedes, receipts for dyein woo fae plants or for Michaelmas on page 62

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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
e nane that's cled in silk or woo, on page 42

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Tait, John M Lallans 73 - Guest, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Setterday nicht's tae wine an woo, on page 61

2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
oon wi care. Last wis a thick woo’en tunic decoratit wi brich
o her auld claes, pat on twa woo’en taps at yince an the tun
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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
haun, wis happit wi a bricht woo scairf – he likit the touch
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
tae dae somethin radical tae woo voters. Labour votes were aye
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@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
yer Fringe show this year! ?? Woo hoo(2019) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ly we compressed paraffin, an woo behold their weis licht, an f on page 4

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Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
fflin-shufflin, wiggle-waggle woo on page 13

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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“Ye micht try tae woo her wi a sang”, said he.
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Woo hoo! A’hm aboot tae find a f(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Via, Fea, Bu, Woo, Ha, Pow, How? on page 11

1 matches

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