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The word 'hooray'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hoorayOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4116
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 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 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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 hooray in Corpus

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Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@teena_mj Hooray!! Dis is fine news indeed :) (2019)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rier exactly m8 - n half the hooray henries oan here r actually b (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An Scotsmen shoutit 'Hip-Hooray!' on page 43
Lets 'Hooray Henrys' heckle 'Gorbals Mick' on page 152

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Aw shout, 'Hooray!' and stert tae cheer. on page 34

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
heers for Chairlie! Hip, hip, hooray!' on page 57

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Guzzle buzzle shout hooray on page 34
and efter that we'll aw shout hooray and bigg the muckle factory!" on page 75
'Hooray,' said Mr Kranky. on page 103

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an is whalpit, oh hip hip hip hooray! An bi the time it gets aname on page 77

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
We're sauf, we wan, Hooray!' on page 15

1 matches

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