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The word 'uissfu'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
uissfuOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.51812
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
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 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of uissfu in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
he literar (but yet bonnie an uissfu) canon o Scots steid o the sn
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
the tale o the twa touns is a uissfu fable for unnerstaundin the i
1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
ken ma aefauld hert, whate'er uissfu thing A coud pit ma haunds on on page 48

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
u, for her, it haed been mair uissfu tae lairn the leids o her nei
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
an dae tae mak thairsels mair uissfu tae teachers. Dinna be feart
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
a resource wad provide richt uissfu graith, no juist for fowk leu
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
e-leidit phrase buik micht be uissfu for bairns juist gittin stert
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West Central

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
ist o it is still relevant an uissfu.
an Language – actually gey uissfu documents coverin aw the genr
2 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ferred to.’ I mysel fund it uissfu tae mak a bar chairt in the c
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Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
but mair uissfu an gleg on page 37

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General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
in leet wis mibbe a wee thing uissfu whiles, like the leet o aa th on page 14

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
wes maist likelie a swuft an uissfu wey o keepin the quaet an ord on page 23

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
34. A uissfu inpit tae the oncome o sic a
s quotit. At this point it is uissfu tae
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ame — langage status bein a uissfu resoorce in the fecht again I
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
, an the tither siller gey an uissfu, for we war baith ti
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South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
s its leimitations. As a leid uissfu for serrin aw purposes o lyfe on page 34

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