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The word 'wael'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
waelOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.894
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 27.3 6 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 wael in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
runners in a meenit bit furst wael hear fae Jeck, the county man on page 86

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ta wael an plant seedcoarn; on page 25

1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
said Jeemie, but du'll hae ta wael oot o hit ta get da best bits
1 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
r seestems a bodie micht coud wael tae gae fornent the FPTP sees
l pouer until the perties tae wael the fowk thai wants tae hiv i
a fir thair saet on the first wael than thai sall be eleckit, ho
than it faas til the saicont wael votes, forby thae votes whilk
ises o a pertie, fir thai can wael wha gits eleckit, bi chuisin
6 matches

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