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The word 'wander'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wanderOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.64127
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.3 8 5
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 41 9 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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 wander in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
@glenmcl Worth a wander up, easiest fae the coastal p(2020)

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
wander like lost sowls. I need an oo on page 20

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
eep a look out for our peerie wander leaflets, showing you some of(2020)
dogs joined me on my West Voe wander #Shetland(2013)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Fine peerie wander at da beach in Stonehaven dad (2018) twitter link
Oot fur a wander we da lasses daday #wander ht (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
un. Nae far fae ess, aifter a wander, ye'll fin yersel inaboot the on page 37

1 matches

Wilson, Heidi and Isla Then and noo, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Keith, prose
Bit I just began tae wander,
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ejmcgregor Aye, we wint fir a wander doon ti at pool puckle I days(2019)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
aurants an shops that ye coud wander roon for wiks an still nae ri on page 3

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
echt. Och aye he thocht I'll wander awa doon an see fit's
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
the girse his mind began tae wander. Yon
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
I wander doon tae the brig. Twa roads on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Nae mair he'll wander on the loose Like a coorse ti on page 16

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ed oan his chosen machine. Ah wander oor tae him and telt him aboo on page 41
ch ae expensive grapes. As ah wander aboot ootside the WH Smith in on page 177
arlier. So, ah took a dubious wander wae Aldo tae meet up wae Crai on page 194

3 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Through wintry worlds A wander, lost,
1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Bak Tae Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2015) Central, weans
pick yir neb an lit yir head wander
1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Shoapaholic, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
An a wander intae Next
1 matches

West Central

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
Ah wid wander alongside the Meadows. Ah did
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh refuse ti let them wander on page 82
But thir wild, an thi wander on page 83

2 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
d under the present-day city, wander through a labyrinth of the ol on page 9

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
aa an allooed his thochts tae wander. He cud imagine the scenario
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
front door and are oaff oan a wander in the hope cooler heids will
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
We wander up the lane, buzzin wae the F on page 23

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
since thay wander aff thamsels on page 41

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
th naturally chunky fore-erms wander among ruims look'n fir "craic on page 3

4 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
So the hale team o us will wander doon, reserves and aw on page 15

1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
pong, others hud the baws tae wander roond ghostoons. Ah keep scro
Ah wander roond the pharmacy. The momen
2 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ions but his mind started tae wander. He spotted a gaig in the pla on page 40

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
Ah wander aboot the room on page 27

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah wander intae Mammy's bedroom and tak on page 30

1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
f not all, if they decided to wander around the ladies (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
e get oot o yon derk hall, an wander aboot in amang thae beds o br on page 11

1 matches

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