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The word 'wechtie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wechtieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83618
ORK - Orkney
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 2
WCE - West Central 62.1 14 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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) 116.3 2 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 2
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of wechtie in Corpus

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General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
sentence, for at iss mamen a wechtie reemish shoggl't the wuidin f on page 89

1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
s Leid Centre is certainlie a wechtie taiken. A hae a feelin masell
chynge. It is made up o five wechtie perts, ilkane daelin wi a ser
eement that the Scots leid is wechtie for the fowk o Scotland, an u
ion’, is o coorse the maist wechtie pert o the skreid, in that it
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
he poet's daith, is his first wechtie posthumous volume an includes
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ilka pairt o the story is in wechtie letters, sae the readin in Sc
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
acher, organist an a byordnar wechtie stowp o the theatre in Scotla on page 3

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
it on her lap as it wis ower wechtie fur her tae haud up, so she h on page 9

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
astair Mackie an John Manson, wechtie makars atweill! on page 5

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
re's analysis o the twa maist wechtie Shakespearean owersettins: th on page 116

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
, an ti what streitch it is a wechtie taiken o national identitie, on page 8

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
st jeyous, aefauld, divertin, wechtie an terrel. The rael airtist, on page 136
ains twa versions o his first wechtie publicatioun, The Mountain Ba on page 137
ld Ettrick John is baith mair wechtie an mair moralistic, wi a wee on page 141

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
nths as shawin what wes maist wechtie in Scott’s life, we micht t
richt forby. But mukkil mair wechtie nor thon: he wes a skreiver o
ott’s life, but thai ir gey wechtie aw the same. Mrs. Scott belie
3 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
ainishin intae his pooch wi a wechtie chink.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
aun-barrae; a lairge, strang, wechtie, nit-broun buddie; hiz taurri on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
The ying cheil liftit a wechtie kistie frae a taibil at hiz e on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
n here he named a gey lang an wechtie name - "gies the keing his l on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Aitchison, Craig Lallans 102 - Sea Room and Hunger Stanes, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
Tae dig unnergrund. A wechtie teem o on page 45

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary: They're as wechtie ti me as grief. on page 35

1 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Thu'l reive a wechtie fang gin richt thu haes. on page 87

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
hic verse, fur which there is wechtie evidence no jist fur female s
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
Wullie. "Thon's stane's ower wechtie. Stairt heftin tha wee yins i on page 9

1 matches

Drennan, William Yin Tae A Hunner, (Ullans Press 2004) Ulster, poetry
It’s getting a weethin wechtie
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
be a stray cat. She pullt the wechtie curtains alang the mettle rai on page 30

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Awa fae wechtie cares on page 12

1 matches

General Ulster

@Rosehill_girl tweeted
Ma hairt’s wechtie thenicht. A mighty voice, sti (2021) twitter link

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
for yis gie men burdens ower wechtie tae cairt, an ye dïnnae lïf on page 90

1 matches

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