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The word 'weesh'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
weeshOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.8167
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 1
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 83.7 6 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 weesh in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
aff tae hospital; an anither weesh some things at haed gotten fy
1 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
s she gane tae pack, Ma?" "We weesh, mah laddie... we kin anely w on page 1

3 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
'Ah weesh they'd mark them mair clearly on page 220

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah weesh we could dae the same thing w on page 118
athir!' ah says. 'Juist mak a weesh! - A man lik yersel wull jui on page 126
'Ah weesh they'd mark them mair clearly on page 147

3 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ma nut It's times lit that a weesh't a wis a fish.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ike o ‘Hup, feres!’ or ‘Weesh aff, feres!’ And ivery anim
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tae say ocht tae an noo weesh were listenin an here. on page 20
owre whaur Ah weesh we baith were baukit still. on page 25

2 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
otsAgen @Historic_Ally Widnae weesh me oan onybdy but ta pal! (2020) twitter link
cotsAgen @CommunitiesNI Rerr, weesh we'd the likes o thir fir Sco(2020)
py birthday Jean, 25th an aa, weesh Ah'd kennt.(2020)
@ashdouglasscot Weesh Ah wis owre the Covid haudbac(2020)

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