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The word 'whylie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
whylieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.6156
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
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 whylie 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.

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Syne he thocht a whylie an scrattit his hide. on page 3

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
t men ontae the hairst park a whylie back, ane o the scythemen cut
he kent they'd be there fur a whylie. Minnie wyded throw the snaa
The quine devauled a whylie, tae lug-in tae fit the griev
tho we've jist bin here a wee whylie. I miss the coos, an I miss t
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
tae bide inbye an rest fur a whylie, bit Granny Riddle didna wint
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Efter a whylie, I heard ma grannie say tae A on page 51

1 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
fleg and haed tae sit doun a whylie tae gether masel thegither. I
1 matches

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
in a technical teacher a lang whylie noo, the hail time o't spent on page 82

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
set quate eneuch, bot eftir a whylie begoud to skouk
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
e luik back at the lair for a whylie, thinkin the unco thing micht
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
r tuik hiz ain boitie an in a whylie sauled up Loch Ness, eftir a on page 45
the auld eimages tuik a guid whylie ti wede awaw. on page 47

2 matches

General Central

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
A'm gaun raikin a whylie, ay, ti play on in pleisure on page 19
A'll raik on a whylie, ay, ti play on in pleisure on page 21

2 matches

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