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The word 'wimmin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wimminOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.93312
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 39 16 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 20 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wimmin in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
throw the foetus - expectin wimmin canna be ower carefu'. Ay, th on page 74

1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
g the mair timorous o chiels. Wimmin in shops muttert ahind cupped
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ma birthday an invite aa the wimmin in Scotland, except Big Mags. on page 79
There were thoosands o wimmin queuein tae dance wi the Prin on page 83

5 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The wimmin jist wantin the pill.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
sselburghAth av never seen ma wimmin so happy - hope theres still (2020) twitter link
ps huv u seen sophia ma new wimmin fae the usa - shees a stoate (2020) twitter link
ight makin auld charlie n his wimmin feel unwelcome - its high ti (2020) twitter link
@LDhistorymaker ma wimmin aways purrs m8 lol (2020) twitter link
outa site outa mind - whit a wimmin lol (2020) twitter link
and 5 other occurrences.

West Central

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
will hiv tae git back tae yir wimmin." Aw ae ma auld pals n me moa
1 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
the brithers an Ah think the wimmin used tae like him. But he niv on page 76

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
er, wear ainly deerskins. The wimmin and the bairns dinnae wear on on page 82
and Mrs Teeveeheid, the ainly wimmin noo left in the pairty, were on page 123

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ang black goon. There wis twa wimmin that had bricht white pooder on page 47

1 matches

White, George When you're an auld man, (Facebook 2024) Central, poetry
but no a wimmin’s Peenie mind….naw
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
jk_rowling Ye cin support cis wimmin withoot denyin richts tae tra(2020)
L, an he spends aa day tellin wimmin on here hou much he'd like ta(2020)
h disagree wi excluding trans wimmin fae the conversation on wimmi(2020)
Wimmin wha love the men wha abuse th(2020)

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
Are all Feenyin wimmin as unfunny as her? #bbcqt(2016)
@little_pengelly It's spelled Wimmin!(2016)