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The word 'wirdies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wirdiesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4138
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 wirdies in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
whammer. But ye'll hear ither wirdies for ess bonnie wee craiter th on page 37

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s or pairtin wi yon three wee wirdies at mean se muckle. He's aye m on page 28

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
ody fa’s submitted new Doric wirdies: loving fits afore ye winna g(2014)
s sae much quine fur yer kind wirdies, hope yer ha'ing a guid Sunda(2014)
Not wirdies I ken. Onybody help? https://(2020)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
rts are a rare source o Scots wirdies - the day we've maistly expl (2020) twitter link
treasure hunt wi list o Scots wirdies - using Snapchat. Topper! ht (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
whilk reads his poignant last wirdies: “dinna bury me like a beas
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General Northern

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tae gaither as mony Nor-east wirdies as cud be fun in aat time. It
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(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
· Wee Wirdies
Wee Wirdies
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
tae think what the "three wee wirdies" micht be in Scots (an aiblin
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
"Ye'll hae heard plenty wirdies o wisdom afore,
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