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The word 'wonderful'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wonderfulOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.24323
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.3 8 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.9 9 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wonderful in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
land Folk Festival today - a wonderful event in so many ways. Thankf(2020)
A wonderful talk fae Dr Mark Bolton, my s(2019)
feless. A closer look reveals wonderful peerie plants. http://t.co/Si(2014)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
nt babies!! Daves done such a wonderful job o prickin dem aa oot. Dis (2020) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
an, as weel she micht, what a wonderful dream id hed been. on page 119
nkan o peedy Alice an all her wonderful Adventures, till she too bega on page 120

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
usion wi the shaddas. "What a wonderful transfiguration!" on page 61

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a thing - aa Ah can hear is 'Wonderful! Amazing! Fabulous!', An aabo on page 31
ting is amazing - absolutely wonderful! Fenella really is the queen on page 32

2 matches

Wilson, Heidi and Isla Then and noo, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Keith, prose
Wis it a that great and wonderful,
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
hud me greeting like a bairn, wonderful film. xx(2015)
Thank you Angela for wonderful #review of my part #Doric nov(2018)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@NatalieAHood Wonderful. Looks like a photie o ma bac(2019)
dyM_McManus I bumped into the wonderful Michelle McManus fan I wis on(2019)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
kets. Glesga King Theatre was wonderful on Sunday, but, seeing the ma (2022) twitter link
kets. Glesga King Theatre was wonderful on Sunday, but, seeing the ma (2022) twitter link
ntable, gless in hand and the wonderful @KrisDrever ‘Where the World (2021) twitter link
unreal expectations and fit a wonderful job Mcinnes has done. the run (2021) twitter link
the same league as this loon. Wonderful fitba player https://t.co/7f2 (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
do the Great done, that is so wonderful?" on page 70
ely Miss Robertson fur such a wonderful introduction" he said. A comm on page 190

2 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
There are wonderful ways that ideas, feelings and
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cal moment when snow falls - wonderful comments on this lol (2021) twitter link
olytonWildlife @wildeastdevon wonderful footage guys (2020) twitter link
ed our royal family n awe the wonderful work they do fgs (2020) twitter link
n the planning application - wonderful news lol (2021) twitter link
ent fitbaw player tino was - wonderful finish (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
been recently informed by the wonderful lassy that helps me that thro
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
lot tae the kindness o' this wonderful, wee woman.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
oo. In celebration ae thedays wonderful news ah’ve prepared us baco
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
dy is starin right enough but Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartn on page 21

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
o take a tan. Usually, it's a wonderful hing. Sleep so deep that the on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Lang, Charles nobody remembers the birdman - Good Friday, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
Blackmail is a wonderful thing. Dotty is usin it tae t on page 88

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
It's a Wonderful Life is playin. Ma pal's sist on page 76
It's a Wonderful Life on page 83
Granny wis It's a Wonderful Life. She wis proud o hur sma on page 87

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
in the braidsheet Strange and Wonderful Apparitions that on 19 Mairch
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
w Year tae ye Raiph... Have a wonderful time buddy... I do miss Germa (2022) twitter link
a bit o' blue sky oot there.. Wonderful.. ??.. I'm away tae acknowled (2022) twitter link

@IshbelMcF tweeted
Day 238. The haar. The wonderful haar. #edinburgh #northbridge(2016)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
Well done. Ye are aw simply wonderful. It's a joy tae work alongsid(2018)

South East (Borders)

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
A hink it's wonderful how the Salmon find their way
1 matches

General Ulster

@Rosehill_girl tweeted
you! I’m so excited by this wonderful new project that will bring t (2020) twitter link