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The word 'woo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wooOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32115
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 5
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 woo 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.

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Via, Fea, Bu, Woo, Ha, Pow, How? on page 11

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ly we compressed paraffin, an woo behold their weis licht, an f on page 4

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“Ye micht try tae woo her wi a sang”, said he.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Woo hoo! A’hm aboot tae find a f(2019)

General Northern

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
fflin-shufflin, wiggle-waggle woo on page 13

2 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ain wey - twa ba's o cotton-woo dookit in 'rose watter' an pu on page 80
ter. Ah huvnae pit the cotton-woo ba's up ma neb the day cuz Ah on page 81

2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
WOOT-WOO, said Charlene. Chris pult aw on page 73

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
oon wi care. Last wis a thick woo’en tunic decoratit wi brich
o her auld claes, pat on twa woo’en taps at yince an the tun
2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
or Angus MacNeil and friends! WOO!" on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
e nane that's cled in silk or woo, on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
hae ye ony woo? on page 8

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
d remedes, receipts for dyein woo fae plants or for Michaelmas on page 62

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 73 - Guest, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Setterday nicht's tae wine an woo, on page 61

2 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
haun, wis happit wi a bricht woo scairf – he likit the touch
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
tae dae somethin radical tae woo voters. Labour votes were aye
1 matches

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
yer Fringe show this year! ?? Woo hoo(2019)

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