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The word 'woods'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
woodsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83516
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 59.2 13 3
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.6 4 4
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 102.5 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of woods in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
y hiv paid tae him. Much o da woods has been tocht oot tae mind w
1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The bonnie fields, the woods sae braw -
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
youth games in ma neck o the woods at weekends m8 - jist gees a (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Hoose, cooried in awa in the woods ahint the hills. on page 221

1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
the rest are still roamin the woods tae this day lookin fur lone
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
losure there. Amang the thick woods tae the north there wis a big on page 14
rs that had been hidin in the woods. Nou baith Couttie an the Kin on page 17
ch o fowk comin doun thru the woods. 'Here,' he said, 'A wis in a on page 31

4 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
It's forgotten n left fur the woods tae take back. On the left ae on page 3
okin, a mad dark hoose in the woods. Sometimes if yi walked roon on page 4
We go doon the woods and tan our drink. It's aboot on page 16
k oot tae the beginnin ae the woods, stayin close tae the wall aw on page 34
tholic cemetery n towards the woods n golf course. Big Kenzie's b on page 47
Also on pages 48
11 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
in truant and smokin doon the woods. The bams at ma auld school w on page 7

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
watchin the scenery flee by. Woods in autumn colours, small-hold
1 matches

Ayrshire

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
cuid mak thaim gang intae th' woods again. Explorers thay wurnae!
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
in truant and smokin doon the woods. The neds at ma auld school w on page 20
smiles as we walk through the woods, and the first time, ah feel on page 42
We heid doon the woods yet again, and before ah've h on page 46

3 matches

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
like askin if a bear uses the woods fir a cludgie! (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Woods? They were aye wids tae aw us on page 15

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
ll sonorous like birds in the woods. on page 73

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
t buses in this neck o’ the woods run on Balkan time, an A’m
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
ayscot @scotgov A Walk in the Woods. Fair enjoyin the film an aw.(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
al aboot, an craalt oot o the woods a weethin tae listen. on page 55
ae had tae rin baak intae the woods fur fear o thim hearin hir; a on page 56

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
a, oot intae tha Ballygellick Woods, oot thonder, an buried them on page 14

2 matches

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