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The word 'worl'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
worlOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus19639
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 1308 8 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 251.1 8 2
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 1442.8 22 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 230.1 23 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of worl in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
has nae plaw, I canna for the worl mak oot how she can trone; an
1 matches

General Central

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
lash fae the crazed and crazy worl' o' social media.
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Livin' in this silly worl'; on page 35
Oor worl' on page 36
Tae set the worl' aflame. on page 37
Fir this is a worl' full o' bother, on page 48

8 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e comin near the centre o the worl. Let mae see: that wud bae fo on page 9
re shae's the best cat in the worl! Aw, mae dear Dinah! A wunner on page 32
said in a coorse groul, "the worl wud go roon a quare bit quick on page 59
'Up abain the worl yae fly, on page 72
'Oh, it's love, that maks the worl go roon!." on page 90
Also on pages 121
6 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
age that is oor ain brave new worl the day, it's naw aisy tay cn on page 46

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Anither worl on page 2
Tae anither worl. on page 3
The worl wuz blak an quait thon nicht, on page 9
The en o the worl. on page 10
The life-wat frae oot yer worl o on page 20
Also on pages 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 43, 49, 51, 52, 54
17 matches

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
a’s trevellin roon tha hale worl.
1 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
n hairt o it, run through the worl o thon weetchils’ enless da
enless days an enless years, worl an years lang loast. Bae thon
sent wer ships a’ roon the worl. Troots hung trimmlin in watt
lade’s journey through oor worl (an, we niver jaloozed, throu
4 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
talent in ither pairts o' the worl' an' heft wi' promotional tou on page 8
* Mair worl'wide awareness on page 13
ies hae a common feature - a worl' ootleuk an' reach on page 15
nomic ootcums. In the modairn worl' economy creativity bes on page 19
meercets in the worl' economy. Fu' an' enlichtened on page 21
Also on pages 24, 29, 42, 45, 48, 51, 62, 672, 69
18 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Sure ye'd think the Worl wus gaein tae end, on page 13
An get up an tak the Worl bae the throat, on page 20
Thair's naethin in the Worl A've foun, on page 22
re's my suggestion tae foster Worl Peace on page 31
e thon times that changed the Worl on page 39

5 matches

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