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The word 'worries'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
worriesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus19.46325
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 91.3 36 4
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 7
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of worries in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The primula scotica worries the sun on page 118

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
d think BSE the least o their worries on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
tiebogle that Victor took his worries. Try as he micht, he cudna fi
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
raicht dreel wis i last o his worries.(2019)

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
Summer 2019 Nae worries https://t.co/KePRsga66a(2020)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Nae feline worries e'er again." on page 8

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Nae worries, Dougie. Speak, tae yae later on page 34
"Nae worries Aldo" ah tell him. on page 39
"Nae worries, Pishwater, you're the boss, on page 108

3 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
na spik it. That hurts me and worries me. In my ain hoosehold, I fe
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@ashwilsonauthor nae worries big yin - hopefully catch up (2021) twitter link
@Bluebell_FC nae worries guys n thats a defo! (2021) twitter link
hLabour it was 6 till 2 - no worries m8 - a got your drift! (2021) twitter link
sselburghAth @amy_lou1934 nae worries ma friend n pass oan ma best (2020) twitter link
lburghAth @EastScotlandFA nae worries m8 - great tae c awe the eos (2020) twitter link
and 26 other occurrences.

West Central

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
Bit ah hud ma ain worries wance ah wis oot oan the stre
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
€™s the issue facin’ us. It worries me. But, Andy says Big Eck’
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ival; an baith o them had nae worries aboot whit wis gonnae happen, on page 10

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
lan wis that wuid solve their worries. An truth tae tell the plan w on page 85
Dundee had the usual dockside worries on page 103

2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"Nae worries, go firrit." Fuck. B? Kinda k on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wis like this; nae cares, nae worries, the cynicism ay adulthood ye
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Watches an worries as the drunk uses ivry wan ae
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
erned wae only wan thing. The worries ay everyday normality ur wash
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
r hert wad warm tae their wee worries, fin pleisure in their wee Ke on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
y came. He cuid jalouse their worries frae the fearsome graith that on page 35

1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Did worries gar me teary, on page 16

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
n ye had aw the same fears an worries again aboot bein torpedoed an on page 43

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
he mercat tae sell and aw yer worries will be at an end. Whit dae t
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
nae worries
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
@MattRichardson3 Ack! Nae worries! A can wait patiently till yi(2014)
@JVSquadcast Awwww no worries guys, I look forward tae hear(2018)

@LowEndJardo tweeted
up but if a have am a wee bit worries for masel. (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
thats the feckin least o' wir worries thanks tae your Lord and Mast(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
an ma worries growe again.
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
@MarkThompStuff Nae worries. Dae ye dae a bit o creative (2020)

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ïnnae fash yersels aboot tha worries o thïs life. Dïnnae alloo t on page 106

1 matches

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