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The word 'wouldna'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wouldnaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4118
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 wouldna in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e Hatter. "Ah telt ee butter wouldna suit e works!" he added, look on page 66
as ah do," sade e Hatter, "ee wouldna talk aboot wastan id. Id's hi on page 67

2 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol1 it wouldna be oot or even oot oot......j(2011)

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
anywhere near Aberdeen. No we wouldna' be having that. (2023) twitter link

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e bed. Whit wis in it onywye? Wouldna dae ony harm tae tak a look, on page 40

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
ut Rachel, this book probably wouldna be oot until next year, shiz on page i
thi teachee wouldna let me mingle on page 13

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t the approachin muntains. Ye wouldna try for tae tak a vertical th
on, an withdrew again. Rongye wouldna get up nor leuk nane o thaim
2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Grannie. If we didna grow, we wouldna ever be grown-ups.' on page 4

1 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Ah wouldna be ye. on page 14

1 matches

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