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The word 'wrist'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wristOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82214
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 43.8 7 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wrist in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@GerryinAberdeen I've got a wrist bandy hing. Cost me nithin'.(2019)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
an for’t, fan he grabbed mi wrist an snapped the haancuff on me
de open, gowpin at us; an his wrist wis bleedin fae the haancuff,
2 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
in it skimmed past, grazin ma wrist as it did so, which is why I on page 1

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
n Miss Honey efter her by the wrist, and it on page 230

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
on the landin an fractured ma wrist. When ah went back intae scho on page 108

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he sheath William grabbit his wrist. There wis a bit o a struggle on page 23

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t his ither haun on tap o her wrist, the pupils o his een wident,
r. He tane Iskander’s richt wrist an pressed the lad’s weathe
if against the back o his ain wrist, forcin Iskander tae feel the
lin awa fae him an rubbin his wrist whaur Hsien had claucht it, â
him; he wintit tae catch her wrist, lick her fore-erm an smell h
7 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
tor man an he just flicks his wrist and slices the hing in two wi on page 175

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
nd up and doon – thought ma wrist was gonnae break.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hin white, blaeveined haun an wrist, an thocht on the steive an s on page 76

1 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
id ran doon her haund tae the wrist.
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
able tae swim since breaking wrist 2 yrs ago and nerves in arm g(2015)

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
@lms73 Even flashed his wrist band at him and said “look a(2019)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
thick as a wean's wrist. on page 30

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An birls it roond his wrist on page 32

1 matches

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