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The word 'wuids'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wuidsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32117
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 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 2
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 wuids in Corpus

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South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Eck o the Wuids grew ower the years
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"In Spring, fan wuids is turnin green, on page 86

1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
fleggit lintie, an intil the wuids. He baud a wee for ti tak his on page 48

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
In a howe o the wuids tae hae a smoke
1 matches

Duncan, Robert Peeweep, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Lumphinnans, poetry
throu the harebell wuids,
Under the harebell wuids,
2 matches

Edinburgh

Purves, Jamie Lallans 102 - Aince, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
rt o nae leivin cratur in the wuids. His lang horns swypit aw afo on page 12
s, the brawbuskit Horse o the Wuids owned his straik. Aye ready f on page 13

2 matches

General Central

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
There wis craigs and wuids that kent nae craiturs. Brigs on page 55

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
tae glens an shilpit wuids, nae mair hames on page 39

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Gowk sang wide waukens aa the wuids on page 81

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
he edge o the field whaur the wuids began he heard a craw cawin a on page 17

2 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
the wuids an burns an hills apairt. on page 52

1 matches

McCallum, Andrew Lallans 73 - Ecce Homo, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Frae wuids an fields gaithert in sheuchs on page 71

1 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ung. But we’re no oot o the wuids yet, an faur frae’t. A doot
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
urvived on berries oot in the wuids an muirs an wis gien the name(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
An Spring owerhails the wuids
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
the verra wuids turn tae sang. on page 159
frae the singin wuids? on page 160

2 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
The back-en chynged the wuids tae flame,
1 matches

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