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The word 'wurld'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wurldOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.46120
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 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 30.1 6 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 38.1 29 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 139.5 10 3
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wurld in Corpus

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Orkney

Flett, Alison Harbour, (Scottish Poetry Library 2004) Orkney, poetry
o oor wurld
1 matches

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
orking on ma Teuchter Map o i wurld. It's teen langer than I thou(2019)
seein I funniest fermer in i wurld up in Inverness. Get in touch(2019)

General Northern

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
Fit can a man dee? The wurld"s goan tae pot
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
It seemit ma hale wurld wis cleavit.
… they’ve gone oot in the wurld, bravin their wye, and then t
uiks tell me thit there’s a wurld o dreams tae be haen – but
3 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
in them", "...the wecht o the wurld abuin them tae lousin tyme...
1 matches

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
in the clouds, in yir ain wee wurld, feart fae yir ain shaddae." on page 15

1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
ht and wantit could shape oor wurld. The pouer o feelin we wir be
o wirsels an luik at how the wurld sees us. Wir media is key. Ge
2 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Minority Languages Athort the Wurld on page 107

2 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
It's a sair fecht the wurld's on page 13
in the wurld o poetry on page 22
In a wurld descreeved by wurds on page 33
Wir wurld wis moldit oan the premeese on page 37

4 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
d be tae admit that thirr's a wurld oot therr and people I know, on page 3

1 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
don't speak. She's in anither wurld but no in her dirty look way, on page 12

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
e. How aboot we jist tell the wurld tae jog oan fur a while so we on page

13 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 104 - Ordnar Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
i guid herts. She's Russian. "Wurld Leaders' Luik ower Gaza An sa on page 89

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Gruggie, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
thi wretched, canna face thi wurld wioot it; on page 74

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Thi Leerie, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
nocht o thi sair chyave o thi wurld, on page 93

2 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ut the future o Europe an the wurld. It’s no that we’re sae h
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ums an infrustructure for the Wurld Cup due tae be held there in
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
wins, aw wull be richt wi the wurld the nixt day. Vote, an yaise
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
election, an fowk athort the wurld is noo wunnerin whit Syriza
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
iberty (the statue is ane the wurld’s best-kent icons). Equalit
vver lat its ain fowk, or the wurld at lairge, forget that this i
e o the leadership o the Free Wurld. An while we ken that this le
n that the fowk o the “Free Wurld” haed aye been telt wis the
4 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ts culture. Whit micht be the wurld’s best-kent sang, “Auld L
Syne”, is sung aw ower the wurld tae see in the bells, refleck
lebratit ilka year aroond the wurld? There are several contention
3 matches

McMillan, Hugh The Return of the Brownie of Blednoch, (no publisher recorded 2022) Central, poetry
the mucklest airmie o the wurld is the forsaken,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an sauved the hale wurld, on page 18
the wurld's maist wunnersome: Gaelic. on page 29
sent tae die at the lip o the wurld. on page 36
aa the wurld they hae cause on page 56
So ah did, a wurld o words on page 62
Also on pages 87
6 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Januar 19th, 2009, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
ill rise tae herald a chynged wurld,
fur thi wurld has taen a bit sclaff
thi wurld looks tae hae taen a nui glim
3 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
e the straightest face in the wurld goes:
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An tha hail driech wurld forbye on page 17

1 matches

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
lassie in Airlan, mibbie tha wurld ta build an pilot a wee aerop (2021) twitter link
lassie in Airlan, mibbie tha wurld ta build an pilot a wee aerop(2021)