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The word 'wurst'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wurstOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3115
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 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 wurst in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Theinkin aw thi wurst wis buty, thi Buddin Rose chu on page 48
attra Lichthoose, we past thi wurst, an thi rest o wer jurney gid on page 55
pukkul scraat's onna er, thi wurst beit weis loasen aw ma pitril on page 65
e coap we. Junctien's weis ma wurst theing tae coap we, an fit a on page 67

4 matches

West Central

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
oo'v olways got tae think thi wurst. Iy bit wit if it wis, she sa on page 41

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Ah'm wurst wi drink on page 6
an buy the least wurst on page 15
ay an age, huntit an killt at wurst on page 37

3 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
R AIN BEST PAL - NO' YER KIN WURST ENEMY on page

2 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
e 1970. A could hardly eat ma wurst or drink ma bier aw mornin. (2022) twitter link

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