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The word 'wut'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wutOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.33118
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 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) 65.6 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 98.5 3 2
GUL - General Ulster 60 6 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of wut in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
really in the dog hoose noo, wut ill-trickid peedie man. on page 14

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Wae wut far too busy on the ferm on page 122

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
alert, fecl broot's. Fitiver, wut wisna thi hauf o cit, fin thi on page 6

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
osie. "Fin the drink's in the wut's oot. He's nae hauf showin i on page 18

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
a at slaw o tung wesna slaw o wut. Thai nou interrogat hir
ntur. The puir sowel tint hiz wut, thocht pepil at sein
2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Me an Harpreet wut still tryin tae work oot who on page 113
they'd camped oot aw night an wut first in the queue, but cause on page 117
Me an Charlene got wut first pay packet this mornin on page 144
ad nice tae us; they aw signt wut programs an Murray gied me th on page 160

4 matches

Dundee

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
great poet Robert Fergusson, wut wid he mak o 'Daft Days' now
wull hae a wee look, litz see wut wih kin see
Mibbee git wut yih asked fir, an light up yi
3 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
it dirk, Witch weilcum, slave wut, on page 14

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ry an people; bitin insichtfu wut an coruscating satire (some o on page 133

1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Wut https://t.co/AIqvUFI7do #Play(2018)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ce o hevin been brocht til ‘wut’s end corner’ (Gud’s
tween the twae yetts.” Whit wut, div ee nae think?
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
tacky-back cardboard sin Adam wut alive on page 47

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
a theft O ten computers nane wut left on page 30

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
boats, ye know!" Hughie's een wut alive as he laid claim tae hi on page 13
They wut in the yard an Alfie was houl on page 36

2 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Ye showed we hae tha wurds an wut on page 30

1 matches

General Ulster

North South Ministerial Council Twa Thoosan an Six - Twalmond Fynnin, (Ullans Speakers Association 2007) Ulster, government
quhat the' haed wut o wus daen, an compluthert on page 3
Patents throch-pit, at ye hae wut o in on page 54

2 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
wthert an fordèrt furtae gie wut o tha necessar inpit o tha re on page 2
n Scance o Aprile 20an10 gien wut 'at 49 in ilka on page 7
4.1 This Roadin gies wut o airts fur hannlin unnèr s on page 23
giein wut o whut wye the'r fur inpittin on page 57

4 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ïn yer mooth, an gie yis tha wut tae uise thaim, sae nane o ye on page 105

1 matches

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