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The word 'wuv'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wuvOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.8223
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
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.7 7 1
WCE - West Central 69 15 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 wuv in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
or and fucked. The maire time wuv spent apart ah've came tae re on page 62
ch fur the nearest pitchfork. Wuv only been in here fur nae mai on page 103
on fillin up in the room that wuv clearly oot steyed oor welcom on page 105
Wuv only went and fuckin done it, on page 111
eboady else. Especially since wuv jist started tae git yaist ta on page 156
Also on pages 163
7 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ocial Dancin an half Disco an wuv aw been tolt tae dress up sma on page 33
o ~ it didnae take much - an wuv arranged tae go tae the swimm on page 43
e sit next tae me in primary. Wuv been pals ever since we wur f on page 45
fur maist ae ma classes cause wuv got the same surname an he's on page 85
use she's always on aboot how wuv nae money these days, but ah on page 96
Also on pages 118, 123, 161, 169
14 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
jaundiced pint a' view Shair wuv jeest hud two days a’ merci
1 matches

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