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The word 'wirdie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wirdieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.4186
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 45.8 14 3
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
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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 wirdie in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Quine wis the auld Scots wirdie fur Queen, Nava telt them aa.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
The wirdie o the day at http://t.co/C4HA(2014)
Tattieboodie” – great Doric wirdie fit means Scarecrow.(2014)
The day’s wirdie o the day is “spunks” which(2014)
the contributor fur the Doric wirdie Bass whilk means rug.(2014)
Wad luv tae spread wirdie aboot oor Doric dialect cwid (2014)
and 7 other occurrences.

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@byrnesong Gowdspink is the wirdie A wid use, aye. The loon/Quin (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
wes weill, bot it wesna thon wirdie avaw. It wes twa polismen an
yeir onduchtie k’nicht mair wirdie nor Crowner
2 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
ft taewart a strategie tae be wirdie, there shuid be mair ambeetio on page 22

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
™s privilege o inflictin some wirdie details on ye.
1 matches

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