wie - Hamely Tongue
Source: The Hamely Tongue: A Personal Record of Ulster-Scots in County Antrim
Author: James Fenton
Comments: ‘The Hamely Tongue’ has been widely acclaimed as the authoritative record of contemporary (surviving) Ulster-Scots in its heartland of County Antrim where James Fenton faithfully recorded his dictionary items among a network of other native speakers over a 30-year period. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from ‘Part One’ of the fourth edition of 2014 and includes over 3000 word entries. The book preliminaries, supplementary word lists and end matter have been excluded.
wie ~ way. aye the yin wie always the same; always of the same, dependable nature or disposition (Ye aye know whur ye stan wae Wullie; he’s aye the yin wie); never changing. in a big wie wae greatly taken with. in a guid wie o gan (of a business, businessman, etc.) doing well, prospering. in the wie o by way of; in the form of (Ay, but whut haes he in the wie o money?). nae two wies aboot it (of an alleged fact, an opinion, a proposed explanation, etc.) no alternative possibility. ooty the wie; ooty the wie o (see oot). tak the wrang wie o rub the wrong way; approach in a way that upsets or angers. the ither wie roon the other way round, the reverse (Me avoidin him? It’s the ither wie roon). thon wie facet. pregnant. whut wie how (Whut wie ir ye gettin hame? Whut wie’s yer fether? Whut wie daes it work?). wie o daein material condition (He’s naw in a gret wie o daein); method of proceeding (She haes hir ain wie o daein). wie o gan disposition; manner of behaving (He daesnae mean ocht by it, it’s jaist his wie o gan). wie o it the way things are (That’s the wie o it, an scurse a’ ye can dae aboot it); version of events (That’s your wie o it, but we’ll hae tae hear his). wie o luckin at way of thinking or judging (That wudnae be my wie o luckin at it, but oanyway).
