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Use in varieties of Scots

dunce Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 1.5 33.2 0 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences283 22 0 1 1 1
Number of authors13 2 8 1 1 1

Occurrences of dunce in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t enough). Ah felt lik a pure dunce, specially when ma wee sister on page 19
ught she'd huv been in aw the dunce classes. Wully's cousin John' on page 126

2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
t enough). Ah felt lik a pure dunce, specially when ma wee sister
1 matches

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
, said ma Da, 'niwver aff the dunce fleer' on page 43

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t wir tickits fir the nicht's dunce it Thainstin," said [sobel, h on page 29
a hae te sit aside em fir the dunce. C'mon, Davie, tell ma fit's on page 31

3 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
me twa tickets for the Stovie Dunce the nicht. So fit aboot it, q on page 94

5 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
re, jumpin up onte the bar te dunce, shakkin their cocktail makke on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ae the kine te haud a sang an dunce aboot things; mebbe sometimes on page 15

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Get doon on i'dunce fleer on page 74
She can also act an dunce on page 83
yon nicht o' i'marquee dunce. on page 152
yon nicht o' i'marquee dunce. on page 169
We wid sing an dunce aroon on page 184

5 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
sharply. "Do ee take me for a dunce? Go on!" on page 108

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
eid theirsels aa in green, an dunce aroun finiver the wunn byaavs on page 12
r times roun is eneuch for ae dunce," pech't Deedledum, an they r on page 50

2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@KrisSoutar @judmoo funcy a dunce Quine? Thon squirrel dunce is(2015) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
at 10 then up the road ti the dunce it finished afore midnight na(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
l him. "Does du tink at A'm a dunce? On du goes!" on page 113

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
nippily. "Div ee tak iz fur a dunce? Gaun oan!" on page 111

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
irply. "Dae yae tak mae fur a dunce? Gae on!" on page 113

1 matches

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