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Use in varieties of Scots

dunno Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.2 20.2 1.6 0 0 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences4138 1 0 0 1 1
Number of authors17 14 1 1 1

Occurrences of dunno in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ah'm that up tae high-doh ah dunno whit tae tell ye-aw ah know i on page 39
"Ah dunno how else tae pit it," said Al on page 45
"Ah dunno, he might bite ye," Alice rep on page 89
"Ah dunno where Dinn is," said the Mock on page 100

4 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Aw, ah dunno, lads,' ah say. 'Wis only huv on page 15
'Ah dunno,' ah say. Ah've never actuall on page 103

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
must be gittin eld, man. A - dunno any yooz wee guys: on page 18
'Dunno, you tell me, Azzy Williams'. on page 40

3 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Ah dunno hou Ah leart on page 16

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Ah dunno, Dougie, man. Mean he did kic on page 97

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
it yir teacher jist said. Emm dunno. Yi must know how yi feel abo on page 20
it, but ah jist said, Emm ah dunno ah might. Then Charlene butte on page 23
she suddenly gaun home then. Dunno. on page 37
think sent it, said Charlene. Dunno. Ah bet it wis wee Chrissie R on page 111
aboot you Kirsty, said Laura. Dunno, ah said, It'd probably be so on page 112
Also on pages 148, 169
15 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Ah dunno,' ah say. 'Ah've probably got on page 51

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Dunno," replied Joey frae ahent the on page 37

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
it yir teacher jist said. Emm dunno. Yi must know how yi feel abo
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
"It's bloody baltic oot here. Dunno why yous want tae go oot here
"Dunno. Sounds like a drum. There a
2 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
But A’m’s awricht? Man. A dunno. It’s no as if it’s ma mi
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
es his heid, tensely ‘’Ah dunno, likes…That’s better?
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
oint in out in detail. Really dunno what I've done to illicit thi (2022) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
lowed have nae idea who a am? Dunno if that's a gid hing or a bad (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tishCup thats some stat m8 - dunno how u do it - top drawer (2020) twitter link
of your photo is a legend - dunno hoo the other 2 tossers r tho (2021) twitter link
ms - stoap it am no going - dunno about the phone ins though - (2020) twitter link

Doric

@Franwella tweeted
Oh I dunno if I can de it a oor again!(2012) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@Tam__Jardine Dunno yet. Been patchy in the port (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
Sure my oul favourite, I dunno aboot you was the big oul Par
1 matches

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