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Use in varieties of Scots

toons Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words23.1 10.8 25.6 9.9 34.9 41.3 110.6
Number of occurrences7421 17 1 6 4 25
Number of authors35 13 6 1 4 4 7

Occurrences of toons in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
o whit the toon an aw toons shairly bairn so's haun-tae-m on page 77

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
flashin' a' aboot cities an' toons an' hillsides an' parks an' c on page

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ried the 'elders' o" aw their toons. Mind ye, Ah believe they cri on page 13
es winder if they folk in the toons complainin' aboot the cost o' on page 23

2 matches

Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
e actin pairts fae ony o that toons bit there's been as muckle th on page 87

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
s is a leid ae oor cities and toons, hoatchin wi fowks and thair on page 3

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Langholm or onie o the Border toons. on page 42

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
munities in Gaeltacht Service Toons, an Ers Leid Netwirks are gie
Areas an in Gaeltacht Service Toons athin the Gaeltacht, an Foras
relates tae Gaeltacht Service Toons an Ers Leid Netwirks.
nity level. Gaeltacht Service Toons are toons in or aside Gaeltac
are toons in or aside Gaeltacht Langage
6 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
in tae the city fae neeburrin toons et the height ae the fightin.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The seaside toons are sand an sea
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ape intae drugs that affectit toons like cars aw ower Scotland a
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
o passin trains. Furder: Fife toons, the waff an sautie tang o fi
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ir. Surroonded by some ae the toons maist selfish erseholes. Who
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
nnymalinky craiturs ye see in toons. It maun be a blue do for doo(2016) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ayewis said he couldna thole toons, wi aa their hooses lumped th on page 8

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
, are hine fae e hinmaist o e toons o Judea, for oot o ye will co on page 8
d him, fae Galilee, fae e Ten Toons, fae Jerusalem, fae Judea an on page 11
ocrites 1 the Temple an i the toons, sae they micht be thocht muc on page 13
o e Keengdom o God till ither toons, cause att's fit A've been pu on page 87
an fae Judaea, an fae e coast toons o Tyre an Sidon, aa there tae on page 89
Also on pages 93, 95, 97, 104, 112
11 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ver Loire, stappin aff at the toons an villages alang the wey. Mo on page 17
As ane o the lairger toons in the Loire Valley, wi great on page 18

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
ountryside an the steer o the toons; it’s in the land, the sky
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ay shifted, burying abandoned toons ablow it. If folk arna there
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
e be ‘loyal’ in the coastal toons - still nae Orange marches. (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
tae this bairn fae the bairn toons o Tau Ceti wi a croose reid f on page 41

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
da green toons o Orphir. on page 28

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
He næmt da toons an broghs on page 27

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
A whaap flees low, minds toons aa maa'd on page 36

1 matches

De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
s strippit rigs or Bigton’s toons.
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
irs as med dis country, an da toons an da traivils athin hit, whi
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
Mony men's toons he saa, an dir minds lairned;
1 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
at hame, bluid teemin through toons an glens in spates. She looki
1 matches

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
n a dar say, juist like other toons, oov yin or twae o' thame o'
1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
that the folk that drags the toons name through the mud and crea(2019) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
!! Mair than other cities and toons around us! https://t.co/uvFsD(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
an fairms, their clachans an toons. Whan folk got owre tae sleep on page 5

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
hïm frae Galilee, an tha Ten Toons, an Jerusalem, an Judea an th on page 4
An Jesus trevelt throu aa tha toons an villages, taichin ïn thai on page 9
Kïngdom o God tae tha ither toons as weel: for that's why A wus on page 77
s, Jesus trevelt aroon aa tha toons an vïllages, praichin an tel on page 82
hïm, twa bi twa, tae aa tha toons an places whar he wus gan tae on page 87
Also on pages 94
10 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Some lik' the big toons and cities, on page 28

1 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
ng'rpoastin fur whut the' cry toons anaa in Ulstèr-Scotch an whu on page 47

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Toons on page 35
ion o' Ulster-Scots heirskeip toons ir villages, (a hairtlan bein on page 49
rrit a programme o' heirskeip toons/villages on page 50

8 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
the rural clachans an mairket toons o north Down growed wi folk f
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
ould name check a wheen o oor toons in the buk? (2015) twitter link

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
gothanGeal ....windeas doon...toons on...turnt up....SUNS OOT!!! (2021) twitter link

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