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The word 'donna'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
donnaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.5246
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 70.6 13 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 12 9 3
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 donna in Corpus

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General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
wye? It's only February min! Donna get carried awa cus it wis a (2019)

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
He was nae Prima Donna, for aw’body tae serve,
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
at, which is bein provided by Donna Summer wae I Feel Love.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Aye. Just yous two go.’ Donna no so much suggests, as deman
e street talkin tae Tracey an Donna as we spill oot the door. McD
at? Where’s yer manners.’ Donna scolds him.
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
if it wis awright if her pal, Donna, an ‘Paul’ could come oot
goat another thing comin.’ Donna sais, pointin at McDade, afor
Brian Laudrup, so ah dae!’ Donna sais, tae McDade’s immediat
ckly back intae his poakit as Donna an Tracey approach the table
e pumpkin?’ McDade sais tae Donna, an pinches her cheek afore b
9 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
e shelf tae pit them back. If Donna’d been wi me, she’d just
they’re dead agin thievin. Donna widny rob hooses or steal sum
A lot of folk think lik that. Donna’s big brother Jimmy wanst t
3 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
completely unbelievable that Donna wis sae easily persuaded tae (2020)

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
asking me if Nessie was real! Donna said I didn't look impressed, (2022) twitter link
andan Ralph Lauren shirt hen, Donna bought me for ma birthday las (2022) twitter link
y're a wee bit fandan hen but Donna loves it. And it's her phone (2022) twitter link
obs hen! We're meeting one of Donna's sisters for lunch. I've bee (2022) twitter link
@jojodinks79 @star_welsh When Donna was at work it made me realis (2022) twitter link

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