A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'dont'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dontOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus23.7767
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 173.9 68 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
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 dont in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
i dont like East winds and needly ra on page 94

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ad creeping intae me laugh. I dont want tae see him. If seein is on page 85

1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@AlisterWhite dont mind the odeon tbh m8 - am q (2020) twitter link
ill sort it out if a decide a dont want 2 go (2020) twitter link
@ashwilsonauthor dont rule that oot m8 - ad luv a (2021) twitter link
4766993 go to the game - and dont be put off - i will b attend (2021) twitter link
an_Pacey @DicaculusManiac you dont have 2 b in the army - to fi (2020) twitter link
and 61 other occurrences.

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
. 'Check yer hair! Whit've ye dont tae yer hair?' on page 54

1 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
. "Wit''s the matter now, Da? Dont ye like the wee pups?' He sta on page 40

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
had a few sessions now and I dont feel I've got you to come out on page 1

2 matches

General Central

@DABArbuckle tweeted
l, yes ah. Its just ah ern. I dont erm, I dont know but ah by jo(2020)