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The word 'dung'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dungOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42721
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of dung in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Wid tae mak a borrow fur the dung on page 57

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
poster catcht my ee "Buy some dung - delivered free" My problem on page 15

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
or a veggie tae chaw an their dung wis aywise welcome bi fowk wi
1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
ist the job for spreadin …..dung

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
elin and plooin and caain oot dung and siclike. on page 124

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
wis a fermer spreadin dung wi a tractor an a muck spread
a tractor an a muck spreader. Dung fleein
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
howit that we werenae jist as dung doun as they were suggestin, on page 14
the gless ceilin will get dung doun on page 153

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
t it wis a siller button that dung doun Claverhouse at the fatef on page 117

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
uckweed, which hid the liquid dung on page 112

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
century architecture wis bein dung doon, alang wi the ‘tempora
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
s yi hear ir total fuckin cow dung. A few ae them ir true but. Y on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
tapped a nummer o times as if dung wi some undeemous fell black on page 139

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Stick yer tongue in puggie dung, on page 8

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ther war thay scant roond the dung-midden eetin the millins o co on page 80

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
deid, see, an the fore ane's dung doun on page 31

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Scotland, an it has been weil dung intae thaim at they spick sla on page 56

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
s the leuk o fowk at’s been dung ower wi the trauchle o makkin
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
n culture an langage micht be dung doun. It wis in this same tim
ly 20t century whan education dung speakers doun, oxtert wi the
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
dung doun its langest brainch.
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
gien a bath, thair's aye some dung aroon, on page 21

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Lake oul dung on tha Green Paice on page 62

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
t an gie ït a guid dressin o dung. If thair's onie fïgs on ït on page 93

1 matches

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