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The word 'mournin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mourninOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.277
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
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 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of mournin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
hem; Blist are e fowk att are mournin, they'Il be comforted; on page 11

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ock, blaik because she wis in mournin fur her Da, an her Granda, te
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
HENCE THE MOURNIN O' THE NATION.
1 matches

West Central

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
st his lover and the rain wis mournin anaw. Horrible weather fir a
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Hush Nou, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
thon’s why I’m mournin
1 matches

General Central

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
A went intae mournin, av coorse. Weel, ye hiv tae on page 59

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Mebbe the hoose was in mournin. But news wud hae reached the on page 47

1 matches

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