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The word 'soondit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
soonditOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus196124
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 43.5 17 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 50.2 8 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 36.1 27 12
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of soondit in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
da Mock Turtle, an his voice soondit deep an hollow: "set you doon on page 95
he wis tryin ta see whit wird soondit best. on page 119

2 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Quhit siems t'bie soondit on page 27

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
it wi ma? As seen as yer wird soondit in ma lugs, e bairnie gied a on page 80

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
ens an jist hae a look aroon. Soondit fine ti me an my, fit a day a
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
cks. Lice. Flees. Summin that soondit a bit like Mad Coo Disease. P
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
rae a thocht for hou Scots is soondit bi folk that's bred up spaeki
irts, (eg "microscope" can be soondit different in different airts)
is means that even tho they'r soondit different in different airts
zed for the diaphoneme that's soondit aither "ai" or "ee". Sae if y
d tae write wirds that can be soondit aither "ai" or "ee" in differ
16 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
). In ma dialeck thir's baith soondit "wurk", sae A canna masel see
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
thocht much aboot the wey he soondit. Like lads fae Aiberdeen he'd on page 75

1 matches

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
"Hi Jock!" (soondit mair like 'Jack', the wey he on page 136

3 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
s singin wi Scots accents. It soondit wrang. They warna proper word
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ssion, an sayed somethin that soondit lik an invocation.
y sut in silence till a siren soondit the end o wark.
It soondit funny in Chinese. That wis th
It soondit lik somethin he had been wait
4 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
y somethin back when the bell soondit for them tae gang back tae th on page 57

1 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
I'm shakkin, Olaf.' Ma voice soondit flat, hollow on page 60

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
help?' A had tae lee, bit it soondit like the truith. on page 23
hie agane, thou the sentiment soondit unrael. on page 24

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
It soondit like a clap o thunner. on page 16

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Mr Wonka. 'Her heid must hae soondit gey hollow.' on page 128

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
an 'want'. In Scots 'wash' is soondit 'wahsh' an 'want' is soondit on page 18
nd and soond, and haundit and soondit. Entries in dictionaries ofte on page 19
kle weys that the dialects is soondit. In the Norland isles, pairts on page 64

8 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'd never said it afore and it soondit funny, they telt Kanga whit t on page 30
'Hullo? said Teeger, and he soondit that close aw o a sudden that on page 109

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
came oot wi some dirdum that soondit like a bird gaun radge, and K on page 7
laus came up wi a recipe that soondit stoatin, and easy enough tae on page 40

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Oot the fower big moons, Io (soondit as 'ee-o') is the ane nearest
anent the planet Bumhole – soondit as 'boom-ho-leh' tae hae a la
nar wey that Uranus haed been soondit bi astrologues an newsreaders
3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
s aicht yeir auld lugs it hid soondit gey glaikit it the time an it
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ots negative encleetic –na (soondit –nae as in its paurent dial
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
it whan the ane o’clock gun soondit the oor as it aye daes fae th
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
twa-three words is Inglified soondit, but it’s a guid instance o
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
sayed ere lang and his voice soondit like thunder an music aw runn
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
t phonecall, as she thocht Ah soondit fascinatin(!) #GetMe https://(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
e ower tha soon o tha wun. It soondit a bit lake a wean girnin, an on page 17

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Fur wi thaim wurds thegither soondit, on page 38

1 matches

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