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The word 'understaun'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
understaunOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.53711
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 2
WCE - West Central 119.5 26 4
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of understaun in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Onywye, tae let ye understaun, that's hoo I wisna awfy plea on page 19
at I wis feart or onythin, ye understaun, but between the stingin ankl on page 20
ident wis. He wis too wee tae understaun. on page 74

3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
at wis the meenit A began tae understaun him. Aw ay, holin oot in ane, on page 125

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
at wis the meenit I began tae understaun him. Aw ay, holin oot in ane,
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ot or a verucca, an he disnae understaun the pleasure ae watchin dead on page 13
. An another thing, ah cannae understaun a word she says cause she's g on page 16
nce wi boys. Ah don't exactly understaun the reason she's no allowed - on page 23
said ma ma, Her culture don't understaun Christmas. on page 43
reet's hoose cause she cannae understaun Harpreet's da's accent, Ah sa on page 61
Also on pages 79, 81, 88, 126, 137, 140, 169
18 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 67 - Ane Amang Monie, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Hamilton, poetry
Did ye understaun the reasons on page 143

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
t. An another thing, ah canny understaun a word she says cos she’s g
1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
ot or a verucca, an he disnae understaun the pleasure ae watchin dead
1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
Ah don’t understaun, ah said. Laura said, Well th
Ah canny understaun why Laura’s went an dropped
atchin his heid, but ah canny understaun why she’d want tae drop her
appin it. Ah said, Ah don’t understaun you sometimes. Well ah’m so
4 matches

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
re him a sicht that he didnae understaun. He spied ten ghaistly fitbaw
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
y historie tae help us better understaun whit is happenin nou? on page 42

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
"Ye dinnae understaun? It's the Law!" on page 112

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
’ A forget! Show me an’ A understaun’! Involve me an’ A learn!
1 matches

Ayrshire

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
. Ah had tae dae it - dae ye understaun' that?
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Perhaps eet disnae understaun Scots", thocht Ahlice; Ah rec on page 21
tell ee ma history, an ee'll understaun how Ah hate cats an dugs." on page 22

2 matches

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