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Use in varieties of Scots

scunners Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 5.7 0 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1211 0 0 0 0 1
Number of authors10 9 1

Occurrences of scunners in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
'Wee scunners!' he skraiched, shakkin his n on page 76

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Wullie Wonka, 'that's twa wee scunners awa. Three guid bairnies left on page 116

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
rich men. But they were richt scunners tae. The three o them were ab on page 1
'If they want tae be scunners, let them,' said Mr Tod. 'We' on page 60

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ots scrievin - thon scrowe o scunners, ilka in thair ain wey, whae' on page 4

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Robson, Frances Lallans 75 - The MacNificat, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
o scunners noo girnin an glowerin fae th
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
grue at the time an it still scunners me luikin back fifty year on!
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e hert. An for that reason it scunners me ayont aw belief tae see ho
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
in the wolves ate aa the blae scunners.
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@billykayscot tweeted
er bools an ran awa wi thaim. Scunners! https://t.co/9V6qRKW21f(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
The 'Hunners o Scunners' resource, by artist @_annamo (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Weans flittin, in scunners, an brithers deid on page 5

1 matches

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