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The word 'goan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
goanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus19.76415
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 843.9 24 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 31.9 7 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 27.9 21 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 goan in Corpus

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Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
keep an eye oan whit wis goan oan below. on page 9

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
loang goan laefs. on page 18
tae the train is the sun wis goan doon on page 91

2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
her, an till winder what wis goan till happen next. First, she on page 8
but no wise peedy Alice wisna goan till do at in a hurry. "No, A on page 12
she wis now e richt size for goan through e peedy door intill a on page 13
a aboot two feet high, an wis goan on shrinkan at a fair speed: on page 19
ce sade till hersel, "till be goan messages for a rabbit! A supp on page 32
Also on pages 50, 51, 54, 60, 72, 78, 79, 82, 83, 87, 99
24 matches

General Northern

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
it can a man dee? The wurld"s goan tae pot
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
man up wae eer hard hats or goan oan strike - efter awe ees r (2021) twitter link

West Central

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
wiz really gutted thit a wiz goan back tae ma wife, it wiz as i
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
heym. An’ that licht husnae goan oot. Bit they’re pissin’
1 matches

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
Ah cannae believe that after goan oan three dates wi’ Lorna,
—Ah thought ye was goan out wi’ Clair tonight, Ah s
ng look. —Ah thought ye was goan out wi’ Lorna tonight, he s
3 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Aye, goan then!" begged Alice. on page 72
day. Ah hink ah might as well goan night in." An in she went. on page 75
"Ah'll goan git the executioner masel," s on page 84
en said tae the executioner: "Goan git her." An the executioner on page 86
," said the Gryphon quickly. "Goan tae the nex verse." on page 104

7 matches

General Central

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
e pain in es back. 'Ah cannae goan,' e said, 'Ah cannae', bit th on page 47

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Huvin stryngers in ma hame an goan thru aa ma belongins fer twa (2020)
Ah hae tae wunner WTF wis goan thru the minds o the grand ju(2020)
rankOctopus Ah widnae dream o goan onywhaur thit micht be packed(2020)
shud chynge it again. Whit's goan on?(2020)
Whit is goan on wi Gemma's makeup? She lui(2020)
and 1 other occurrences.

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
inky oot in public ya bampot! Goan home the now hen, how much ar (2022) twitter link
rtinjlansdell @clouise81 It's goan well hen, ladies at work got (2022) twitter link
ar_welsh Aye its bin nae bad, goan the pub wi ma bonnie lass. Wa (2022) twitter link
ar_welsh Bin nae bad gorgeous goan home soon?? Will ya be diluti (2022) twitter link
zieb @jojodinks79 @star_welsh Goan yersel gorgeous! ???? dinnae (2022) twitter link
and 7 other occurrences.

@pmcm1355 tweeted
favourite fitba team Murdo's goan fir ten-in-a-row.?? https://t (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
aaaad” muckle strop. Fuck it goan then. #shewinsagain #lionking(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
goan on page 39

1 matches

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