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The word 'noon'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
noonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.92922
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 2 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of noon in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He wis wirkan momeen, noon and night and lukkan efter me on page 24
Sheu farted morneen, noon and night - the stench wis o on page 51

2 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
rgh Head foghorn is blowin at noon today!! Visitor centre opens (2015)

Mid Northern A

McArthur, Kaydi Rich n Peer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
He wis ti be hangit at twelve noon on the 16th o November in the
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
re today at Village Hall from Noon till 4pm. https://t.co/kE3FsL(2016)
t Cruden Bay Village Hall fae Noon tae 3pm on Sunday 26th. Refre(2017)
ers Museum this Setterday fae noon till 4:30pm. Entry is free. h(2017)
Christmas Fayre tomorrow from noon till 4:30. Free event. https:(2017)

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
the gloamin emptiness at noon.
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
zy loon, ye wint me wakent by noon on page 79

2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
zin’ an’ at’s afore ma wee noon broth soup!(2018)

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
etap, happit wi a coapy o the Noon Record whit haed been yisterd
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ae see the Hermit released at noon. There were monie that were t on page 89
At noon they'll plant, at night they' on page 115

2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"It's no til noon though?" on page 3

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Uisin the green Noon Record till it flames within, on page 97

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
til him, as she slippit High Noon inti the VCR. 'Can ye byde ye on page 23

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
alafooster at aince, ae fore. noon, athoot kennin whit he is dae on page 30

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
nd Inside yer napper mornin', noon an' nicht. Think oan, tho'= I on page

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
d like siller, flashed in the noon sun as he spun the pleuch rou on page 17

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
bright as that of the sun at noon day, yea it was much more ple
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
mmatical feature o a singular noon (year) efter a plural numeral
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
iences o insomnia! Time fir a/noon nap? xxx(2014)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
International branch meeting noon. Loads tae tell us. All membe (2022) twitter link

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
rse, ivery so aften. Thur wus noon o this "Yin, twa, three, an a on page 27

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Full moon changes nicht til noon. on page 28
Sits high ais noon, on page 40

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Whad blether fae midnicht tae noon. on page 10

1 matches

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