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The word 'shune'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shuneOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus123910
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 75.6 13 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 170.4 13 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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) 102.5 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 109 6 1

Occurrences of shune in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
s up dere flayin an castin as shune as ony danger a frost wis by, on page 3
ta start wi, bit dat shune dilled aff whin it wis medd c on page 5
ink dey wir twal a dem. An as shune as dat bairns got dir fit anu on page 7
trong peerie boys, an dey wir shune oot a da incubator an hame. S on page 12
Aa too shune shü hedd ta laeve her belove on page 31
Also on pages 37, 46, 54, 62, 73, 91, 93
12 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
tryin tae haad dimsels doon. Shune in a flash o seconds, I felt
1 matches

South Northern

Robb, Lydia AUNTIE BEAN UNDRESSES, (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Doric - Arbroath, poetry
faceless fowks' buits and shune on page 123

1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ye're no tae get yer new shune weet."
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
eet, I wunner whae'll pit yer shune an socks on for ye nou, my fr on page 15
"Tt daes the buits an shune," the Gryphon reponed poe on page 44

9 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ife o his shuid ever fyle her shune steppin oot ower his threshol on page 27
tae the kirk an back, wi nae shune for her feet. She wis admonis on page 40
poued on her stockins an guid shune. The mistress wis awa, an coo on page 67
kins, an a pair o stout broun shune. A Kilmarnock bunnet set at a on page 68

4 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
For an instance Yer schuil shune are ower there. on page 27

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
yir shune are left fir right." on page 25

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
aa rigged oot wi new breeks, shune, simmets, shirts, twathie gan on page 19
tak guid tent whar ye pit yer shune. on page 21

2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
But unco shune, hae. on page 4

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
a réad, ner spare claes, ner shune ner a Stav; fer tha warker ï on page 9
och nor a baag, nor een spare shune, an dïnnae stap tae blether on page 87
it a rïng on hïs fïng'r an shune on hïs feet. Brïng forrit t on page 97
i nae pooch, nae baag, an nae shune, dïd yis want for ocht?" An on page 107

6 matches

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