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The word 'sooner'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
soonerOccurrences 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) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 sooner in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"No sooner said than deun, lass!" and Sa on page 36
No sooner hid sheu thowt hid than he wa on page 50

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Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
gittin hom 0.0001638 seconds sooner helps u sleep at night (2019) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
certain till disagree wi ee, sooner or later. on page 13
Id did so indeed, an much sooner than she hed expected: afore on page 32

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
So we heis, nay hayen a depth sooner, Skim caim up we thi ayedeea on page 57

1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
e jist hid tae buy. Well, nae sooner wis the Mecca money in her ac
1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
r as weel as bein thrawn. Nae sooner hid he finished een fag and h on page 42

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@72redz1903 tweeted
very good this season and the sooner we get him back the better. (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
tae help get them crowds back sooner. @CormackDavie needs tae be s(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
o’ normality again then nae sooner are we telt tae leave the pub(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
me, jist dinna get him. Would sooner watch Come Dine With Me.(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
in definitive oot ae the bag, sooner, rather than later. Especiall on page 109

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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e - but it could b a reality sooner than we think! (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
o minutes afore, that the the sooner on page 148
ye answered, the sooner ye wur lowsed. 'W... H... I.. on page 149

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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
eel, beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold, the Bard said, an
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t the erm o her chair. “The sooner things are back to normal for
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
it did make her grow, an much sooner than she'd expectit: afore sh on page 34

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Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
l ye croak it, which might be sooner than ye think, by the way. Ho on page 11

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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
She’s nae sooner sais it an ah’ve goat this
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Big meatbaw heid’s nae sooner sat doon fae gettin the buzze
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
l ye croak it, which might be sooner than ye think, by the way. Ho
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General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
A'd sooner ride their steed. on page 73

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Nae doot she'll turn up again sooner or later. She mibbe didnae ev on page 130

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
tae their breakfast. And nae sooner had they sat doon than 'Teege on page 21

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@g_hibby tweeted
But it better be implemented sooner, rather than later.. Over tae (2023) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ctually IS inevitable. An the sooner the better.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ve o God, get a move oan, the sooner Ah git rid o this satchel the on page 113

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