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The word 'unnerstood'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
unnerstoodOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42414
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 5
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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 164.2 5 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of unnerstood in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
richt oot an said it, it wis unnerstood that she didna makk friens wi
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
a, wi his Latin an French, he unnerstood 100% o the newspaper, but did (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
ging on in oor street. An Ah unnerstood then fit wye Elsie hid chynge
1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
the air wi messages hauf unnerstood.
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
n Scotland wha said that they unnerstood the Scots leid. Nou, that's a
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ly hope the other nations huv unnerstood the importance o’ independe
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Brexit the nou cin clearly be unnerstood as bein the ootcome o the utt on page 41
likely be able tae mak yersel unnerstood tae oniebuddie that speaks En on page 65
k o it his nivver been widely unnerstood. on page 98
in the modren warld, hae been unnerstood as central tae the developmen on page 125
enophobia o Brexit is clearly unnerstood in Europe. There's a wheen o on page 140

5 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
Belyve I unnerstood yon unco thrummin o the sand. on page 78

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
y he didnae misunnerstaun. He unnerstood mair than maist an wis reacti on page 40

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
on an wad be less like tae be unnerstood nor 'sometime after six'. on page 36
ny leid is affen best felt an unnerstood in poyem an sang. Ma favourit on page 57

2 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
unnerstood an apprised that language is
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
@donna_gallers Ah've niver unnerstood folk wha dae that. When ma be(2020)
Ah've niver unnerstood why whistle blowers ur seen a(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
cers o the coort,' an A niver unnerstood what it meant till noo." on page 113

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
An then she unnerstood. An she shuddered. An she tur on page 8
dances in the Plaza that she unnerstood the effect o Sally's leuks. M on page 21
est unsaid, aware that Daniel unnerstood mair than his blateness gien on page 22
e need wirds frae Daniel. She unnerstood ilka hairtbeat an ilka flicke on page 43
eet in the kitchen, an Maisie unnerstood why whan she saw a crystal gl on page 47

5 matches

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