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Use in varieties of Scots

groan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 3.1 16.6 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences196 11 0 0 0 2
Number of authors10 4 5 1

Occurrences of groan in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s teeth thegither, buried the groan in the bedclaes an tried tae on page 1

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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
oard, gien it that overstated groan every cunt oer the age ay fif
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
There’s a groan an some movement fae the boiy
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
There wis a groan, which she tane as an “Quhi
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
.’ he sais, an a collective groan goes roon the pub alang wae s
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
it didnae mak' a noise. Nae a groan or squeak as normal bit it st
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n oot a han. He gied a silent groan es is fingirs passed clean th on page 77

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
ye ayewiz say I grump an groan on page 66
We widna moan, nor wid we groan on page 184

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
, cast his een ower't, gied a groan an beeried his heid in his ha on page 85

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Mornin turns dull I div groan,
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
h bell struck ten so wi a wee groan Mabel straachtened hersel up
g elder bush. Standin up wi a groan Mabel crossed tae it and hid
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
s fleein fae its mooth. A low groan started deep in Jeemicky’s
e jist been stunned? Wi a low groan Jeemicky teen tae his heels a
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
in his hand. The Laird gave a groan and sat doon staring at the p
1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Waeoot a muckle groan, on page 53

2 matches

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