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Use in varieties of Scots

groaned Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 2.5 7.4 19.9 0 0 4.8
Number of occurrences135 5 2 0 0 1
Number of authors11 5 4 1 1

Occurrences of groaned in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
n the terraces who moaned an' groaned an' cried they wur cauld an' on page

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McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ther bairns caw him a dummy," groaned Jeanie, stressin oot at the v on page 1

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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
dinnae have lang left,” he groaned. “So I’m going tae talk f
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
choir. The trees creaked and groaned as Hazel hurled hersel doon t
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'Sandy, Sandy,' groaned Norman, 'oh Sandy, the Prof'l on page 55

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Ma mither groaned. We heard foo ma auntie Nell on page 51

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Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
an aathin intil’t creakit, groaned or fuspert wi the win that ca
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he lay ontae the wound. As he groaned he slowly calmed his breathin
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Aabody groaned as Mrs Scott pit up a kirn o
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
gaan tae dee," he moaned and groaned wi peely wally face. on page 21
Then he groaned like a dyan grampus and his e on page 60

2 matches

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
iel in this warls halter," He groaned alood, "But madness come frae on page 59

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