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scunner Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words33.3 34.6 30.4 9.9 0 32.8 66.3
Number of occurrences10365 19 1 0 3 15
Number of authors61 42 11 1 2 6

Occurrences of scunner in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
n, his drinkin, her fear, the scunner and shame o it - she wis abo on page 9

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McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
o the coorsest scunner on page 32

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
"Ye Gods! Whit a scunner! The haill thing! An am I rea on page 139

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
feart o teegers, but I hae a scunner o drauchts. Aiblins ye hae a on page 32
s, an they hunt. It is a sair scunner. They keep chuckie-hens forby on page 67

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Tae the lion this wis a scunner on page 32

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Ah daein wi yon glib-glabbit scunner? on page 15

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ane, is usual, ya sleekit wee scunner.' Ah telt him an focht the et on page 27

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
This wis a richt scunner that tuik Hugh unawares, an l on page 80

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
but maun ye'd scunner on page 53

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
wly, Matilda sat doon. Whit a scunner! It wisnae fair! How daur she on page 158
'Thon scunner o an auntie,' Matilda said. ' on page 198

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Houanivver, it wisnae jist scunner wi the poleetical estaiblishm on page 112
w submarine fer cairryin this scunner aroun the warld is that noisy on page 121
l that asks aboot the nuclear scunner maks it equally clear that th on page 129

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Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
think on as Scots, dreich an scunner an siclik, in DOST ar tae be on page 59

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ce he enjoys bein a miserable scunner. on page 106
In a scunner ah wid longingly gaze on page 128

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
a richt noo, ye hert-lazy wee scunner"' on page 69

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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
"Dinnae gang oot! A scunner's in toon! on page 24

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
whit a scunner. on page 27
But when her horoscope's a scunner on page 29

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
she reads and unnerstauns the scunner on his face on page 10
ay and it gies ye a scunner on page 77

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Drivin a derksome raed I scunner on page 40

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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
the noo! I scairce daur, fer scunner, gang oot there, on page 43

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"Naw! Rattons gie iz the scunner!" A said, tae keep up ma eema on page 82

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
u dae ye no banjo the bauchly scunner? on page 45

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ese. Her man micht be an auld scunner at times he thocht, as he sat on page 17

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Fir at thon task, they scunner. on page 9
Scunner me. My schulin disnae bind on page 20

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
"You scunner ma thunner, Hercules, sae ye on page 4

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Yit scunner't at his courseness, on page 98

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
ny years an it was a constant scunner how we niver got tae teech oo on page 23

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
The Lord taks a scunner at thaim wha traik. on page 33

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Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
sae is scunner tae the scunnersome. on page 80

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Scott, Hamish Lallans 75 - Televeision, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Sum a scunner, sum a sibness as thair win o
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
l slabs an hatchets. It wiz a scunner that ma Dad wiz oot o earshot
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
arlds, bi craiturs that micht scunner oor human een.
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
er (seeminly hypercorrect for scunner), stour, thran (thrawn), wean
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
his scunner at bleck fowk an hou he wadna
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
He's taen a scunner noo tae weeds,
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Gilmour, Rosie Bak Tae Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2015) Central, weans
First day bak is an absolute scunner
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
It's a fair scunner that yin o the maist wame-tur
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
how ah’m repaid, eh? It wid scunner ye Coyle, so it wid.
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
lly?’ said Snorl. ‘Whit a scunner. Hoo can ye play Lowp-the- Mu
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
a hersel Donnert the Tenth ir Scunner Umpteen fir aw ah ‘m fashed
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
rimary scuils o’ course) or scunner or leid, an’ tellin’ they
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ge. Mony o us actually taks a scunner at milk and aipples. I mysel
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
shy an unweshed her hair wis. Scunner kythed in her. He maun hae fe
reist, a somatic memory o the scunner she had felt yisterday, an fe
2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
sent ‘um back tae chin the scunner.
mibbe that wid be a bit e' a scunner.
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
. Ye can imagine, tae, whit a scunner it is whan fowk like Scots To
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
grey surroondins oan a richt scunner o a day. Its wecht sunk intae
1 matches

Steele, Gregor When Scotty said “Scunner”, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
When Scotty said “Scunner
He cried a baddie a scunner,
‘Like scunner and dreich and douce,’
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
The verb ‘tae scunner’, alang with the relatit no
ng with the relatit noons (‘scunner’ and ‘scunneration’) an
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
hough adversity/absence micht scunner them, it can be owercome thro
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@billykayscot tweeted
id Scots description o a dour scunner. Hives are bairnheid seikness(2020) search twitter
- ye’re blocked for bein a scunner an depressin the Yes movement(2020) search twitter

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
man, bit isg wumman's a rael scunner, sae A'll dee fit she's seeki on page 110

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
bein a richt scunner on page 15

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Thon chiel's a richt ***** scunner!" retorted Wittgenstein. on page 90

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
a heeze o ithers. A tyauve, a scunner, a trauchle. Fin Jock Dow wir
prayed silently. Minnie tuik scunner usin the dry lavvies oot in t
hocht fur her faither Dod, an scunner o the Dam itsel, hid banned M
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
uid in her, an sic fowk tak a scunner at the thocht o their ain fle
vis an dolphins –eneuch tae scunner a body – onless that body w
2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
are. Yon stink wid gae ye the scunner bit the nurses quatelik
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“MOOOOO” roared Nelly in scunner. “That ye hinna. Be aff wi
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
. 1572 block the last caller. Scunner ye nae mair. https://t.co/hDs(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
urns oot it wis i soap. Fit a scunner. Onywye, een step at a time a(2020) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
reekorps @AberdeenFC It was a scunner. I hid tae gee a running comm(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith Ken jist a scunner o a day bit a mannie his deli(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
erse o the saas en aa. Fit a scunner! ??(2019) search twitter
back for jist a minty. Fit a scunner, fit a waste. Hoose is yoamin(2020) search twitter
@DoricPhrases A scunner.(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
lao (loon), Qué vaina (fit a scunner), camellando (tyauvin), qué (2021) twitter link
jist 'ging fer a walk'. Fit a scunner ?? https://t.co/uY44GoRK9Y (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
This is the biggest scunner ah'm hin in aal me life. on page 24

1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
Ye're a byornar scunner on page 146

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@StuartPoet tweeted
hoose, braw, cowp, foo, toon, scunner, watter, fitba, walloper, dro(2020) search twitter
fir a speeder, grand. Wabster-scunner grand! Made up a wird in Scot(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
An mine, afore ye'r scunner't gat, on page 38

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Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
heftin tha wee yins ir ye'll scunner yersel afore lang!" on page 9

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Sic whigmaleeries gar me scunner, on page 36
But A hae taen a scunner at her yarns: on page 56

2 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
aboot it. It'd gie ye a quare scunner at times tae hear them clashi
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
achine' athagither. Mann they scunner mae wae thaur gran words o ho
1 matches

Drennan, William Yin Tae A Hunner, (Ullans Press 2004) Ulster, poetry
A’ll stap-afore A scunner
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@the_gellick tweeted
Scotchies hae wud gie ye the scunner: my dog wudnae ait them! (2017) twitter link
The Peelers hae done ocht tae scunner me ava: hooaniver, thank ye, (2015) twitter link
hanges oor Ulster Scots: it'd scunner ye. But we'll keep er lit ony (2015) twitter link
on the firemen? I hae taen a scunner wi them the day. (2015) twitter link
#UlsterScots poet, taen sic a scunner whan Burns got awa, he scriev (2015) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

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