A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

soondit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 28.2 4.8 0 17.4 0 8.8
Number of occurrences6153 3 0 3 0 2
Number of authors24 17 3 2 2

Occurrences of soondit in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
y somethin back when the bell soondit for them tae gang back tae th on page 57

1 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
I'm shakkin, Olaf.' Ma voice soondit flat, hollow on page 60

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
help?' A had tae lee, bit it soondit like the truith. on page 23
hie agane, thou the sentiment soondit unrael. on page 24

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
It soondit like a clap o thunner. on page 16

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
thocht much aboot the wey he soondit. Like lads fae Aiberdeen he'd on page 75

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Mr Wonka. 'Her heid must hae soondit gey hollow.' on page 128

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
an 'want'. In Scots 'wash' is soondit 'wahsh' an 'want' is soondit on page 18
nd and soond, and haundit and soondit. Entries in dictionaries ofte on page 19
kle weys that the dialects is soondit. In the Norland isles, pairts on page 64

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'd never said it afore and it soondit funny, they telt Kanga whit t on page 30
'Hullo? said Teeger, and he soondit that close aw o a sudden that on page 109

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
came oot wi some dirdum that soondit like a bird gaun radge, and K on page 7
laus came up wi a recipe that soondit stoatin, and easy enough tae on page 40

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
"Hi Jock!" (soondit mair like 'Jack', the wey he on page 136

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Oot the fower big moons, Io (soondit as 'ee-o') is the ane nearest
anent the planet Bumhole – soondit as 'boom-ho-leh' tae hae a la
nar wey that Uranus haed been soondit bi astrologues an newsreaders
3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
s aicht yeir auld lugs it hid soondit gey glaikit it the time an it
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
rae a thocht for hou Scots is soondit bi folk that's bred up spaeki
irts, (eg "microscope" can be soondit different in different airts)
is means that even tho they'r soondit different in different airts
zed for the diaphoneme that's soondit aither "ai" or "ee". Sae if y
d tae write wirds that can be soondit aither "ai" or "ee" in differ
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
). In ma dialeck thir's baith soondit "wurk", sae A canna masel see
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ots negative encleetic –na (soondit –nae as in its paurent dial
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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
s singin wi Scots accents. It soondit wrang. They warna proper word
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
it whan the ane o’clock gun soondit the oor as it aye daes fae th
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ssion, an sayed somethin that soondit lik an invocation.
y sut in silence till a siren soondit the end o wark.
It soondit funny in Chinese. That wis th
It soondit lik somethin he had been wait
4 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
twa-three words is Inglified soondit, but it’s a guid instance o
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
sayed ere lang and his voice soondit like thunder an music aw runn
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
t phonecall, as she thocht Ah soondit fascinatin(!) #GetMe https://(2020) search twitter

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
it wi ma? As seen as yer wird soondit in ma lugs, e bairnie gied a on page 80

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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
ens an jist hae a look aroon. Soondit fine ti me an my, fit a day a
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
cks. Lice. Flees. Summin that soondit a bit like Mad Coo Disease. P
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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
da Mock Turtle, an his voice soondit deep an hollow: "set you doon on page 95
he wis tryin ta see whit wird soondit best. on page 119

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Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Quhit siems t'bie soondit on page 27

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Fur wi thaim wurds thegither soondit, on page 38

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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
e ower tha soon o tha wun. It soondit a bit lake a wean girnin, an on page 17

1 matches

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