A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'dennir'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dennirOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.4305
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 87.2 15 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 159.3 15 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dennir in Corpus

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Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Smooriken, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Shetland, prose
Hit wis dennir brak an we wir staandin oot d on page 52

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
n da beef stew fur wir Sunday dennir, dat wis da onnly shop meat w on page 15
I cam hame. Shü wis parin da dennir tatties, an I mind da knife s on page 19
wis ta come fur wir New Year dennir, both a wis. We will go, will on page 21
lambs liver fur wir Christmas dennir, dat's dy favourite." on page 29
ying in ower tae da street at dennir time, an fin dee sometheen mo on page 39
Also on pages 48, 50, 62, 72, 75
13 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
Jumpin on durin me dennir brak tae let you aa keen at m(2021)

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
thing tae hae a three course dennir ~ at dennir time, nane o this on page 56
weel-kennt for the waddins an dennir-dances that took place there. on page 57
strang he wis. So Dod had his dennir there wi the lads an went on on page 60
in her wee café eftir the dennir rush wis ower. Nou the cafàon page 61
t took us a while tae get the dennir sortit. But fair eneuch we go on page 73
Also on pages 84, 85
14 matches

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
A big turkey fir dennir, ah the femly appear
1 matches

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