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The word 'goun'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gounOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22315
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 3
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) 98.5 3 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of goun in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'I canna pit on ma goun, Meg, I've tae help wi the mi
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
curtain fur yer goun, an takk in yer Cindy Dall ta
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
back on his throne in a royal goun that wis three sizes ower big on page 14

1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
skinklan white as a bride’s goun
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e landlady threw an auld reid goun ower his shouthers an pit a w on page 24

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
the twasum quat the ruim, hir goun lowin lik a tung o fyre in th on page 4

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ine Logan, buskit wi a silken goun she haed shaped an shewn hers on page 16
ir, weirin stage make-up an a goun. The sounds comin out the bod on page 29
speak an the make-up an thon goun. It daesna maiter, she'll unn on page 30

3 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
wi the king's fantoosh ermine goun. Syne he steyed staundin, an on page 37
aitherin a fauld o his ermine goun majestic-like. on page 38

2 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
d over tae Tam, his dominie's goun flyin ahint him. on page 41

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
tae stert mass whan his white goun wis drenchit in reid bluid. O on page 14

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
kin airn sled gleg on sark an goun on page 22

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
petals filled the faulds o ma goun. on page 34

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
in flicht thay skiff ma goun. on page 37

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
an ma goun is smirdit wi ma tears.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
in his white goun would hae us on page 21

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
A bonny lass in a saft white goun,
1 matches

Niven, Liz Burnin Whins, (Luath 2004) Central, poetry
loadit up wi combs, thimbles, goun fabric.
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Maisie, clatchin hir dressin goun, "Ye feart the life cot o me. on page 10
cht o the bride, who was in a goun o pouther blue wi a bouquet o on page 23
. "I didnae even hae a weddin goun." on page 24

3 matches

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