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The word 'grunnie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
grunnieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.8167
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 grunnie in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ither. An Baggy beyd we hee's grunnie an granda. Noo, hce's grunnie on page 9

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
m up again. She's a brilliant grunnie Mikie an Sam jist adore her." on page 35
am. "Mam's comin on...an even Grunnie." on page 39
ower a cricket set aat their grunnie hid bocht fae een o the shops on page 40
nae scruples - ye'd sell yer grunnie - ye'd dee or say absolutely on page 81

6 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
id luck mither’s faither’s, grunnie’s and grandfaither’s, aunti(2019)

General Northern

Robertson, W. F. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Fit Een's Ken?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Ma Grunnie she wis Hannah, on page 47

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
yewis bi my wee sodger an yer Grunnie's best on page 93

1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
try’n tae spik poash tae his Grunnie(2020)

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Wisnae lik ma mither's nor ma grunnie's. Still fine oan a wild day.(2020)
Ma grunnie hid the varra same. Foo ye'v (2020)

General Central

Templeton, Sheila Lallans 73 - Lairnin About Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Grunnie wis baking, fillin the kitche on page 55

1 matches

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