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The word 'ongauns'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ongaunsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus20.36520
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 46 18 2
WCE - West Central 87.4 19 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 24 18 10
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 ongauns in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a gey lady' an spikkin aboot 'ongauns'. Ah hid nae idea fit a 'gey on page 63
v te pit up wi ony mair o her ongauns," said Mam, giein the paper t on page 67

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ongauns.”
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
nt tae leuk till the kwerious ongauns on page 75

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
fore thay makkit up thair ain ongauns.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Tae leuk intae the structur, ongauns an siller o sic-like institut
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
s. Ane o the maist kenspeckle ongauns o thaim aw maun shuirly be th
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
rikay) has shawn that wolfish ongauns in Yellaestane Perk in Califo
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
sser Used Languages, ootlined ongauns in the Irish Language Board.
n a Action plan tae guide the ongauns o a reinge o agencies uphaudi
uistic diversity consultation ongauns an the action plan is expecti
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
mple, six o his poems taks in ongauns that taen place near Prague t
n English afore re-tellin the ongauns in Scots in the form o his po
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ht tak guid tent o thae kinna ongauns gin they're o a mind tae jouk
ck o the audience watched the ongauns wi smilin pleisure. This wisn
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
wis blithe tae hear aboot the ongauns an services that the Scottish
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
pit, "Thanks tae thae raicent ongauns, EBLUL noo expecks the EU an
Aw thae ongauns wad seem tae be a guid step f
es o the hospital's heidmaist ongauns, can still aye be awaur o the
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
read the weekly adventures an ongauns o the only fowk in the papers
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
ae pit forrit judicial review ongauns agin the Hame Office.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
l naitional an internaitional ongauns on wir "Naitional News"? Efte
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
e" hersel. Weel, efter aw the ongauns at the EU wis ower an duin wi
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
ll on the signeificance o the ongauns). The thame is tragic, the sy on page 5

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
tin back doon tae the nicht's ongauns. on page 41
Subliminal score fir burgh ongauns. on page 86
ng lads are, in the political ongauns o the day. Julius Caesar hud on page 100
tae guid sense in oor sexua| ongauns. This is maist likely the ear on page 110
ither fowk's social habits an ongauns. They threiy oan aboot thair on page 116
Also on pages 120, 125
8 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
we wad haurdlie think on thir ongauns as a dounricht scandal. on page 116

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
n Douglas an the Eneados. The ongauns i the NLS on page 7
grytness o Douglas's wark. Ongauns war weill-roundit aff bi read on page 9

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
aidlie speikin, gies us thrie ongauns: Jesus's skailin o Legion, th on page 135
his corp. Efter sum mair sik ongauns, his leal hoond wins hame for on page 137
i hae him murthert. Throu the ongauns o Lallie the Piper, wha wins on page 140

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
aw the teipical biographical ongauns: details aboot Scott’s paur
im, ti bring oot the harrowin ongauns. Scott wes skaithit bi a gren
2 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
whit's really unco aboot the ongauns in the ootside warld; no the
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
ony insults, but maist ither ongauns he’d pit up wi as lang as h
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
nt the extant lave o muisical ongauns frae earlier times isna ower
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Despite tales o the terrible ongauns in the kintraeside rounaboot on page 44
t Adam wis aye canny, for the ongauns o the past year had gied him on page 59

2 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
hiles, like the leet o aa the ongauns amang the kith an kin, ither on page 14
gaed on this gate as tho the ongauns o the last twa year haed pass on page 20

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ere wis a fair wheen o secret ongauns. Major's speech had gien the on page 6

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
man. An Gunnar gies the haill ongauns at Njal's steadin. An aifter on page 14

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ckle midden o notes aboot the ongauns o the Baudelaire orphans, and on page 124

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ersel aneath a train. Gif sic ongauns were perceivit as Scottish du on page 90

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
s, it aa eiks tae the strynge ongauns. The Frainch musicker Serge G on page 119

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
's eventful life an leeterary ongauns. This is settin oot in a fair on page 133

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Paternal genome drap-oot forders altruism in stieve populations, (Wiley Online Library 2022) Central, prose
at: 1) PGD forders altruistic ongauns relative tae the ither inheri
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
an the eftercome o thir human ongauns athort the planet.
ma rays comes fae the nuclear ongauns athin the sun or fae gamma ra
2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s period. Bit it ay sharet in ongauns sic as the Great Vowel Shift
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
still is, at the fishin. Mair ongauns anent the sea in Scotland can
1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ngthens mutuallie benefeicial ongauns atween humans an the lave o t
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Southroners in thae days. The ongauns adae
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
the current General Election ongauns there’s advice oan fillin i
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
e centrality o Scots in their ongauns.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
o the interestin ongauns oan her side o the street. on page 129

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