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The word 'punds'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pundsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.895
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
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 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 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 punds in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
wye yun peerie lipper fae da Punds is aye needin dee tae help wi on page 37
m selt da laand ta Peter a da Punds, an juse buy twartree lambs f on page 63

2 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
grice fell in wi Lowrie o da Punds, kerryin a meshie foo o stray
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
haed missed oot on millions o punds o extrae siller tae forder th
n Gaels, haes haed millions o punds gien tae thair cultural group
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tae Iceland. Toshie got five punds tae help him an his wife an b on page 43
r wee bit o siller, aroun twa punds ten shillins in his pooches, on page 106

2 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
But whitever his wecht in punds, pennies and oonces, on page 29

2 matches

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