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The word 'souns'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sounsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.55320
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 68.7 21 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 59.3 5 3
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 12 9 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 97.3 7 3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 souns in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Souns sispicious, Win." Rosie nairr on page 16
ne!" His een lichtit up. "She souns like a bit o aricht." on page 50
"She souns perfeck, min! Ah richt craack on page 52
"Admm hmm." She noddit. "That souns like mair or less what I'm ef on page 72
Ess souns mair like a bliddy torture ch on page 82
Also on pages 89
6 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ypin in their details. "It aa souns amazin." on page 7
roon, takkin in the sichts an souns o Aiberdeen: sinlicht bounces on page 43
made aa the richt sympathetic souns. on page 49
"Souns like a fair nicht." on page 56
"Are ye sure?" Jennifer souns a bittie teen aback. "Ah dinn on page 80

6 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ah canna roar oot at - it souns affa." Dottie reedened. "An e on page 26
e seemt a bittie happier. "At souns great ~ Ah'm feelin mair succ on page 32
h wint tull. Ess Silent Datin souns affa complicatit an ye ken ma on page 38
"At's souns sair." Ah pulled a face. "Can on page 51

4 matches

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
teen up, harknin tae the braw souns o some 10 new groups. It wis
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nlegs, drummin oot the warnin souns that rubbits makk tae warn th
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
skweel as usual. There'd bin souns o a stooshie gaun on aa foren
he herbour wis laithsome; the souns an the sliddery guts o the fi
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
sax littlins. It tells o the souns, tastes, sichts an smells o t
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
But oh, the sichts an souns that Jamie's een an lugs had on page 43

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
he skipper. 'Fit's that? That souns lik pom-poms.' on page 41

1 matches

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
an the souch o souns that mak muckle sense on page 138

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
lugs, but there wis nae mair souns. Ah thocht it wis jist mi ima
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
a efternoon, listenin tae the souns o the byre, the clank o the h
1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e o blunkets an little girmny souns. on page 96

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"It souns like a cuddie-an aal aiver," on page 39

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Janny! Janny Broon!" an haird souns o frantic actioun as Broon st on page 95

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
pluff ahent thaim. The souns o dads an yellochs lowdent as
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
in 'Ominous', an a sair vyce souns in Peter Cameron's 'Nevermas' on page 7

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
windae belangit hir. The saft souns o the dous in the gairden in on page 2

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
e lipper, the douce smells an souns an the sunnlicht, he trailed
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
e were twae skreichs, an mair souns o brekkin gless. "There must on page 37
'Tak care o the sense, an the souns will tak care o themsels'!" on page 44

3 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
i shairpness, whan nae speech souns clear on page 78

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
the accent sing-sang, but it souns cleir eneuch when ye lend a l on page 54

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ite's awa tae Suez." Frae the souns comin frae the ither eyn, Ian on page 65

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
the Five Souns monieplied, see, mellit thegi on page 17

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
shin liggs an harse glaigerin souns frae atween hes slaver-sprech on page 17

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
@marionmain3 @twentysixbux Souns like ma Fife Gran Carruthers.(2020)
@TheFrogmeister @joao_kay Souns like a kenspeckle sensory sto(2020)
@NeilGibson8 Souns braw!(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
ipstergull @Chrissiem18 Oh at souns Braw!!(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
an the souns o the fowk wha warkit the lau on page 167
concerns the sichts an souns on page 173

2 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
It's different noo, the souns that A heard then on page 5
and aa the souns echo tae whaur A am on page 16
and shairly atween aa they souns on page 19

3 matches

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
saisons, uised wi the sichts, souns, smells an aa. Thair hail exi on page 21

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
-'Luk efter the sense, an the souns'll luk efter thimsels'." on page 90

1 matches

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