A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'wondered'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wonderedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.43021
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 4
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
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) 88.3 1 1
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 wondered in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
mal cat behaviour, Mr Dursley wondered? Tryan tae pull himsel taeget
rough pursed lips. Mr Dursley wondered whether he dared tae tell her
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@peediepuss tweeted
I ken, it's a shit turn. Just wondered if it could be turned around(2020)

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Wondered faun the subtitles wiz guan t(2014)

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
ow i wiz jist thinkib india n wondered if @LouiseNicol1 wiz thinkin (2012)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
rt ma pal in the Fittie bar & wondered if ye could gee him a shoot o(2016)
stAberdeen aye fit like. Jist wondered if I can rent een o yer buses(2017)
Aff often wondered fit why yon blooming bampot o(2019)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
@caldamac I've always wondered who Archie was. It's Erchie i(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
I wondered then gif he thocht o the fait on page 77
] wondered, tae, at his words on that be on page 78

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
sel oan Saturday night?" Paul wondered aloud. on page 32
"Ah alweys wondered why he's cawed three finger L on page 106

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Nine Fragments - III, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
nixt nicht, an the nixt. She wondered war it the lang lichty nichts
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
‘’Ah alweys wondered what happened tae the Russian
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
friendlies r allowed - just wondered m8 (2021) twitter link

West Central

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
family tae this ceildh and I wondered whit wis wrang. I ken noo tho
1 matches

Dundee

Rebecca, Casey and Stephen The Baby Dragon, the Wolves and the Lassies, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
Rebecca wondered if she wid ever be saved unti
1 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
ext tae ma peas and chips. Ad wondered if ma feeding them all those on page 36

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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah wondered how a cunt like McNulty hud c
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
'It's OK, Da, ah just wondered, that's aw. It's cool.'
stuff and a wee white hat. Ah wondered when ma da was gonnae start h
2 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ywood's Golden Age. Ah always wondered how she managed tae watch sO on page 32
roond the hoose. Ah sometimes wondered hoo she did it wi a bag pinne on page 115

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
I peered, an wondered, luikit:- on page 35

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
hae the last word. The fermer wondered hou lang it wad tak till the on page 18

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
A’ve ay wondered aboot the wird chanty rasslin
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
dae when sumbdy’s deid? Ah wondered if ah should ask ma mammy but
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
meant crone as in witches and wondered what the hell kind o’ spell
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
they wondered tae theimselves, on page 19

1 matches

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