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Use in varieties of Scots

-an Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 5.7 6 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1711 4 0 1 0 1
Number of authors5 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of -an in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
in her paws an washin her face-an she's sich a nice soaft thing on page 22
gs-ah cannae mind hauf ae them-an it's a fermer's dug, ye know, on page 23
've tae turn intae a chrysalis-an ye will wan day, ye know-an t on page 44
mber hings the wey ah used tae-an ah cannae even stey the same on page 45
d hersel tae some tea an breid-an-~butter, an then turnt tae th on page 72
Also on pages 83
6 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
a saft bonny thing tae cuddle-an she's the bees-knees at catch on page 21
I cannae mind the hauf o thaim-an it belangs tae a fermer, ye k on page 22
aa been rinnin for aboot hauf-an-hour, an were dried oot again on page 26
ver went doun that rabbit hole-an yet-an yet-it's gey byordinar on page 34
hae tae turn intae a chrysalis-an ye will some day, ye ken-an t on page 43

5 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
at first, an then, if A lek be-an at person, A'll come up: if n on page 19
d for id noo, A suppose, by be-an drooned in ma oun tears ! At on page 20
an her paws an washan her face-an she is such a nice soft thing on page 21
gs - A canna mind half o them-an id belongs till a fairmer, ee on page 22

4 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ngs - I canna mind half o dem-an he belangs tae a fairmer, du on page 23

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
doon wurds in standart Inglesh-an so whin fowk write in Ulster on page vi

1 matches

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