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Use in varieties of Scots

droon Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.9 12.1 20.9 9.9 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4224 14 1 1 1 1
Number of authors30 16 10 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of droon 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.

Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
ettled tae droon oot the morn's horrors on page 5

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
m that nae thochts o hame can droon on page 84

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"An' ye'll likely droon." on page 22

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Tae droon me deid. on page 104

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae the nation that seein me droon in poverty hus jist became a on page 16
volume ae the music ah cannae droon oot her screams ae pain. And on page 144

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t yi could just fall intae an droon. Murray's nineteen an he come on page 75

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
her umberellae aboot. 'He'll droon! He cannae sweem a stroke! Sa on page 84

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Mair than potent, jyned tae droon in the wine o oor on page 131

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"Drap it in the burn an droon it," wis Trev's faither's ans on page 82
se A hiv 'man's dominion' tae droon this puir craiture didnae mak on page 83
t aboot the ratton? Oo cannae droon a ratton in a frozent burn!" on page 84

4 matches

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
proceedit tae droon the miller on page 135

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an aw the puir wee sailors droon.
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
try tae focus on my wine tae droon oot their laughing, I like it
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
€™ve a’ been dipped till we droon in that tongue – bit wan hi
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t oot, sweep awa the waas, an droon the bairns. He made tae shout
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2020) Central
whaur the tide wud cam in an droon them. The tide theraboots is
gie way an allooed hersel tae droon fur the cause.
Tae droon by accident is bad enoch but
ent is bad enoch but made tae droon weel that’s somethin else.

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ah crank up the airwaves tae droon oot the noise. Tae enjoy a ra
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
s oan n turn the music up tae droon oot the din lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Cadwallader? Ay, gin ye didna droon first. Aboot three fower meen on page 44

2 matches

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Seaforth Road, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Cups o tea droon the din o daytime television, on page 70

1 matches

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
roofs aff the buildings, and droon the fowk bidin in them. It wi on page 72

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
or foo Tak yer claes aff tae droon - oh tae hang on page 15

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Atlantic thouchts droon oot oor fuitfaw an otter on page 3

2 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Al droon ma weenter, on page 59

1 matches

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
ye canna sweem, yer sure tae droon So dinna get ower doon in the on page 14

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
pit is fingirs inte's lugs te droon oot the roar fae the ingins a on page 42

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I'm doon (in i'watter I'd droon) on page 95

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
s till it stoppit. Eneuch tae droon an ark. Aa Minnie's sma posse
1 matches

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Droon Your Sporrows on page 136

1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Guide, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
Du’d droon athoot a pair
1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
a hunner assortit smells tae droon oot the stink on page 141

1 matches

Ulster

Thompson, Mark Address to a Nintendo DS, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
It gien a splash, an then it droon’t
1 matches

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