Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dune	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	31.8	44.5	1.5	19.9	58.1	20.7	0
Number of occurrences	103	88	1	2	10	2	0
Number of authors	19	13	1	1	2	2

Occurrences of dune in Corpus

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Central

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
stumps, chiel o's time no yet dune, on page 66

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
id tae me efter. "Whan ye are dune reddin yoursel up in the morn on page 23
luved a bodie nane. He hasna dune ocht in his life forby add nu on page 29
"Then it hasna dune ye onie guid!' on page 70
'It has dune me guid,' said the tod, 'beca on page 72
merchant. 'Expert chiels hae dune muckle sums. A bodie can sauf on page 76

5 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
e wis talkin. "Hou cuid I hae dune that?" she thocht. "I must be on page 19
eak tae a mous: she had never dune sic a thing afore, but she mi on page 21
udden, cried oot "The race is dune!" an they aa croodit roun it, on page 26
back. Houever, when it wis aa dune, they sat doun again in a rin on page 28
that tt gied tae my jaw, Haes dune me the hale o my life." on page 44

18 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n wi plunder, their evil wark dune. on page 34
t afore the foul deed cuid be dune, a smirr o rain cam ower that on page 45
nce ayont Cairn Table. He had dune a guid mornin's darg at the p on page 48
n the gloamin tae sce the job dune... for I dout if ony sodgers on page 53
...' Thenks be tae God, we've dune a guid job here the nicht... on page 54
Also on pages 65, 69, 72, 80
9 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
tillie. Bairns' pley ower an dune wi. on page 11
craip oan his yett lik an aul dune sorner. Ah jalouse, Ragnar yi on page 14

11 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
An nou oor wark is dune, tho yit ti dae on page 43

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
s and competeetions, fir haen dune mair than ony ither associe t on page 56

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
uld and wabbit, and he looked dune. Aw day lang, he had been how on page 57

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
She laps, fuddilt an dune, on page 60
eh hae dune it, Geist, eh smoort thaim aa on page 65

2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
in an there wis plouin tae be dune. The man at the door hesitate on page 17

6 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
dune is the sainin, see, wi monie' on page 32

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s jist daein whit ithers haed dune afore him - it wis the yaisu on page 69

7 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
on, for it’s a thing A’ve dune for years. Somebodie’s got
ike, an ane that’s aye been dune wi the horse an cairt. Hou it
na care, but this job’s aye dune wi the wee cairt.
r doun. There’s a job to be dune an we’re daein it: auld Sam
That dune, A sate doun and Maggie gaed
5 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
er ceetizen’s duty had been dune.
repairs dune gin ye’d no been lucky eneu
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
e bikin an the smokin noo are dune.
an it will be braw when it's dune.
Considerin aw A hae dune
Awa, A'm sae dwaibly an dune.
A ken it isnae dune for love,
11 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
tongue, eftir aa’s said an dune.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
axi wis aye staunin; it hadna dune its gang-hame.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
she locks her up when she has dune, and I canna get seeing her i
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
t while Alan Ramsay micht hae dune weel eneuch fifty year syne w
tae treisure, an that he had dune, an wad pass it on tae his ai
2 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
hairbour there's a gey muckle dune o sand wirthy o the Sahara (o(2020) search twitter

Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Til ye - ye maun hae dune on page 116

1 matches

Orkney

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
e tang, bit aff the tang gets dune they might be a days chance o
at wir banks is gettin aboot dune, bit thir aye tang at the Coc
2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
hü coodna tink what shü wis dune ta offend him, bit he wis aye on page 2
em, laek da idder neebirs wis dune, bit instead a dat he got a l on page 13
ecent, an Tom, poor sowel, is dune da sam wi his tree boys an Ni on page 17
no gyaain ta interfere, ah'm dune mair as anyoch a dat." on page 26
whatever Maggie an Jeemie wis dune wisna his faat, an I wis dat on page 47
Also on pages 54, 72, 73
9 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
when I watched it earlier on. Dune is wan o my all time fav book (2020) twitter link

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
Nou the lang year's dune, an the druim grows stey on page 140

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
. A suppone, lyke fock hev ey dune doun throwe the centuries, yi
1 matches