A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dunna Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words52.7 0.5 0 0 976.5 0 0
Number of occurrences1691 0 0 168 0 0
Number of authors20 1 19

Occurrences of dunna in Corpus

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Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
tawties needs liftin syne dey dunna rot I da grund) an as abuin A on page 36

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
inta da gairden onywye, an I dunna care whit een o dat happens!" on page 14
d Alice, cöllyin aboot him: "Dunna be tirn aboot it. An yit I wi on page 22
esty, coorse, sleekit things! Dunna lat me hear da name ageen!" on page 23
ppin!" said da peerie Ern. "I dunna ken da meanin o half o yon la on page 27
moose doesna win oot.' Only I dunna tink," Alice guid on, "at dey on page 34
Also on pages 38, 39, 44, 45, 51, 53, 54, 60, 61, 62, 68, 71, 73, 75, 76, 78, 83, 85, 86, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 102, 112, 113, 116, 120, 121, 122
50 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
a idder ean started ta gowl. 'Dunna hurt da ting', shö said. 'La on page 25
Dunna firgit da göd dat he's dön on page 43
are, an times ta say whit you dunna lik; on page 51
Der's times whan I dunna ken whit ta dö wi you. Your on page 67
he started ta praech, 'If you dunna dö richt dan da Loard 'll se on page 71
Also on pages 91, 93, 95, 97, 104, 107, 125, 137, 139, 141, 149, 151, 163, 165, 166, 167, 169, 171
37 matches

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
it I wis I hardly mind mysel. Dunna axe me. Laeve me. I hae no ti on page 26

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a gadder seaweed, or tink dey dunna. It's da best fertiliser you on page 10
Lookin back, I dunna ken what wye we pat up wi her on page 13
cam hame, an I felt better. I dunna want her ta see me laek dis, on page 20
, we're agreed on ae thing, I dunna want Alec Watt's brat wi its on page 23
tae fin him. Ah'm telt him I dunna want ony toys, just Domino. A on page 29
Also on pages 31, 34, 37, 44, 46, 47, 51, 53, 57, 58, 63
22 matches

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
a door he said tae himsel, "I dunna need dis! My teeth is fine an on page 17

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
vver, maist Shaetlan spaekers dunna see demsels as bein spaekers on page 7
fisher/hunter-gadderers an we dunna ken whin dey cam tae Shetland on page 13
ttled dem in Northumbria). We dunna hae muckle idda wye o traeces on page 14
rs o Wast Norse aboot 790. We dunna ken fir definite whit happent on page 15
ir da maist pairt Shetlanders dunna identify wi Lowland Scots as on page 20
Also on pages 25, 44, 58, 88, 89, 98
12 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
at dunna spret on page 116
but dunna lat hit dee on page 117

2 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
I dunna kaen fu hit began raelly, bit
1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
Bairns nooadays, dey dunna want onything at canna be boc
Laekly I shoulda telt her, I dunna kaen. Sometin lik dat knocks
track da moarn at seeven, bit dunna lippen an aesy session, du's
3 matches

Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
, weel I widna onywye I joost dunna think hit’s cool. Bit at la
. Noo, if some win in an some dunna, hit’s choost a chance ta s
t a chance ta send da eens at dunna somewhaar iddir.
3 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Dunna worry Beenie,” reassured Pe
1 matches

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Dunna be fairt boy, I’m de pal!
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
cy"; an "dialect strategy." I dunna kaen if dis phrases cam fae A
na be duin. Da fact is at dey dunna want it ta be duin, an you ca
2 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2017) Shetland
ple o' fok tae be admin, bitt dunna aa come forwaard at wance!!!!

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
It's a shame we dunna hae somebody official watchin

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
is even budderin trows? An we dunna even buy ony! But noo da paet
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Wheest!” he whispered. “Dunna gluff yon peerie frog.”
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
I dunna ken whit’s grippit wir edit
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
!” roared Snurtysleeves. “Dunna tell me a Viking hockit in hi
1 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
I dunna ken whit grippit Meenie. She
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Awa du goes an dunna come back til yon pell is foo
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
But dunna you worry aboot missin Mutton
An dunna worry aboot Meenie an me. We
2 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
h dat fond o da peerie cat. I dunna ken foo A'm gyaan ta tell dem
ta geng tae da cattery fur we dunna geng awa on holiday at da sam
2 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
If you dunna play dis daday when can you h (2020) twitter link
(I dunna hae dis problem noo btw dem d (2021) twitter link
ounds of the 70s dis weekend, dunna keen whit I’ll do wi mysel (2021) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I think a lot o folk dunna ken dis poem is here, just be(2020) search twitter
ng but nae sheep on it yet. I dunna ken aboot da flooers but mind(2019) search twitter
Or maybe it's the caffeine. I dunna ken but I'm feeling brighter (2020) search twitter
my noccers pics on Facebook. Dunna ken if twitter is ready to se(2014) search twitter
@nordicblackbird I dunna think onybody wis hurt. Hoopf(2013) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
k got published when de poems dunna rhyme ??(2019) search twitter
Tl;dr shetlanders, plz dunna run doon da tourists https://(2018) search twitter
“Dunna be clerty”, de new “dunna chuck bruck” https://t.co/vB(2020) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
o full days in P1. I honestly dunna ken how I feel aboot it. On w (2019) twitter link
dey lettin dem eat dem ataa? Dunna moan aboot wantin dem made pe (2018) twitter link
bed sooth fur ower long and I dunna want tae lose my accent. We h (2021) twitter link
Damnit I dunna git to play #DnD danight as h (2019) twitter link

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