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unnerstan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.6 7.2 36.2 0 0 0 53.1
Number of occurrences5014 24 0 0 0 12
Number of authors22 8 10 4

Occurrences of unnerstan 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

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ts voice, as lang as they cin unnerstan whit's bein said. An there's on page 75

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
eroes til a man. (Ian couldna unnerstan hou ilk ane o them haed slauc on page 65

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
intae account gin we wint tae unnerstan the linguistic environment wh on page 9

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
A cannae unnerstan thae men on page 62

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Bides a vaticinar wha cuid unnerstan on page 32
liffed bi reid-het souchs til unnerstan on page 33

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
s ready for him. Cherlie maun unnerstan he wis dalin wi a warkin man, on page 96

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A cannae unnerstan thae men
Ma bus is fu, ye unnerstan,
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
s a promise, tae be kind, tae unnerstan, tae be thochtful and consid'
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
ke the Proclaimers, ah cannae unnerstan’ why we let someone else ru
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ig Eck. Even though ah dinnae unnerstan it a’ that clearly, ah ken
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Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
ter aff if we could try an’ unnerstan’ things fae the opposite pe
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@iainnicol tweeted
e Shakespeare, bit easier tae unnerstan.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
eil under thi enflooense yeel unnerstan. A looket roon aboot eih ensy on page 33
"Boy's, eit's affa haard tae unnerstan aat Angleesh Language." Ken e on page 61

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t he winna blame ma; at he'll unnerstan at it wisna fit Ah wintit; at on page 68
grinnin like a feel. "... Ah unnerstan at ye'v gat yer standards an on page 73

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e'll firgive ma - aat she'll unnerstan ere wis naethin Ah cud dee... on page 45
at's nae her real name, ye'll unnerstan - aat's her stage name." on page 55

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
k an see naethin, hearken bit unnerstan naethin. on page 93
me aboot." Syne he garrt them unnerstan e scriptirs an says till them on page 121

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
musemint. "An Ah'm sure ye'll unnerstan at Ah'v gat a buzness te rin on page 12
it is fitba an Ah'm sure he'd unnerstan." on page 16
"Ah widna expeck you te unnerstan," snortit Dottie. "Ah'm nae b on page 19
min fir gweed - Ah'll nivver unnerstan em iv Ah live te bi a hunner. on page 43

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I ken ye'll unnerstan on page 77
I ken fine 'at ye'll unnerstan on page 82
Try an unnerstan it's a inside yer heid on page 134

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
* Mak sure that aa larners unnerstan the importance an purpose o D
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Banff Academy Aiberdeenshire Bairns an Young Fowk’s Chairter , (GIRFEC 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
canny judgin fowk. Thole us. Unnerstan far we're comin fae an fit we
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@AMaxwell54 tweeted
o't. Fowk doon sooth canna ae unnerstan ih Doric forbye an its gey ha (2022) twitter link

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
n forrit an pairtly te try an unnerstan chynges that are underwye in (2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
st tweet a tweet that I dinna unnerstan or sumb'dy buggerin aboot we (2012) search twitter
nddec .......they maybe canna unnerstan ma Scottishness!(2011) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
it on yer pan loaf so she cud unnerstan ye?(2019) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
at the bak, Maisie wud niver unnerstan. She gleekt oot tae the gaird on page 47

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"Maybae it disnae unnerstan Ulster Scots," thocht Alice. on page 22
r, wile polite, "fur A cannae unnerstan it maesel tae stairt wi; an b on page 43
lster Scots, "A dinnae really unnerstan yae," shae said es politely e on page 70
et very slowly: "But A dinnae unnerstan. Whur did they draw the traic on page 74
"A think A shud unnerstan that better," Alice said wile on page 91

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
But this Ah unnerstan': on page 33

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ant o' hit's heirskeip wulnae unnerstan hitsel an' wul bae misunnerst on page 20
programme an' we unnerstan at the Boord o' Ulster-Scots on page 41
oan intae the future. We unnerstan at the Boord o' Ulster-Scots on page 43
approach. We unnerstan at the Boord o' Ulster-Scotch on page 48
on at cud bae brocht beck. We unnerstan at the Boord o' Ulster-Scotch on page 49

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