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yon's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words40.6 39.6 15.1 0 81.4 299.8 0
Number of occurrences13077 10 0 14 29 0
Number of authors23 16 5 1 3

Occurrences of yon's in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
er saicont name wis Ramotswe. Yon's an on page 1
Noo yon's a guid, unshooglie lion fence on page 8
s smoored wi thick reid jeely yon's a mair serious maitter awtheg on page 35
doesna aye lead tae anither. Yon's a lesson that aw detectives l on page 49
'Yon's a braw cake ye've cooked,' sa on page 71
Also on pages 75
6 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'Yon's my biddins, the leerie answer on page 50

2 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
e name o maist things there. "Yon's the Judge," she gaid tae hers on page 44

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Yon's awfae guid o ye, Mary. Sae yo on page 59

2 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Yon's no ma darg. I hae nae goal fo on page 55

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
but whit he wis cos yon's on page 77

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
I dinnae want praise - yon's vainity; oor Lord on page 51

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e dae the will o the ither - yon's the the verra defineetion o a on page 102
the time. Or is it jist that yon's the wey things are jist suppo on page 121

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Yon's Mr Baffie. Yon's Mrs Baffie. Mr and Mrs Baffie on page 2
lawly up and doon, and said, 'Yon's a fact! It's as true as get o on page 11
'But yon's impossible!' said wee Chairli on page 12
-ha ... That's it, ye ken ... Yon's anither o Mr Wullie Wonka's c on page 17
"Yon's exactly whit awbody else want on page 20
Also on pages 26, 38, 40, 65, 108, 131, 146
14 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
s-keekers,' Cloot explained. 'Yon's a gey important job. If they on page 12
'Yon's the first crumb in this secto on page 16
'Yon's ma big sister, Reddina,' he s on page 19

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
got hairy oobits in it, weel, yon's even better!' . on page 6
the shank o a stick o celery. Yon's whit I like.' on page 8
l. But he wis frichtened. And yon's hoo he wantit tae explode her on page 12
poor in the haill bottle. And yon's whit he did. on page 24
ody wis pumpin her up wi air, yon's whit it looked like! on page 42
Also on pages 43, 47, 80, 84, 88, 94
13 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
t lang words, I am shair that yon's whit it is. on page vii
'Yon's Pooh,' said Christopher Robin on page 12
See yon! Yon's the wey tae bigg a hoose,' sa on page 16
'And yon's the haill poem,' he said. 'Da on page 29
'Yon's me again,' thocht Pooh. 'I ha on page 39
Also on pages 59, 61, 64, 74, 79, 83, 87, 104, 105, 109, 147
17 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
h-h? peched the Wee-est Tod. 'Yon's no bauf cider' on page 64

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
her warlock in the warld. But yon's a cantrip at wad be faur ootw on page 42

2 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Yon's the yin, yon wis the thrid yi on page 15
yon's juist the wey life is noo, on page 17

2 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"Yon's jist whit we thocht ye'd say, on page 64

1 matches

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"Aye, yon's terrible!" a whined the lassi on page 85

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Banes, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Man, yon's a fearsome baest says I. on page 75

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
Spain or even a Luxembourg - yon's El Dorado tae yer wid-be El D
ns are aften like as like. An yon's a wirry, when politicians sae
2 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
ir somethin like "We Should". Yon's the kind o message ah'd like
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
Ach weel, ye say tae yersel. Yon's a thing could happen; aften d
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ae dae faker nor yon, eh? But yon's the quirk: we hiv hinsicht, n
1 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Yon's awfae! Sae whit cam o you eft on page 98

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
A moot, "naw, Dar Oma yon's a whaup Ye hear" on page 3

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t's nae like yon Match.com - yon's jist fleepaper fir weirdos." on page 50

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Lochnagar side o the roadie. 'Yon's far yer aunt at Ballater near on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'Yon's coorse' quo Minnie.
won the laird's repreive. An yon's foo the Deil wis swickit, an
'Wheesht Meg, yon's eneuch. We're nae seekin a we
hese hinmaist twa three days. Yon's fit wye Doctor Henderson's bi
4 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
@SconeOf see fit A mean? 'Yon's' daein weel in Aiberdeenshire(2020) search twitter
Yon's a fair hicht! https://t.co/gu(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
a capital o Rome, an Rome-na, yon's aa wrang, A'm sure! I surely on page 19
"A'm sure yon's no da richt wirds," said poor on page 20
haet col, sayin tae hersel, "Yon's mair on page 34
ices aa sayin at da wan time "Yon's Bill!" dan da Rabbit spak - on page 39
"Yon's no da richt wye o it," said d on page 51
Also on pages 55, 92, 98, 105, 109, 110, 114, 115, 119
14 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
Yon's faur mair hygienic and forbye on page 142
Man... yon's a puckle mair than they hae d on page 145

3 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
, "Whae oan earth um Ah?' Ah, yon's th muckle mystery!" An she be on page 18
t in at aw?" said th Fitman. "Yon's th firrst queestion, ee ken." on page 56
l, "Ee're aw let off." "Weil, yon's a guid hing!" she said tae he on page 91
"Yon's no th same as whit Ah yist ta on page 104
sae," said Ahlice: "onyways, yon's no a usual rule: ee jist inve on page 117

5 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
Aye, yon's me. Kenspeckle ?? Check oot @(2020) search twitter
tae miss it, ma ain faut, but yon's grand, mony(2020) search twitter
icolaSturgeon Ma fakey Scots? Yon's the tongue Ah grew up in Ayrs(2020) search twitter
@ColinBurnett16 Aye yon's braw eneuch. Hooanever, we ha(2020) search twitter
hbktrust @scotsradiomedia Aye yon's a stoatir Tom. "Ye've no deed(2020) search twitter
and 16 other occurrences.

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