A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'aan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.2305
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 106.4 24 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of aan in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
he very dab Pit een in noo an aan on page 15

3 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
otten awa,'"' Skim roart oot, aan shoor anuff eit weis fyrein o on page 57

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ma ae bairnie. Ye see, noo an aan a Speerit taks a haud o him a on page 96

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Come aan an hark, or vyce o care Wi fr on page 8
as gin they hed a fire. Weel aan, the byeuks is some like our on page 14
racht back tae the hous! Weel aan, I'se pree the idder wye." on page 24
wp, for it hedna said ocht or aan. on page 27
stertin tae cryne, ye ken, an aan a flouer canna help it gin he on page 28
Also on pages 35, 40, 43, 45, 49, 61, 68, 69, 74, 75, 78, 79, 85, 94, 97, 100
24 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
box, gie the rope a guid tug, aan and I'll ken tae pull ye back on page 31

1 matches

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