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The word 'anna'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
annaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82613
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
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) 58.1 1 1
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) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of anna in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Anna comes tae be his aunt. on page 86

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
there wis an aul wifie ca'ed Anna, e dother o Phanuel o e clan on page 83

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ppit hauns war doon tae pride anna. Twice a day, mornin an nicht
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ail, sypin-weet pishy sawdust anna. Syne he
he hungeret fur the auld days anna, fin herd gaen birlin doon th
nglin soun. Yon wis wippit on anna. He strung on a
elts, eesed tae makk bonfires anna on
h, the ither Plongs lowpit in anna. An iver sin then, there’s
5 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
Anna's Brucie on page 8

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
reels. Ye like the derk tunes anna, tae rugg at the hairt string on page 51

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'MARRY-JEW-ANNA,' he bawls. Tich-tich. Lost i on page 1

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Wi hid bonnie Gaelic fae Anna Murray an guid Scots fae Jim
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
There's Anna Goldie, an Brownlee, on page 211

2 matches

Glasgow

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
niform oan. Ah'll go an wake, Anna' on page 9
Ah tried tae explain it tae Anna: "There's gin an tonic that p on page 10
ice cream the night. Erin and Anna get the dishes done. The rest on page 19

4 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
Anna Buchan's Obituary on page 100

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
t til his first graun-dochter Anna. on page 4

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
erda Stevenson, Ellen Pennie, Anna Stewart, William Letford, Tho
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Dickey, William Yarns 3 - Annual General Report, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, prose
k an molasses while their pal Anna Mae Bullock stages a jail bre
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Anna gies thenks tae God on page 73

2 matches

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