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The word 'bon'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51511
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
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) 31.4 1 1
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 bon in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
Noo du is nae mair as pipper bon, töm sockets stoorin at de w on page 28

1 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
nounce him across de isles — bon, ben, bein, bane. Heard aa o (2020)
anort Ah I’m been an muddled bon and bœn in my mindin, ta!(2020)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
s voice. "Same as if he hed a bon in his throt," sade e Gryphon on page 95

1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
church just doon the road - Bon Accord. Since he arrived here on page 36

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
JimSpenceSport Wis it nae the Bon Accord cricket team that play (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Matthews, Andrew Lallans 104 - Skiddlie Thochts, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
us o leevin wirds, idioms, an bon mots, an a fair few thet are on page 81

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
r a fyow meinits, i thochtish bon. Than
navigatour. Aw wes in joco bon.
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
d. The lad wes in a rale guid bon an wes gaun ti enjose ilka sa on page 42
n by he wesna in a verra guid bon. He wesna on page 45

2 matches

General Central

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Bon jour, mes enfants! This graph on page 119

1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
Ma fave yin tae play wuid be Bon Jovi Livin oan a prayer! An o(2016)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@SaorAlba59 Bon Jobby(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
wus aal finisht the Oul, es a bon, on page 105

1 matches

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