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The word 'coudnae'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
coudnaeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.12012
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 coudnae in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
wk wir boardin them up sae he coudnae ging oot. He heard hiz dugs p
1 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
berdeenFCSLO Aye, judge jools coudnae hiv mixed at racket oot. http(2020)

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an seein A coudnae
A coudnae catch,
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
al probably watch it - but a coudnae care less - scotland team is (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah coudnae thole arithmetic lessons; on page 128

1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
nought in the wee school that coudnae be fixed wi a wet paper towel on page 7

1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
the house panicking cause she coudnae find the bathroom, even thoug
made the decision Ah did; Ah coudnae even dae a small thing like s
and demanding voice which Ah coudnae believe came fae ma Evelynn.
3 matches

General Central

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
Moa coudnae stap frae askin. "Are ye hung
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
A coudnae hae pit it better, massel. ht(2020)

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
ening gorgeous ?? I'm sure ya coudnae work out the words if they'd (2022) twitter link
rtinjlansdell @marebearturner Coudnae resist hen! Aff tae build the (2022) twitter link
zieb @jojodinks79 @star_welsh Coudnae believe ma lugs hen! They wer (2022) twitter link
ansdell @marebearturner Aww I coudnae resist gorgeous ??someone sen (2022) twitter link
id! An just wen ya thought ah coudnae get any mare buftie lookin ?? (2022) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
coudnae bot tent the chynge, the subs
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
ah coudnae get a grip, on page 30

1 matches

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