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The word 'dons'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
donsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.43412
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 124.1 28 7
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 dons in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
fa cwidna resist a dig at the Dons, seein I wis there.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Winnie tae The Dons, yer dee’in Aiberdeen City p(2014)
The Dons update their luxury team bus (2017)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Mon i Dons. #COYR #Standfree(2020)

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
an the Dons European Cup Winners Cup song on page 33

1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
Aiberdeen Fitba Club or "The Dons" as the fans cried them. Neen
y's class hid ivver bin tae a Dons' first team game sae he wid r
fite scarves as weel for the Dons wir playin Hibs, a team fae E
n jist tae mak it perfect the Dons won 3 – 1!
4 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
it if we went tae support the Dons. He aye hid a buik on him, ye
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
Mon e’ #dons needin’ tae be a thochty mai(2018)

@72redz1903 tweeted
ke Celtic, Them, Hibs and the Dons play oot fae the back and foc (2022) twitter link
eet has been the story of his Dons career - plays wi heid doon (2022) twitter link
nticing the corporate fae the Dons, fan Angie left AFC, clients (2022) twitter link
pubs etc that moan aboot the Dons and revel in the fact that th (2022) twitter link
g mair than they win? Say the Dons start well next season? I jis (2022) twitter link
and 12 other occurrences.

@beast_afc tweeted
mpbell links up we his future dons team mates.(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
it like, when yer playing the Dons up in Aberdeen, mack sure ye (2016)
nsioner and Support the dandy dons bit I will dee it fer a coupl(2018)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Auld Reekie dons hir festive face
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Dons o the doms on page 94

1 matches

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