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The word 'dun'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dunOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.53818
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.6 8 2
WCE - West Central 48.8 11 3
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 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 dun in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
, me bonny young lass, you've dun nothing wrong. on page 21

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
"Eit's a great theing they'v dun ye know," "That's prettea goo on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
efternuin as weel? E maun hae dun, or did e gie ye a
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@Historic_Ally Hoose o Dun min(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Their forefolk built the dun and founded Scotland on page 31

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
idge ower the river kwai n oo dun the bizzo there likes lol (2021) twitter link
usty amateur fitbaw brolly - dun the bizz brother lol (2020) twitter link
a seen ma tweets on here that dun the trick lol (2020) twitter link
hat wee pinkie laddie - hees dun it awe - n still playin at t (2021) twitter link
m the mitey spurs brother hae dun the bizz - gutted they stepp (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

West Central

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
t tae be sumthin ded bad ee'd dun. Wit lik raip ur murdur, said on page 41

3 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
t an went hame Shuggie Tocher dun the same An’ Jazza goat an
looters fur a smoke A dug hid dun a great big smelly Thit fair
aul’ tinamint hoose The dug dun the shopin an’ kep the plac
amp A'm 'hinkin' mibbe ‘es dun it afore Insteed a' askin’
4 matches

@annieones tweeted
in central Scotland, and huv dun maist eh my life (Wishae, Gal (2021) twitter link
shin! Yer a wee stoater, weil dun lassie. Hurs tae a next 250 ? (2021) twitter link
sicht, a feel yer pain. Have dun same tae my elbba. Sending bi (2022) twitter link
@ionafyfe Weil dun hen, chuffed fur ye ? (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ower in Kilmartin. Its cried Dun Ardifuir an is referrit tae i on page 31
an ower land. The thing aboot Dun Ardifuir, hooanivver, in the on page 32

3 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
A gray caul o a dun spirit. on page 138

1 matches

Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
Yon warehoos gadgie in his dun
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ruck it deep in the flank o a dun mare whase rider had a pistol on page 37

1 matches

General Central

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Bi ilka broch an dun A swikkit daith on page 87

1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
hrissiem18 Oh Ats BRAW!! Well dun!(2020)
tae aw Glesga folk who hudnae dun a hing tae him!(2020)
Mawnin pals! Good deed dun furra day! A save a big spide(2020)

@pmcm1355 tweeted
@Blazespage S'aww dun wi mirrors?? (2022) twitter link
@archer_rs Whit hiv ye dun? ???? (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
cDiarmid's 'The Dark Whirling Dun' haedna happent by. For that on page 5

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
see the day yer lookin richt dun-in on page 43

1 matches

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