A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'foun'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
founOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.45823
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 49 15 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 83.9 8 2
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) 605.7 1 1
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster 113.7 4 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of foun in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
That laid the foun for accordion an fiddle clubs
1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
Charter hiv an obligation tae foun their policies, legislation,
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
es, the cousins played in the foun o the Earth Hoosie, pretendin
daud o birsslit neep frae the foun o a pan wi a knife, garrin it
a thrum, rochlin doon at the foun o its furry thrapple. The low
s cled in licht frae heid tae foun, an smilin, raxxin his airms
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
the hale o Europe; an at its foun wis a lochan, pit-mirk an wei
cam by an dowpit doon at the foun. Noo, the first yin's face wi
faa intae a deep dwam at its foun."
x wi a lauch tae the lochan's foun.
bi the North, at the cliff's foun", quo she. "like frangipani â
7 matches

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
he wis trialt an convicted an foun guilty. She noo bides unner D
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
go. He wis caad clean tae the foun o the boat wi ae byodnar
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
. E-boat S208's torpedoes had foun their tairget. on page 45

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
mebbe; but in 1914 they seen foun oot that Hell wis jist ower t on page 15
t sooked doon. An they nivver foun hide nor hair o't. on page 17
e for the quinie. They nivver foun her body, peer craitur. on page 18

3 matches

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Weel, he'd foun his wye tae a cottage far a b on page 20

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
gied Dod a shout: "Dod, Ah've foun a penny! At's good luck, at i on page 106
he aalest British coins ivver foun, gaan a thoosan year back an on page 109

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - The Cricket An The Eemock, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, poetry
She foun her feast wis turnt tae fast.
1 matches

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
o their original colour, she foun a weel-worn Hays Lemonade car on page 22

4 matches

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
fan they opened him up they foun on page 85

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ing bang o them, tried ... an foun wantin.' on page 8

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tae say they'd foun a body in a pub on page 51
In full dress uniform they foun Thurot, on page 98
Then, et the feenish up, he foun out that on page 146

4 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Wullie Broon, as he suddenly foun sumthing o great interest on
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
d wis born tae Jennet an John foun. A puir wee early bairn, ower on page 27

1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
As Jock returned back hame he foun’
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
An then Ah foun ma haun in his, on page 11

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
e groups and collogues can be foun on social media platforms sic on page 4

1 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e anent Fergusson but wis the foun o The Scotsoun Makars Series on page 46

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
things that dings him on tae foun the modren tradeetion o owers
1 matches

White, George But the heart is gallus, (Facebook 2024) Central, prose
n’ turned awa, an’ favour foun’ in wan less worthy…..
1 matches

Donegal (East Donegal)

Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
haets an caules foun in unexpectit places.
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
The busy bo'dies hae foun' oot on page 32

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

King, Angeline Yarns 3 - Bluebells o Sallagh, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ards, poetry
A wheen o days on, I foun the loanen,
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
at. She untied the strings an foun neat, flet lines o claes - a on page 11
flicker o his sad een, an she foun a way tae communicate wi the on page 43

2 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An A foun that this wee gem wis richt, on page 14
ir's naethin in the Worl A've foun, on page 22
A hae foun A cannae see!! on page 52

3 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
I'm glad him and Billy Blake foun' it.(2019)

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