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The word 'graund'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
graundOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.2246
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 23.6 18 3
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 graund in Corpus

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West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
they gied ye a graund send-aff. on page 143

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
e hud a term tae heeze up sic graund delusions. on page 118

1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
"Yon wes graund! Hou aboot a lion?" on page 42

3 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
The Graund Gum Machine on page 104

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
t pot tae see whit colour the graund medicine wis noo. It wis a de on page 35
The graund moment had arrived! on page 37

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
s chair by oor pillae, thinks Graund Thochts tae himsel aboot Naet on page vii
at,' said Wee Grumphie, 'is a Graund Idea. Where will we bigg it" on page 7
lse Thocht Aboot it. It wis a graund mornin for breengin roond tae on page 68
Teeger; a Freendly Teeger, a Graund Teeger, a Muckle and Helpfu T on page 117
intil Wee Grumphie does a Gey Graund Thing on page 119
Also on pages 133, 164, 165
11 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Nae wunner Boonce gets sic a graund price for them in the mercat! on page 54
e ceilidh wis jist stertin. A graund dinin-room had been howkit oo on page 74

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
glebes an stervin camps, the graund on page 29
Afore the graund finale. on page 60

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Graund Chieftain o the gastropods on page 69

1 matches

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