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The word 'haans'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
haansOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8267
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 186 17 2
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 haans in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
the mither tongue is in gweed haans. on page 37

1 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
et in the hoose and get their haans oot o that compost heap in th
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Nae siller changed haans of coorse but Ackers wid be g
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
th the bed for his beets. His haans were that caal he could hardl on page 29
nnin in Shirras Laing's door, haans ahin their back, lookin lik b on page 30
ey're nae feart tae get their haans dirty!" on page 32

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
his een, pit his heid in his haans, and stairted ti greet. on page 41
y, though. Nae wi saft lookin haans lik that. That widna be the a on page 43

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
re he beeried his heid in his haans an moaned 'It's nae eece, it' on page 53

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
dwallader pit her face in her haans an grat an grat. on page 44

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
an an beeried his heid in his haans. He kent fit his mither wid h on page 85
n tae warstle wir lan oot wir haans. A wheen o us thinks ye're gr on page 89

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
hirtsleeves rolled up, an his haans muckit o dirt, an he says "Ni on page 104

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
a wey o spikkin, gettin their haans yirdit. Tak yon story o Eglon on page 72
chen table wi her heid in her haans. on page 76

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
e stairted greetin. Ah pit ma haans ower mi lugs, bit he still we
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Puppet Mannie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, poetry
modelt pepper-mashie heids an haans;
1 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
her airms streetched oot, her haans grippit ticht, lik a picter o on page 8

2 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
st fantasised aboot gettin ma haans on them. Then months later I'
because I'd nivver noo get ma haans on the tin hats an Lee Enfiel
2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
things at fowk maks wi thair haans, the pattrens they merk on su
Ah’ve got an amputee on me haans,” sayed Iqbal.
2 matches

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