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The word 'moaned'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
moanedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.61511
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 43.8 4 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 moaned in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"Ah'm gaan tae dee," he moaned and groaned wi peely wally fa on page 21
"Cheust cut the claik," moaned Billy. "Open up and let me in on page 56

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
oard gie me strent," Geoffrey moaned, "do I hae ta spell it oot? S on page 38

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
et fae Faaldydykes? He almost moaned oot loud but rallied himsel t
1 matches

Aberdeen

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

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Oh Goad ess is jist nae fair, moaned Jeems. on page 85
"Langwidge!" moaned Lord Alfred. on page 90
"Oooooh!" moaned Lord Alfred o Ayr, wi a look on page 91

3 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
Lichthooses moaned on foggy nichts on page 23

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ishin she believed it. A vice moaned an shoutit fae somewhaur in t on page 1

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Some party this," she moaned. "Nae dancin an ye hiv tae be on page 83

1 matches

West Central

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
min." Aw ae ma auld pals n me moaned. So I go oot the pub, git oan
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Sports Studies Lecturer, too, moaned tae me, indignantly, efter ma
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
t in wae it anaw," the Hatter moaned; "ye shouldnae've pit it in w on page 68

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
gadgies oan the terraces who moaned an' groaned an' cried they wu on page

1 matches

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