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The word 'saund'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
saundOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.34411
ORK - Orkney
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
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 44.7 34 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.8 4 3
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 saund in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
ting me in the wye waves kill saund, in the way a Hypernova destr
1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e watter an grundit it on the saund. Bi this time,
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
e learnin, and Chris with the saund atween her taes.
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Clouds lik furrowed saund in the Eastern sky, on page 15

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
than thare are curns o saund oan erd on page 24

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Clouds lik furrowed saund in the Eastern sky.
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
a skimmerin streek o saund on page 8
ilk curn o saund left sindert frae the neist on page 54

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
, on ma wey hame fae the auld saund-pit near oor veelage. It wis on page 58
ore, whan A thocht A seen the saund kelpie sweemin roond the saun on page 59
heid an it'll pou us oot the saund,' A wis fair up tae heich doe on page 63

26 matches

White, Ian Nimmo Lallans 102 - Ooergless, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
the saund is siftin thru. on page 46

3 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
wis left ye wi yer lugs fou o saund, even efter Kanga had said, ' on page 55
ere haein a bit lean in a wee saund-pit at the tap o the Forest. on page 114

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Presses intae wet saund. on page 200

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
playin on the saund. on page 11

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
his life oot. Saund him tae on page 21
on the saund, on page 22

2 matches

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