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The word 'sna'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
snaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5317627
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 88.3 27 6
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 2
DOR - General Northern 589.6 133 10
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sna in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
it me start ower: Lass, du dösna hae de wirds tae haad me on d on page 14

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Sang Oda Post War Exiles, (Shetland For Wirds 2003) Shetland, poetry
Du døsna understaand.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
e an park. Waanderin trowe da sna wis a dizen reindeer. Of coor
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ft ahint, an disappeared like sna affa dyke in simmer. on page 84

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The sna upon the ferm closs on page 15

2 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
it’s dingin’ on sleet an sna’,
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Ye'll shear yer corn mang sna an sleet
Ben Nagarr weirin its hanky o sna in its bosie that niver melti
tin days amangst the frost an sna
Ma that her buits war leakin, sna hid bin dingin doon in blin d
ie warssled her wye throw the sna back tae the fermhoose...usua
10 matches

Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
loch aa happit wi ice an the sna birlin roonaboot an himsel sk
bye the fields aa smoorit wi sna, oot bye the loch skinklin li
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Chocolate bar sna mannies an Sunti Clauses jist(2016)
terneen? Oh aye, clear path o sna wi spad! https://t.co/CyN6eD2(2017)
abidy it’s jis a thochtie i' sna!(2018)
tos i' folks back gairdens in sna gyan aroon Twitter!(2018)
ng up aa the milk an breid - sna is coming!!(2019)
and 5 other occurrences.

Mid Northern B

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
The sna wis comin doon like naebiddie
1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Oot amon' the heather sna' an' sleet on page 13
The next ye can be back tae sna' on page 29

2 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
twaa days wi a licht dustin o sna on page 17

1 matches

General Northern

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
in his fragile feet atour the sna, on page 80

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Rain an caul, hail an sna on page 96
's i'kine o' quine ye wint in sna, rain or hail on page 108
SNA on page 113

14 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
"The hill's are fite! There's sna on the hills, grannie!' on page 51

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Bit sna dings on later I div fear.
Then sna starts tae fa efter it's dark
In the mornin it dings on sna,
On comes the rain, melts sna awa
Tae sna or rain wither dis try..
35 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
y a'a day my forecast maun be sna.
Yon affa easy wye afore ere's sna,
Aye come nicht the sna dis fa.
I did expect tae see a puckle sna,
Rain of coorse sees sna washed awa,
70 matches

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
Hands in ma poackets and sna oan the grun
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@pressjournal wee drappie sna' in abidy loses their sharn.(2016)

@cligeey tweeted
road is oot fence pintin in a sna shooer(2020)
Tories have dissappeared like sna aff a dyke https://t.co/3tpeA(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
h morn n fit happens ........ sna warnings!!! aint it jist typi(2012)
LouiseNicol1 aye she's sleety sna in th kingd'm n a noo!(2011)
@Force1Fitness oo sna angels .... bless 'em!(2013)
@SeanBattySTV is that a sna ploo ahin ye?(2012)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
wooly bunnet the keep warm in sna storm!(2017)
ezer Tom Jones and duncing on sna or something like that! Fits (2018)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
me to be up tae were erses in sna.(2020)

Dundee

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
eam; her skin wis as white as sna’ an her ehs wur scorched bl
1 matches

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
Yih hope it'll sna, eh sna day an night
sledgin and slidin, an a wee sna ba fight
2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
'Mid sna' drifts an' ice.
1 matches

General Central

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Back-Eyn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
in foosty aald quytes, sna fite tippets an bonnets. on page 70

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
that tells ye that "aye 'eres sna on the hills oot at Huntly ((2020)
@stewartbremner like sna aff a dyke...(2020)

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Its fleece wus whie as sna on page 14

1 matches

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