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The word 'yung'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yungOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus21.77214
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.1 7 2
WCE - West Central 39.9 9 3
DUN - Dundee 403.6 38 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
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 yung in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
h sentiree eekonomik deklain; yung fok flitan sooth an diskivera
1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
"Ay, richt ye ir yung maister," whuspert Motswane w on page 80

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
rrel maussacker in Dunblane o yung bairns an their dominie broke on page 12

3 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
Moira: (Singin) O yung kimmer, Luve is bricht; on page 48

4 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
1066 ken a look at sum o thae yung men goin aboot nooadays - wa (2021) twitter link
istory o fitba m8 - aye thae yung yins lol (2020) twitter link
a bounty - its awrite for u yung yins wae eer ain teeth lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
Tae be a Scot yung Jamie Bos'll thocht on page 139

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
eir period, throu the een o a yung memmer. Again, the characteri on page 5

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
mark ma wurds, she said, That yung Wullyum Micoy'll be a Barlinn on page 41

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
n his laddie, Wattie, like aw yung men, wants ti try his smeddum on page 138
is a braw, sempil, releigious yung hird, ferr-seen i the scriptu on page 140
has conseiderable success wi yung Nelly, wha grees ti be his wi on page 141

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
lle, wha wes his ‘fag’ (a yung pupil wha cairries oot scodgi
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
veesitin schuils tae bigg up yung fowk's kennin o the tung. An on page I
a faimlie or buy a hoose. Sae yung fowk hae insecure existences, on page 53
anither thing is that teachin yung fowk on page 65
imsel. That wuidnae dae fer a yung mannie steepit in Marxist dia on page 70
youth is whiles wastit on the yung. It took me monie years o res on page 71
Also on pages 91, 104, 113, 152
10 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
m crack in the auld toun as a yung man, an takkin pairt in often on page 9
in ower his land an even as a yung lad he wisnae the kind that w on page 22
elt wi a fancy sheath, an the yung Englishman took a fancy tae i on page 23
their hands. 'Have you seen a yung man, a tall fella?' demandit on page 24
tson's recommendation the twa yung lads made their way tae Coope on page 26
Also on pages 27, 42, 60, 62, 63, 67, 72, 80, 96, 97, 100, 104, 109, 110, 111, 118, 122
28 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
aboot this, syne the Duke wes yung an braw, an she fairlie likit on page 42

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
An slamp yung lasses bou'd ower the side, on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
faither, Tom Williamson, the yung sodger new hame frae the weir on page 16

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
an he wis appointit tae guide yung Thorfinn, an wis namit Thorke on page 14

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"Weel, Ah'm no yung," seyd her grannie. on page 92

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
The ither wis o a lauchin yung wumman cuddlin a lauchin wean on page 19

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
pram. She likit tae haud awfy yung weans, thai wir that wee an s
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
it could be mair affirmin tae yung Scots speakers nor tae see a
he growth o Scots fiction for yung adults. While there haes been
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 73 - A Whein Auld Chinese Saws, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Whan a yung man taks a scorpion intil his on page 83

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Gin a yung quyne dargs aw day an aw nich
Ah dream o ma yung guidman at never cums hame.
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
irk thare. He haed gotten the yung fowk's want for the ceity, th on page 21

1 matches

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