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Use in varieties of Scots

shoon Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.4 3 1.5 0 5.8 0 48.4
Number of occurrences186 1 0 1 0 10
Number of authors10 4 1 1 4

Occurrences of shoon in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Ah hae mony auld shoon on page 47

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
s thin black cloak and velvet shoon that were made for dancing, n on page 3

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e aw these year and buyin yer shoon and yer claes!" She tellt me on page 194

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
wi shoon lik boats. An yet, he's the v on page 117

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Wi ribbond curls and polished shoon on page 53

1 matches

Doric

Milligan, John Lallans 68 - Fu Brawlie Kythe Their Hair, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, poetry
She'd a pvc goon an pvc shoon an pvc ower her heid on page 40

1 matches

Shetland

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
hape comin taewards wis and I shoon noteesed I wisna da only wan
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Or stampin shoon, A doot an fear on page 6
ha gresses cranshed unner her shoon. on page 10
as tha end o tha day whan his shoon skited on tha glaur an he fel on page 13
Skinkin owre MacCassey's shoon. on page 51
As tha clabber sooks at his shoon he sees it aa - on page 53

5 matches

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
st an Wes had pushed sum mair shoon aside an wuz sittin on tha be
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
oot a culfed up #sheuch an my shoon skited in the #glaur: I'm up (2014) twitter link
en. Were there stanes in your shoon INLA? http://t.co/IjC3JesIRD (2015) twitter link

@HurchinHome tweeted
Author's Preface' which found shoon prettier than shoes. #ScotsPo(2018) search twitter
“Shoon Prettier far than Shoes” A C(2019) search twitter

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