A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

nan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 10.3 10.6 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2820 7 0 0 1 0
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of nan in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tae Eck an Eilidh, Nan an Shug. on page 77

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Hungry Nan on page 55
there wuid queue up at Hungry Nan's ilka lunchtime tae get thei on page 56
icbodie gettin seck fae eatin Nan's scran. She wisnae whit ye w on page 57
." He wis a regular at Hungry Nan's an he wis fair daft on her on page 58
aff wha wis sittin ip Hungry Nan's at lunchtime whan the lads on page 60
Also on pages 61
15 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Biryani an Garlic Nan o it, on page 3758

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
a shottie," annunced Adom - nan, rasin til hiz feit. Thusgate on page 44

1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
an stane,” she mumbled. Her nan would’a skelpt her fir that
s bad luck. Hazel swore her nan made up her ain superstitions
2 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
cun-nan on page 28

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e's wife Mysie, an Jim's wife Nan cam ower tae help wi that nic
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"We're fur Tir-nan-Og," quo the Sangsters, tho n
nur Brian hid a clue far Tir-nan-Og micht be – bit it soundi
m's Peak, nor Glesga, nor Tir-nan-Og nor Americay, bit it hid b
That she's at aince thon Tir-nan-Og I've dreamed,
Navachitta, the trip tae Tir-nan-Og that she made wi her brith
5 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
g himsel, masel and the great Nan Shepherd @Val_Bold @EU_SSSA @(2020) search twitter