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Use in varieties of Scots

nappy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 5.7 4.5 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1711 3 2 0 0 1
Number of authors14 9 3 1 1

Occurrences of nappy in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n a burd, no fillin ma fuckin nappy" on page 33
Kenzie, big man . . . phffft, nappy full' on page 48

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
in thi nappy, listenin ti yir on page 5

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
a novice his da's pinned the nappy quite cleverly. on page 75
Gaitherin a nappy roond wee bottoms ticht on page 88

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
nd her breest, fastened wi' a nappy peen an the hem o her clarty on page 22

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
If ye want a nappy chynged jist gie us a bell, f on page 45

1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Like a shit-filled nappy.
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
wp youse aw enjoyed seein the nappy bin. Suid hae done a hashtag (2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ence an mak sure he aye his a nappy on(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
tae be wearing his big Pamper nappy(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
s, while we sit bowsin at the nappy wi John Knox in Geneva, an ge on page 57

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
enna bi comin te meet oor new nappy-filler?" on page 94

1 matches

Smith, Derek Northwords Now 43 - Derek Smith, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
ang-droont sheep, grey as the nappy on page 18

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Changes every smelly nappy, on page 23
And I even maistered nappy-changeen! on page 28

2 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Lake Nappy Gandhi an wee Annie on page 59

1 matches

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