A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

neighbour Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.9 14.4 20.8 0 0 32.8 13.3
Number of occurrences4627 13 0 0 3 3
Number of authors27 13 10 1 3

Occurrences of neighbour in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
'", an wis hivvin tae ask his neighbour tae tell him. "Their slates'l on page 107

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
atholic majesties o Spain yer neighbour. on page 44

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ourable hing, ken? Be the gid neighbour and gee her yin ae packets ae on page 141

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
curse a neighbour, tell a lie. on page 93

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s a big palaver an Charlene's neighbour phoned the polis. on page 45
ng aboot wi ma ma's next door neighbour an they used tae always annoy on page 109
e Walkers' junkie doonstairs' neighbour's dog wis, an it wis hard no on page 169

5 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ed, especially wi Lottie, the neighbour's cat, never bein too far awa on page 28

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
d coat and woollen hat, Maw's neighbour Hazel is strugglin tae drag h on page 2
Maw's birthday last year, ma neighbour, Bettie, asked if there hud b on page 12
rew a lit cigarette intae the neighbour's bin because hur dog did a s on page 28
the last person ah want as a neighbour. Rufus the dog is toddlin beh on page 33
But our neighbour hud a spare set, and they wur on page 40
Also on pages 45, 113
7 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The Moon is Our Nearest Neighbour - Ghillie Basan
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
maican might hae laughed at a neighbour affecting upper class English
y’ll crease themselves at a neighbour newly returned fae America wh
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
me thing hud happened tae his neighbour. Sixty year auld an hud his I
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Hi neighbour! If you are vulnerable and is
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ower the fence an’ broke a neighbour’s windae, there wid be hell
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
. A colleague o’ mine had a neighbour wha wis trainin’ fir the Gl
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
literature for hersel an her neighbour.
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
l. Years before he’d been a neighbour o the Cameron family an kent

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
is auntie Bessie’s cousin’s neighbour’s son, nae the een wae the g(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
EPITAPH TO MY NEIGHBOUR on page 15

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Passin ma neighbour's gairden, on page 16

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
d", an at he hed till ask his neighbour till tell him. "A nice muddle on page 105

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
e o the ferm. Hamish Gloag, a neighbour o Bert's, insists Cyaard hid on page 118

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
for the Beggerey hoosehold, a neighbour once said.
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Later, much later, a neighbour called by, sayin how it wis s
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
look... Grunny could see her neighbour oot the winda. Moira’s fair
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
worst time for Mabel fin her neighbour wid hae his drunken mates ina
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
dear son's funeral, my Boddam neighbour who has harassed my family fo(2016) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@lumi_1984 A neighbour got een wisna feeling well ti(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Told my neighbour to stop chapping wid for her (2016) search twitter
are than onything? Yon bloody neighbour o'mine scraping his car windi(2016) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@cligeey If it wisnae fir e neighbour across the e road we'd be a t(2020) search twitter

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
nce, we keep oor eyes oan oor neighbour rather than WM. The real reas(2020) search twitter
ken ahm deaf, nae wonder. Ma neighbour is ma ‘listening ear’ telli(2020) search twitter
bertMiggins Och dearie me! Ma neighbour told me that sumane bothered (2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e had aye been yin or anither neighbour in the scullery cleanin or fu on page 1

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
, an that hae had tae ax haes neighbour tae tell him. "A nice muddle on page 109

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Waeoot a phone caa tae me neighbour!! on page 54

1 matches

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