Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

nephew	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	9.1	4.1	10.6	39.7	17.4	0	31
Number of occurrences	29	8	7	4	3	0	7
Number of authors	19	7	4	4	1		3

Occurrences of nephew 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

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
s company - an that o John's nephew John Browning o Lanfine, here on page 44
he Chnstian Carrier - an his nephew John Browning - while they w on page 61

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
gan fur five grand, dafty! ma nephew made maire money workin a pap on page 53

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ae huv a buzz wi his daft wee nephew. Ahm no that bothered aboot i on page 75

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah turn tae ma nephew, Gary, who's smilin a crooked on page 7

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
wid need help sae he took his nephew, the braw Iolaus, wi him. on page 11

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
aelic sang. The narrator, hir nephew o coorse, wes a seiklie bairn
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ds decided they preferred his nephew insteid o himsel. James wis R

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ma nephew laughin an singin - hame on page 35

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
is mourned today by his only nephew." He noddit te far young Walt on page 76
e meeved oot o the road es is nephew, Walter, cam stridin ower the on page 77
fullt es he leukit it is only nephew: a loon fa he'd nivver hid on on page 78

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
that the chiel that saved yer nephew fae droonin that day wis Gavi on page 17

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
t her airms roon her neice an nephew, an pushed them ower tae thei
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Gin Jude an Cammy bocht their nephew a spleet-new pair o trainers,
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Me neebor said her nephew wis the best man fur the task on page 7

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the boss's nephew intae cahoots, scratchan yir on page 7

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
o it, he wisna even sure his nephew wis called Harry. He’d nivv
1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
but hid amused is. Anither's nephew kept promising tae visit her

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
s da hidmist ane), an elderly nephew in New Zealand heired it. He on page 8
by team. He bedd wi Peter, my nephew at haes wir croft noo, an I w on page 46
inty, at Robbie wis deid. His nephew wis been lyin aa dis weeks i on page 60

3 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
iel," explaint Maisie tae hir nephew. "He'll be stappin wi us. Say on page 13
braw, bricht muinlicht o hir nephew's deep, dairk een. on page 14
"Ihis is Leonard's nephew," said she, afore she had tim on page 15
nel fair an , smooth ower her nephew's cheeks an aroon his neck, c on page 17

5 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
ntry. Jethro Bodine was Jed's nephew thrown on tae the the hospita on page 46

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An me wee nephew keekt roon the dure cheek an on page 9

1 matches