A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

none Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.1 17.5 12.8 119.2 5.8 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences5633 8 12 1 1 1
Number of authors30 14 5 8 1 1 1

Occurrences of none in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ah'm totally sure ah've goat none, Och, ah dae it again an agai on page 46

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
, but then the music changes. None ae the big band stuff anymare on page 7

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
fags oot ae a Mayfair packet. None ae us kin.even smoke them, bu on page 47
None ae us know wit tae say. Even on page 54
'Yes, none of this is new, but preventio on page 59

3 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
in a way the man remembers. None on page 42

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
. Three ae thum ah backed and none ae they bitches could even ge on page 36
ell yae his latest victim wis none other than Craig. on page 72
t Aldo hus decided he's hayin none ae it. He's clearly grown tir on page 79
uckin money, that's fur sure. None ae ma runners will pick up or on page 142
e answer but a valid question none the same. on page 181

6 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ture tae the only free table. None o us huv the heart tae tell M on page 8
mmies. But she's given Granny none o hur time ~ not like ah huv. on page 34
None o us made it obvious, but we on page 44
fur ma Granny, and ah'm sure none o them would huv the nous tae on page 90

5 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
nce meant', ma faither said. 'None taken,' Larry tellt im. on page 44

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
iz hoping that his wurds lost none of their power in the eon bet
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, but thievin. . . second tae none man. Nae danger.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
s a look that suggests he’s none too chuffed wae ma gentle rib
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Flit, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Where there was none
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
s a piece ae shit. But it’s none ae oor business, agreed?’â€
and unadulterated joy. It’s none other than ma pal fae last ni
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
althier than Richard Simmons. None ae that processed shite fur,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ma wey? A fuckin bulletin fur none other than the Marie Curie. T
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
a few faces fae the past but none ae thum seemed willin tae fur
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
or authorship, but could find none. Can you help? I'm 1000% cert (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
here the chapel is. There are none of those Holy Willies able ta (2022) twitter link
@paul_g_mclaugh And none of them wee kiddies straight (2022) twitter link

@Sinethugcat tweeted
- only 3 'activists' in tow, none of whom appear in fotos...cha (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
entColtsFC some result though none the less - b oan the colts (2020) twitter link
reated like this there will b none (2020) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
o at A'm perfectly sure A hev none, on page 44
"At's none o ye r business, Two!" sade S on page 74
dded as an explanation: "A've none o ma oun. A'm a hatter." on page 107
an atom o meanan in id," but none o them attempted till explain on page 117

4 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
e most of the best of it. But none of the best is here. You’ve
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
up a filing system second tae none which wiz her pride and joy.
1 matches

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
None of those? For me, ‘to scutte(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
way...or something like that. None of use ken! (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
But none will hif whit I hif had. I ho on page 18

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
er ca'd Willie or Geordo, nor none o the neems that we ken. on page 42
nd her cuddles are second tae none. on page 53
gotten an aafil bruckeen bit none o hid wis his faalt. on page 56
danced till morneen bit were none the waar o that. The casualty on page 73

4 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
this graft an gutter, wid be none on page 7
yit none bide a-paece on page 32

2 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Hids none better there I doot on page 71

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
None the warsh fur is misanter on page 148

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
when an Island appears whaar none wis afore. That evening wir b on page 14

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bit wae a beauty none the less on page 118

1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
eline - be mistak! No wonder none o you saa it....).

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
ranny got da vaccine an feels none da waar but haes tae go back (2021) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
has no word for red squirrel. None needed I think? @ScotsDiction(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@fairfaaye tweeted
imply 'a blether', but surely none of these trumps the magnifice(2020) search twitter