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The word 'nah'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nahOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus28.79235
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 4
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 115.2 26 8
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 61.4 24 5
WCE - West Central 32.2 7 2
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 3
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nah in Corpus

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Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
Nah nah - tak a better luk on page 108

2 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Nah Jeannie, I did it jist for me on page 132

1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
glance at the shore an say. "Nah, the tides still coman' in. H

@peediepuss tweeted
GeoPhotos @OPOTY @ukphotoshow Nah! Jist boke for me I doot. Lig(2020)

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
n an affected manner' in StE: Nah, whin d'ir in a meetin dey ey on page 107

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
Oh nah, bairns. ?? https://t.co/gyOx(2021)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@Hjetlandi @MarjoleinR nah nah shö joost meant hoo tae pron(2019)
@dlawso17 @MarjoleinR nah nah i doot yun's a stuggit whitri(2019)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Nah, she’s moved on to Ollie no
1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Nah, miss, sorry, ah sais. on page 41

1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
thocht it wis a smicker, but, nah, she said:
ae dee. Or mebbe she’ll say nah and get hersel a wee hoose fu
2 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
@nealrstewart Nah! Like being bested by yer cou(2019)

@72redz1903 tweeted
mjr @LeftPeggers @SmokieRed83 Nah, yir jist in that age group t (2022) twitter link
@jflorence23 @HarryIngolfsson Nah, he’s weak in the air - his (2021) twitter link
@AberdeenFC @AberdeenStadium Nah, new toon at Countesswells, w (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
@CalumWright2 @schreuder92 ?? nah lighting was tops. Wee bit o (2020)
@willytoonsley @RangersFC Nah definitely oot for Saturday. (2020)
@RCDoig_Official @AberdeenFC Nah gets snapped like at failed p(2020)
@claireeadam Nah but a reken itsa waste o time(2020)

@daleser23 tweeted
@CallumC19 nah nae really. Richie hawtin liv(2013)
@CallumC19 nah im sure he wina. He wiz in am(2013)
egge @Paul_Coull @rossandrew_ nah i just tried it. Think il hae(2013)
@rossandrew_ nah im oot visiting my mam n dad (2013)
n u win we cud go sum y else. Nah nae herd fae him(2013)
and 6 other occurrences.

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
@cligeey Nah, he’s used tae me by noo! ??(2020)
gin Marbles, apparently... ?? Nah, just some stair balusters.(2020)
@cligeey Nah... it's nae withoot its flaws(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
@PatersonStan Nah nae upset aboot it. Jist dinn(2017)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Nah. Fine, like enough. Anither p on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
in the 200m at the Olympics. Nah, this wis real life and like on page 22
Nah, there's goatae be maire tae on page 23
"Nah, yae wurnae, yae ken why?" ah on page 44
"Nah" ah tell her. "Ah hink he's d on page 51
"Nah" she tells me "yae passed oot on page 82
Also on pages 97, 117, 120, 122, 141, 149, 169
13 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Nah, we're nearly there. Lizzie g on page 19
MOIRA: Nah, it's no. It's jis hibernatin on page 59
l try but I'm no awfy sure... Nah, it's still hard. Solid. Ther on page 66
"Nah, it's a real secret. It's abo on page 72
kin her godmither is a fairy. Nah, she's groundit. She's no gau on page 81
Also on pages 91
8 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ready. "WOR-ARE YOU ON ABAAT NAH?" ah'll speir o some jammy bo
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Nah,” Dave replied. “I did ha
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ticed yees wur gettin gubbed. Nah nah, said Mister Miller, Wan on page 35
ab tae go tae, said Charlene. Nah, said Emma, Nae point, an she on page 58
t tae dae somethin called guy-nah-cawl-ah-jay ~ an then him an on page 141

5 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
@Lenniesaurus @DalyRd Nah, dinnae fash yersel ower him (2021) twitter link
@weenell2014 @nationalismwat1 Nah, they jist see ye tappin awa (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
nah, the ownership o Alba on page 32

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Nah - nah - eh didna? on page 6
Ah nah - dinna geez it, on page 51

3 matches

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
lassie murdered by lightning? Nah, ah had tae dae it. Ah had ta
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
New Year. But apart fae that, nah’’
‘’Me? Nah, Doac. Teetotal, well a shand
2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Nah, fuck this,' he says an he ma on page 31

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
"Mine? Nah .... just a scratch fuck' on page 29

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Nah, no really. In fact, this is
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Nah man, ah telt ye. Ah’m aw oo
1 matches

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@jjs999jjs @Thatasyousay7 ?? Nah i like ma bacon n egg rolls.(2020)
@dsa840269 @CRobertsonUK Nah I wid take in a euro note ??(2020)

@IshbelMcF tweeted
be scary!’ I’m like, ‘Aye, nah. Wear yer da’s shirt backwar(2018)

@MartinBroon tweeted
@Alex_Murray92 ??Play affs?Nah! Here’s whit happened yester(2019)
tart of that issue... ??????. Nah hen, it’s in wae the rest of(2020)
@sheenz_m_ @galiniche Nah! Waarm and drippy...huz tae b(2020)
Nah pal, cunts ur useful.....?? h(2019)
@sheenz_m_ @twangit16 Nah, no yit....????(2020)

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@jamieginger173 nah just hame boab nvr hud mony t(2012)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
lou92 @emmaxdeex Fantoosh??!! Nah, jist gey braw eh!! ??(2020)
eCelt @molach95 @dgplacenames Nah that soond gey unnatural an o(2020)

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
@CelticChuck67 Nah, but folk fae Ulster, no just (2014) twitter link