A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'neatly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
neatlyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12617
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 32.2 7 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 3
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of neatly 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.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e him comin up da corridor, a neatly dressed ordinary young man. I on page 58

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
ond hole for me but fashioned neatly ta fit tighter dan a screw. H
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
How neatly spread his claws, on page 18

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n her faither. He hid steppit neatly ooto them an vanished, she ke
1 matches

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
's library. Aa the buiks were neatly covert in sturdy broon paper. on page 22

1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
the newspaper an pit it doon neatly. He opened the bellement an k on page 91

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
There, neatly arrayed in Times Roman text, on page 36

1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
ane. Athin his tae be placed neatly, presented neatly. Ma bed iwa
, presented neatly. Ma bed iways his tae be made
his tae be made, tucked in a neatly, that is a must. Ma desk in o
. Ma wardrobe i same, claiths neatly in piles, makeup arranged nea
in piles, makeup arranged neatly roon aboot. It’s almost as
5 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
doon tae nuthin to store gey neatly in the loaby press
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
mind, when a Government ba’ neatly took aff his heid an’ spray
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Which brings me neatly tae the saga o’ Barney the
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wis lang an tapert, his nails neatly cut (wha by? she wonnert). Bi
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
sin a cream cardigan laid oot neatly oan the table ‘’Aye, mibb
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
fully he seems tae grin, Flow neatly spread his claws, on page 19

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ine, offerin me the lid wae a neatly chopped Patsy oan it which ah
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n is it tamed; shackled back, neatly pruned an delicately cared fu
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Her heid, chapped neatly at the neck, on page 11

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
the axe doon and split a log neatly in twa. "Aw hoachin wi gears on page 59

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
How neatly spread eis claws, on page 18
guid plan, nae doot, an awfy neatly an simply arranged; th only d on page 39

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Hoo neatly spread haes claas on page 20
, nae doubt aboot it, an very neatly an simply arranged: the only on page 40

2 matches

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