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The word 'nets'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
netsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.44623
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 153 11 2
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nets in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
wis watchin dem wirkin wi dir nets. He gied ower ta spaek ta dem on page 87

1 matches

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
shakkeld atween tang an auld nets. Du winna fin me dere - noas on page 24

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Ee nicht shö sat mendin da nets fae da drifters, on page 66

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
ady wi a line o pallets an da nets an da stanes, waitin for dir
n da hay like a kishie but wi nets carried ower his back, held t
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
et three flects a cod or gill nets, We fower net's en a fleet. W on page 19

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
s brither Andra, cassin their nets on e watter. They were fisher on page 10
n them bit were waashin their nets. He gaed in ower een o e boat on page 87

6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
nets the colour o oranges, wee cor
drappit their nets tae see the feyest sicht! The
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Hiv ony fisher fowk ony auld nets they can contribute tae a Gra(2017)

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
trawlers cast their nets on page 8

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
seeds on their land and cast nets oot in their boaties.
1 matches

General Northern

Nicol, Paul Tales Fae The Doric Side - Her Hauns, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
neck fan aa return wae empty nets, an on page 24

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
purse their lips like settled nets, on page 10

1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
Sp’y n tales o’ th fishin’ nets spoken in oor mither tongue, (2020)

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
intae the hoose tae mend his nets, he can sclim the stairs tae on page 30

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
craft ootnummered trawlers an nets rottit aside tume
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
nt o the guff o tarry raip an nets. In fack, thare wis twa an a
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
aties beachit oan the shore + nets an lines, creels an coggies. on page 11

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
and Andrew tae put doon their nets and become fishers o men. Ah' on page xix

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
n eurofish gae by oor fankled nets, on page 39

2 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
hou's the fishin nets, see, up i the treetaps? on page 21

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
rae; thae twa wis hoyin their nets intil the loch, for they were on page 97

3 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
ntually score in the????(left)nets in the New Ground (took weeks(2020)

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
d ti sleep ablow our mosquito nets, the soun of High Life jazz f
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
by Wattie's Nets, the Needle's Ee, Torrs Hill on page 11
owre the smiddy an the stake nets, on page 26
in the saumon nets lang tuimt o fish, on page 30
eekin lums, nae piles o dryin nets. on page 31
as birlins, creels nor stake nets mauger here on page 33
Also on pages 36, 57
10 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
nae lair playin tennis athoot nets afore playin wi thaim f (2021) twitter link

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