Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'noddin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

noddin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	12.2	39	21
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	32.7	10	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	11.9	1	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central	46.4	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	5.1	2	2
WCE - West Central	18.4	4	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	12.6	2	2
GLA - Glasgow	48.9	9	2
AYR - Ayrshire	26.2	2	1
LAL - General Central	6.7	5	5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of noddin 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

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
Shö wis sittin wi da coach, noddin her haed, an him aye spaekin
1 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
pressed my hand intae a fist, noddin his heed at me as if tae say
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
k oot it anither," said Eric, noddin is heid like he kent fit he w on page 12
... five meenits," said Jock, noddin it the kitchen clock. "Bit af on page 26
in is ain hoose?" Ah speered, noddin it the state-o-the-art kennel on page 63
folk or the stuff," she said, noddin it a maanie fa wis pullin oan on page 69

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hin an aabody, wi Gerald jist noddin an agreein wi fitivver she sa on page 29
e atween the numbered lots an noddin it the Mart men, freens an ne on page 93

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nt an interestin," she addit, noddin er heid. "It's aa aboot makki on page 20
peart. Dottie wis comin ahin, noddin, an the Sky maanie wis giein on page 25
ed Muggie, giein ma a putt an noddin it a reed-heidit lassie wi a on page 29

3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
them to set Europe ablaze!” Noddin towards the file he said, “
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
aa the time Bella Morrice wis noddin her heid an gaan 'Amen! Halle on page 75

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
et a blether in the hoose?” noddin the heid at the totty wee bot
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ht be, but he's no drunk. I'm noddin aff tae dream-land whin he fl on page 1

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ute. I could see his wee heid noddin, his e'ebroos liftin an dropp on page 74

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
that, so ah jist stood there noddin as she startet on aboot how s on page 58
alkin while Karen stood there noddin lik a muppet: she said they w on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
noddin ma heid lik a daftie, an wink on page 126

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
n’ hip flick). A can see ye noddin ’, sae hod oan, yer way ahea
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Ah ken it,” he sayed, noddin . He raised his erm in the ges
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
rld's bammiest boayband says, noddin taewards the live lounge. Ahm on page 10

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
dain’t ye?’ Scanlon sais noddin tae McShane, who raises his g
k oer there.’ Scanlon sais, noddin tae the dance flair.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ivate room aff the main ward, noddin at the nurse who’s sittin a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ie. Beatin heart?’ ah sais, noddin tae the sideboard. ‘You’l
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
eckly cunt, mind.’ he sais, noddin taewards Pearcey.
that ginger cunt.’ he sais noddin tae Pearcey who’s disappear
2 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
now whit ah mean?’ ah sais, noddin tae the holdall lyin oan the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
l afore pickin up his pint an noddin tae his mate afore the two ay
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n the Sorn road, he'd been on noddin, speikin terms wi John Broun on page 62
. it's a guid ferm.' John wis noddin his heid in agreement even af on page 77

2 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
ut in the end she wis nid-nid-noddin and syne she gaed tae sleep. on page 65

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
in lik a dale o sunripit corn noddin the breeze afore hairst. on page 14

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
's richt!' the ithers agreed, noddin their heids. 'Mr Wullie Wonka on page 13

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Aye,' ah answer, noddin. on page 60

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Land o Fallen Empires, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
A left thaim, hieds noddin, wheezin o duty, on page 76

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
minister wis seen smilin and noddin as ye's blethered at the purv on page 80

1 matches