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naebdy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words30.4 41.7 23.9 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences9983 16 0 0 0 0
Number of authors25 16 9

Occurrences of naebdy 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.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ff aboot it, seein's thir wis naebdy there tae hear her, it wis gu on page 9
ebdy oaght tae say sumhin, an naebdy else wis fur pittin theirsels on page 27
said Alice alood, talkin tae naebdy in particular. "She'd hiv him on page 31
hersel in a melancholy tone. "Naebdy seems tae like her doon here on page 32
hat much ae a rammy in there, naebdy'll ever hear ye." An right en on page 56
Also on pages 68, 83, 94, 120
10 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
that people dae when you know naebdy. The sound ay a specific, dee on page 3

5 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e conversations on the bus an naebdy wid know whit yi wur sayin. W on page 17
Ah'd naebdy tae sit wi at lunch the day c on page 38
is makin tablet or when she'd naebdy else tae play wi. on page 45
naebdy in high school wore an Aran j on page 52
best fighter in oor year, an naebdy messes wi him, an he jist tel on page 60
Also on pages 63, 72, 73, 76, 87, 93, 98, 102, 112, 121, 123, 127, 129, 145, 158, 162, 169
39 matches

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Grey Feather, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
- naebdy there - on page 7

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
But naebdy cuid ever tak in the haill. on page 28

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
Naebdy's goat a scooby how the Princ on page 13

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
pit in flashy-dashy duds like naebdy else's. Aboon them a', he loo on page 56
quo the foremaist joukster. "Naebdy's on page 57
Naebdy wis gaggin mair than the High on page 60
"Naebdy his iver created claes like t on page 64
Naebdy wanted tae be taen for a daup on page 66

5 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
cousins. Thomas wis feart fae naebdy an wid fight blokes twice es on page 44
We niver saw ir faither, bit naebdy wis worried.) on page 46

5 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
but whae kens why, there’s naebdy on God’s green earth ever g
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
There’s nae information and naebdy tae ask. Aa the coonters are
1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
…But er wis naebdy er!
tin “Help me sumwan!” but naebdy wis listenin. Ah gave in ma s
me? Am ah deid? Am ah alive? Naebdy will ever ken. A hope that th
3 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
t “break” or “lunch”, naebdy says “playtime” onymair.
t baw-chasin aw the time. But naebdy listens tae me, even though w
2 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
n we’re in second year, but naebdy wis gonny say anythin cos it
s and her neat school uniform naebdy wid guess tae look at her she
2 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
xofBrown @HippyRockChick Aye! Naebdy lissens tae him!(2020) search twitter
@trangpang Naebdy trusts embdy!(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
nybdy - I'm just smallfry so naebdy bothers me. And i dinnae reac (2022) twitter link
te I lost it and shouted, tae naebdy in particular "why are you pe (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
???? nae chance of cozy Linda naebdy can afford heating ?? (2022) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
e. The Buff causin alarm, but naebdy there tae help him. Defoe on (2021) twitter link
there tae support the team an naebdy else. No the SFA, no Steve Cl (2021) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
wis kinda obvious onywye, bit naebdy ooted ma afore aa'd a chunce on page 99

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Efter aat naebdy socht cat ti hud up a bairn. on page 85

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
sombdy wid try ti stop em bit naebdy did. Fowk jist stid ere lachi
1 matches

Freeman, Rebekah Honesty, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, weans
and naebdy can redeem your face,
1 matches

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
naebdy likes a clype.
fa telt her, naebdy likes a clype.
allooed tae breathe. An naebdy
3 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
e me oot. A’m no gawn intae naebdy’s hoose.”
1 matches

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
as a richt hard-warkin cheil, naebdy he'd deen ill tae
1 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
At the time o’ writing, naebdy is in overall control o’ wi
e fit and, generally spikkin, naebdy kens fit the hells gan on. So
2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
doon Union Street. Peer loon. Naebdy kint fa it wis, he wis covere(2019) search twitter
puddin left at i chipper and naebdy kens fit it is? Fits abdy hin(2019) search twitter
used my grunnies recipes and NAEBDY dis mince better than yer gru(2019) search twitter
osted like it should hiv. Bit naebdy hid time to waicht for it ti (2020) search twitter

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
asel? Nae aften scrieved, sae naebdy kens foo tae spell it!! Gin e (2020) twitter link

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