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Use in varieties of Scots

nail Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.1 13.6 24 19.9 11.6 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4927 16 2 2 1 1
Number of authors31 19 7 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of nail in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
it him in the face. There's a nail through the wood, just a wee on page 28

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
it. Ah hid at least ae bleck nail oan ilk fit tae testifee tae on page 27

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e daith wi a stick afore they nail him doon. Och, it's cauld thi on page 1

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
'Daisy; she says, scratchin a nail against the corner ae her moo on page 10

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Fechtin tooth an nail on page 35

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a nail bomb ti go aff in yir puss. on page 10

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
drew a wee love heart on her nail an wiggult it aboot. Miss Wal on page 24

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
n gaed a wee bottle o scarlet NAIL VARNISH. 'If the toothpaste d on page 20
nd the face cream ... And the nail varnish ...' on page 79

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
t's tour o Iraq wis the final nail in their relationship's coffi on page 11

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
kintra, first seein wee thoum-nail picturs that can be sneckit o on page 65

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
y it in Scots, thon's anither nail in the deid-kist o the mither
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n the bathroom key hung aff a nail in the ootside wa atween the
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
her lang skirt snagged oan a nail. She laed the door apen acaus
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
staun. An this blaud caws the nail tae the heid, certes. Bit in
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Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
€™s safe. Aa we hae ti dae is nail a couple o blocks on ti Annie
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Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
n sumhin live. Maybe it wis a nail or a branch."
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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
shower an ah decidit tae pit nail polish oan. Ah didnae ken why
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
tae nail it wad puzzle the deil.
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
He’s hit the nail oan the heid. “That’s it
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ish Eddication Act o 1872 tae nail doon the coffin lids for bait
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
maun shuirlie be the shooglie nail his veracity faws doon frae.
ther threat tae thon shooglie nail that hauds the union thegithe
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
s no hingin on sic a shooglie nail as that?
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
d this hus hammered the final nail in ma coffin. Brucie is walki
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@MartinBroon tweeted
Nail right oan the heed! ??. ?????(2019) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@RyanMusselburgh hut the nail oan the heed wae that stateme (2021) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
chap oot thi broken beit's an nail en a new beit, bit thi draa b on page 29
pyle a bonnie new steik's an nail's fac Jock's shed. "Aat's eih on page 34

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
, hot wax hand treatments and nail extensions," she said, castin on page 80
Oan the first page ere wis nail extensions; pedicures an mani on page 82
s; aboot twa dizzen colours o nail varnish an plastic dishies o on page 83

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
re grinnin like the claas o a nail haimmer," he said, stannin up on page 10

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Ye've hit the nail on the heid, Wittgenstein"' c on page 89

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
an the Express wisna pit on a nail on the waa for readin purpose on page 72

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
d on the boord an she broke a nail. The aulder bairns war set ta
en wis the soothmaist pole, a nail on the reef o the cairtshed a
the braisse plaque that he'd nail on the lid afore it wis haimm
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Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ed barra his sark caught on a nail that near tore it fae his bac
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the kind used by smiddies tae nail on horsesheen. On her wye thr
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
et aat the size i' ma big toe nail sae showed http://t.co/21RRLr(2014) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
5388967 his just pit the last nail in his plumin coffin in the n(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
fingers nail cowld fae the icy watter in t on page 117

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Nail Cowld on page 136

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
tick as an auld tumb nail; some slicht on page 92

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De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
gud a peerie bottle o scarlet NAIL VARNISH. ‘If da teethpaest
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Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
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Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
His love wus nail't agin a tree; on page 71

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