A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

neat Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.8 15.6 13.4 0 11.6 0 13.3
Number of occurrences4531 9 0 2 0 3
Number of authors27 18 5 2 2

Occurrences of neat in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
a douce matron, prim an neat, on page 29

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
sayin this, she came up tae a neat wee hoose wae a bright brass on page 34

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
n through her. The safe was a neat hidey-hole. They'd even fitte on page 1

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
muckle airmy o Hielanders up neat Inverness.' on page 72

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
His grammar neat, his English clean, on page 105

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
handwritin no bein neat enough and didnae say a wurd on page 7

2 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
The Norlin Lichts Fae Tim Neat's Hoose on page 23

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
neat! It'll likely tak aw yer hair on page 58

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an folded neat. on page 15
eh caught um neat. on page 63
an hae it neat, on page 70
thir nippit, thir neat, thir solid on page 83

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
atape so that it comes aff aw neat an tidy withoot rippin the wr on page 42
acket. It wis wrapped up dead neat an careful wi silver shiny pa on page 43

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Bettie hud a neat endin, and even though she ai on page 116

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
d magnets pit thegither awfie neat, on page 10

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
in a neat on page 31

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ry 1450 Legislation, whar the neat phrase nocht aperande or comp on page 17

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'll grant it maks the verges neat,
Oor Mappie aye wis clean an neat
2 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
h was carefully organised – neat furniture, smart towels, ever
1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
I’m the neat n tidy ane. Athin his tae be
must. Ma desk in oor room is neat. Athin placed perfectly. Ma w
lit in half half i time: half neat, half messy. But, she hates i
i bad books. Her wardrobe is neat fan she wants it tae be or ma
4 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
uage in the original was that neat, A wis fair amazed and delyti
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
yboard warriors wul gie him a neat, catchy hashtag.
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ngs lik that and made a right neat wee card for ma daddy wi a Ch
r blonde frizzy curls and her neat school uniform naebdy wid gue
2 matches

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Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
the truth He'd drink onything neat as lang's it wis weet on page 15

2 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
owte neat, as neat as maks ye winner on page 19

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
A neat wee espresso is guid onytime on page 171

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
As she sade is, she came on a neat peedy hoose, on e door o whee on page 32
llent plan, no doot, an awful neat an simply arranged; e only di on page 38

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
oom wisna big but it wiz fair neat and tidy wi a wee bun in bed
an it wiz jist like the room neat an tidy wi twar three men wor
2 matches

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
ody reddin dir hair ta mak it neat an tidy. Sculptured inta dat
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
der tae tak a last look at da neat rows o raisins. “Far better
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
he untied the strings an foun neat, flet lines o claes - a knitt on page 11
ose baney shouler was slotted neat unner the crevice o hir chin. on page 22

2 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
hae said this, shae come on a neat wee hoose, on the dorr o whuc on page 34

1 matches

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