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Use in varieties of Scots

neebour Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.1 7.7 27.1 49.7 0 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences4215 18 5 0 1 3
Number of authors23 13 4 4 1 1

Occurrences of neebour in Corpus

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Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
fin oot strecht awa whit the neebour haed on page 39

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
aa verra weill, but hear me, neebour, on page 31

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
biggin wis separated fae its neebour by a bittie gairden, It wis a on page 86

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
wastin awa because his neebour's goat produces mair milk tha on page 108

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That's aw exceptit ma neebour Paddy Devine on page 123

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
they aw agreed wis a smashin neebour and in whase library they wer on page 45

1 matches

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
the journey. Weemin - as wir neebour said the day - haudin it aw on page 5

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
at kythes mony saicrets o wir neebour warlds. “Views of the Solar
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
ht or gaed intae alliances wi neebour fowks, sic as the Gaels o Dal
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
g up wi Agnes, oor doonstairs neebour. We lived in the Tenement at
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ncil hoose. A “concerned” neebour had reportit her tae the S.S.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
atween Scots and its northern neebour tongues – is a frequent fea
1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
But stead o helping neebour carl,
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@billykayscot tweeted
eglen Ye need tae talk tae ma neebour!(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
d loose in ma street. Then ma neebour's car coughed intae life an t(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an him rattlin yer neestdoor neebour's heidboard like a sailor oan on page 16
didna saften. She gaed fir a neebour fa kent aboot birthin bairns, on page 67

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
, bitin her boddom lip as her neebour's voice broke inte'r thochts. on page 29
led back, thinkin aat oor new neebour wis really bonnie - like a f on page 63

4 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
things up Auld Eck went tae a neebour an got a len o
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Fin he got in the door their neebour wiz in comfortin his wife. Hi
aft knock at the door and her neebour askin tae come in. Lizzie sto
izzie wiz tempted tae let her neebour in for they were gweed freens
even mair desperate. Then her neebour started on the shutters tryin
st felt fin she’d heard her neebour clawin at the doors and shutt
9 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
king tae scare ma cushie-doos neebour! https://t.co/zmpW95S0aj(2018) search twitter
Aat’s Christmas!! The neebour owl is gettin riggit hine tae(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
They haed a neebour caaed Rantan on page 9

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
howdie wife, or her next door neebour. So Vera wrote a short play, on page 34

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
tot or heifer noo can on your neebour stray, on page 87

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Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
h himsel. I ran intae an owld neebour the ither day, wha haed asked on page 9

1 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
His neebour fae the next ferm ower,
1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
maybe a neebour fetched them; on page 158

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
That nicht, aboot midnicht, a neebour heard a quare gulder fae tha on page 14

3 matches

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