A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

neebours Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.5 7.1 19.5 19.9 0 0 22.1
Number of occurrences3414 13 2 0 0 5
Number of authors16 10 2 2 2

Occurrences of neebours in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
est year o ma time, an workin neebours wi Cherlie Clancy, an auld ma on page 85

1 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
eam' she cried 'Whit wull the neebours think?' 'Weel' Ah seys 'It's on page 78

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ee o aw ties tae oor southron neebours. That, tho, wisnae whit Chair on page 61

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
An see our neebours' smilin cheek, on page 114
Oh aye, oor neebours hae made jeer, on page 115

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
rsome wappens tae clout thair neebours wi, on page 120

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
sober afore A gan hame Or the neebours will talk an blacken ma mame. on page 43

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
aboot as the Pechts or their neebours flauntit their military micht
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
she’s nicey, nicey tae her neebours, butter widnae melt an aa tha
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
yin ee tae check oot whit the neebours wis up tae. No much, wis the
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
shoe belanged tae wan o’ ma neebours And despite ma best intented
idden flair They set aboot ma neebours door An’ dived right in whi
2 matches

Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ae wark constructively wi oor neebours tae deal wi the unco humanita
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
ELL3 Haenae a clue - it's ma neebours!(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
lt ma fit she'd heard fae the neebours." on page 23
aakit in, Ah fun oot at aa er neebours war ere an aa." on page 33

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
te get acquant wi some o the neebours. An Elspeth an Gerald seem li on page 25
e hale evenin miscaain aa the neebours an blaain an girnin aboot aat on page 29
the stew an the steer as the neebours cam te len a helpin han. He s on page 93

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
think they'd bin brocht up es neebours oan the same cooncil scheme - on page 20
oo'r ye gettin oan wi yer new neebours?" on page 21
affront. "At's likely foo the neebours ir nae se keen oan comin roon on page 23
fince atween you an baith yer neebours." on page 26
s baith o Dottie's neest door neebours siddenly appeart es iv fae na on page 27

6 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Ye've got tae mak guid neebours on page 183

1 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Russamyre - neebours tae visit, me new bolero - f on page 13

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The neebours - weel, they say shae aye ke on page 69

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Iver sin syne, gin A meet wi neebours, on page 23
Freends and neebours for tae meet on page 30

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Tha freens an neebours cam tae moarn, an gie thair s on page 6
e bin affrontit if onie o tha neebours had seen thaim an thocht the' on page 15
tit oot tha lan tae yin o tha neebours noo, fur he wusnae up tae tha on page 16

3 matches

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