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Use in varieties of Scots

neest Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words27.5 0 123.6 0 34.9 0 0
Number of occurrences880 82 0 6 0 0
Number of authors5 2 3

Occurrences of neest in Corpus

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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sighed, kennin fit wis comin neest. on page 9
sighed, kennin fit wis comin neest. on page 16
chiel wis lyin aa is lenth in neest door's gairden." on page 23
Ina gaed inte the flooer shop neest door an bocht a bonny bunch o on page 25
n at fit she wis aboot te say neest wid fair git Davie's dander u on page 29
Also on pages 31, 39, 40, 46, 47, 49, 52, 53, 64, 75, 83
21 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
The neest mornin, a reed-faced Morrice on page 9
st tichen as he steed fir the neest hauf-oor, waatchin as anither on page 13
The neest mormin, Morrice sut up wi a m on page 17
"Mebbe ye wull neest time," Ah said, lookin back d on page 19
Jist mak sure neest time ye wave, on page 24
Also on pages 31, 59, 66, 80, 83, 86
14 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ay onythin. Ye'r aa spik. The neest time he comes inte the shop f on page 7
Hiv ye heard aboot Big Brenda neest door te me?" he said, booin i on page 9
"Ye winna bi sayin at the neest time ye come in. Ah'm gaun te on page 11
tap o'is glaisses. "You bide neest door te Norman." on page 13
." Duncan noddit. "Wi me bein neest loor, they kinna hid tull - on page 14
Also on pages 22, 27, 32, 40, 41, 42, 50, 52
16 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
It wis decided neest day the fleer wid be laid (su
sewin in your hoose?" Neest day Jonsar Eck wandered in ta
he brae again that nicht, bit neest mornin fin
tae help himsel. Neest time he wis in Aiberdeen he b
thing mair than "I'll see you neest week" Ere wis ae lad
12 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
bit dull. (He wis affa deaf) Neest day the thocht kept naggin
awa at him. Of coorse neest nicht it wis the same again,
tae come back at ten o clock neest day.
Neest day Jonsar Eck coodnae believ
a fine scent comin aff o the neest doors sweet peas. They were a
19 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Da neest twartree sections'll describe on page 22
a is da sam whidder or no da neest wird starts on page 62
espeecially if da neest wird startit wi a consonant. on page 78

4 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
irst look at shö gae’m. Da neest look wis different! An wi him
1 matches

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