A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

nib Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 0.5 12 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences101 8 1 0 0 0
Number of authors5 1 3 1

Occurrences of nib in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wee notepad oot an licked the nib ay a pencil he wis haudin an
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the mairt." Davie turnt up is nib. "TImaagine the stink!" . on page 29
e the coal fire, turnin up is nib in disgust es Ronnie laid oot on page 54
the cunnles. "She's te hae er nib in aathin." on page 60
ingin fae the eyn o'is marled nib. on page 76

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
die," said Dottie, stickin er nib in the air es the soun o dril on page 25

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
ised the inky tip wi its slit nib ower the page, ready tae merk
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
can see ma lecturer screw her nib fan I hoist ma haun and askit
and the smell o earth in her nib.
2 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Copy books, nib pens, big bottle o ink on page 42

1 matches

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