A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

nithin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.6 0 81.4 0 23.2 248.1 0
Number of occurrences820 54 0 4 24 0
Number of authors26 21 4 1

Occurrences of nithin in Corpus

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Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
is nae weel for ae last time (nithin tae dee wi ony drinks, as far on page 19

1 matches

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
d flicked throu the channels. Nithin teen ma funcy so ah switched on page 42
an at me fur lyin aboot daein nithin, and then he'll throw himsel on page 44

2 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
jist pit ma heid doon an say nithin. Aa kin see them judgin ma co on page 98

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ique tae the district. Aire's nithin else like it in the warld. It on page 8

1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
But he cwid dae nithin, jist try as he micht. on page 25

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An 'ere's nithin ye kin dae or say on page 82
She is nithin like a puppet or marionette o on page 88
Nithin - it's ower dark, ye feel. on page 128
Nithin kin come atween us on page 136
A heap o' fowk bit nithin tae say on page 137
Also on pages 140, 170, 178
9 matches

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
ll mam ana, in she disna hink nithin of it. It’s perfectly fine
1 matches

Legge, Robert Oot in the Middle o Naewye, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
ot in the middle o naewye wee nithin ti dee
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
n Scotland kent Scots, we had nithin but haivers. Some fowk said i
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
oon tae the shorie. There’s nithin else tae dee in St Combs righ
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d a big search o the area but nithin wiz found. The landy hid mair
1 matches

Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
There wis nithin’ wrang we ma faithers e’
1 matches

Findlater, Mark , (no publisher recorded 2022) Doric - Troup, government
Here in es bear pit for thay nithin forbae
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
? #Leave ? Fit a sotter! Er's nithin' mair giepit than thon awfa b(2016) search twitter
@bbcquestiontime nithin' cries wirkin' class hero pol(2015) search twitter
vi @ChristopherHarv fit rare, nithin' beats a summer time sook o' (2016) search twitter
@EECharlieAllan nithin' worse in a puckly stray hair(2015) search twitter
@Shinzzaa aye min nithin' worse whaun the blonnie's go(2015) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Thorfinn1960 Nae sayin nithin ??????(2019) search twitter
t a wrist bandy hing. Cost me nithin'.(2019) search twitter
@alfordbrad Michty. Nithin wirse that yon wattery teeth.(2019) search twitter
@scotsfilmguy Nithin wrang wi sookin ingins ??(2019) search twitter
@Kwitie @ionafyfe Sayin nithin! https://t.co/1VXYiVwUmT(2019) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

@72redz1903 tweeted
n found throughout the force, nithin bold aboot the charge. As for (2022) twitter link
why I wasn’t there and it’s nithin tae de wi SNP. The Yes moveme (2022) twitter link
Widnae disagree - virtually nithin on target but I would argue w (2022) twitter link
tae be a creative midfielder- nithin like it (2022) twitter link
d o pairts’ lefty - they do nithin for me. (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

@beast_afc tweeted
him as a player. Gas work has nithin tae dee with shay as an afc p(2020) search twitter
@Daveybignose @JamTarts Nithin you say taks awa fae him find(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
Nithin contraversial aboot that ane (2014) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
rwye in the speech community. Nithin cliq(2020) search twitter

@glenlivetloon tweeted
@DoricDictionary Nithin war an a richt dose o i skitt(2014) search twitter
@DoricDictionary Nithin war an a yaavin in yer draaer(2014) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
e @d_anderson878 @Sunday_Post Nithin on em til I get hame or its s(2020) search twitter
irstySNP @FaeFoggie A'm sayin nithin'. I kin gye neer see the Aibe(2019) search twitter
_just Steady on noo. Thell be nithin left for e' bairns tae pick n(2019) search twitter
dinna caa it e' poop deck fir nithin'. ??????(2019) search twitter
@Meldrum04 @d_anderson878 Nithin mair funny as back wind. ??(2020) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
smeilin o nithin but fresh air an pooder: on page 115

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
es dossing aboot da flat doin nithin an I honestly dinna even feel(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Dir's nithin lik seein a young kittiwake t(2014) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Dirs nithin like a fire on a cold snowy d (2018) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ister oan th bank, an o haein nithin tae dae: yince or twice she'd on page 7
Efter a while, finndin that nithin mair occurred, she decided ta on page 13
hed got that fly fur expectin nithin but fly hings tae happen, tha on page 14
For really this moarnin Ah've nithin oan now.' on page 29
"Ah wull dae nithin o th sort," said th Moose, ge on page 30
Also on pages 44, 51, 56, 60, 66, 72, 77, 86, 90, 93, 102, 112, 117, 118, 120, 121
24 matches

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