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nooadays Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words27.8 18.2 39 59.6 52.3 10.3 53.1
Number of occurrences9036 26 6 9 1 12
Number of authors52 24 14 4 3 1 6

Occurrences of nooadays in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Ye divna get dances lik yon nooadays! on page 29

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Turtle said: "Ah'm too stiff, nooadays. An the Gryphon never learnt on page 96

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MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
nooadays - much like here. on page 61

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
nooadays, nae turravee, stooshie or th on page 73

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
eage like that, are they? And nooadays ye cannae jist tak the speedo on page 17

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
d in the 1960s, but it cannae nooadays be geckit an scornit in ony w on page 56

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
he bairns cairry on like that nooadays - like thae brats we've been on page 41

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
It's aw a lot mair o a fankle nooadays, but. Noo it's aw aboot the k on page 6

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
o risky. Ye couldnae dae that nooadays athoot attractin attention. B on page 41

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
anither craitur steyed there nooadays, the unco and Booncy Teeger; on page 68
pher Robin dae in the mornins nooadays? on page 77
stopher Robin in the mornings nooadays?' on page 83
t last, "Teeger's that Booncy nooadays it's time we learnt him a les on page 101

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
nners o weird things gaun on, nooadays. In fact, if youse twa orphan on page 103

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ad conseeder the modren gate. Nooadays we think on "editin" or "impr on page 69

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
i that muckle responsibeility nooadays bein haundit tae professional on page 56

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Nooadays Mercury is a deid warld wi na
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Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
no shair if ye get pan breid nooadays? Mind, he wiz quite posh. Poo
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
owels! We micht crack a smile nooadays but keep in mind that scholar
Scot tae write a wark that we nooadays wad caw a wark o lee-science
omin fae the panet Mairs, but nooadays we ken that mony natural chei
redite’ or, as we micht say nooadays, credible witnesses.As sic th
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
€“ an a Buchan fairm at that! Nooadays, Scottish Language Dictionari
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
sa wis born here in 1910, but nooadays, it’s kent better as the â€
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ause it wisnae worth coverin. Nooadays, we can luik back
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Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
tasty, cheap an satisfyin. An nooadays thats an awfy lot o folk.
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
Nooadays, the influences o American la
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
the faimly. Still, young yins nooadays, dae things their ain way.'
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ir gairdens as productive lan nooadays. She’d meant tae keep it fo
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
But whan we think on Maitland nooadays, it’s for his wark as a mak
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
meant by the auld-farrant an nooadays aften pitdoon tairm “Lallan
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Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
tion o fairmers an tradesmen. Nooadays it’s maistly a sportin esta
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MacMinto, Gregor Hippies, Authenticity and Globalisation, (Wordpress 2022) Central, prose
ss o globalisation wid likely nooadays hae an ull-wull at the pooer
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@Chazzbat tweeted
in whit they cin dae fer folk nooadays. Why Kevin hed a hole in his (2020) search twitter
available fer skin conditions nooadays. Ah wis particularly impresse(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
um o thae yung men goin aboot nooadays - wae there fake tans/applyi (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An nooadays rich maet an me disna gree on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
mairret in sic funcy places, nooadays," said Winnie, claain oot the on page 18
s bin gettin waar. Aa he dis, nooadays, is rummle oan an oan aboot f on page 33
h'm a bittie o a reglar here, nooadays. Ah tak a runnie Ower maist w on page 37
appairently, it's fashionable nooadays te spik aboot yer problems - on page 65

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. "It's rale poky in Paradise nooadays - an it's a gey smaa 'slice on page 9
r familiar image wi a fingir. Nooadays, folk like you are caaed 'spe on page 19
poys either, ye ken. Nooadays, ma lugs are hairier than ma on page 69
ttle an aat he's nae sae able nooadays. In fack, last time Ah bumpit on page 81

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
"Noo fit can A say aboot fowk nooadays? Fit are they like? They're l on page 91

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
on. Fit wi the price o aathin nooadays...weel," he grinned, "ye ken on page 10

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
mile o arable land. Fermers nooadays grumph fin a puckle doos land
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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
mebbe nae mony ken aboot them nooadays.
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Fit’s real and fit’s nae nooadays? I’m aa raivelled wi this S
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
The only folk I see nooadays are wee specks high up in the
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
his muckle time in the hoose nooadays tae be bothered wi you or me.
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Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2022) Doric - Aberdeen
Nooadays some loaves gye near his ma g

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
Nooadays some loaves gye near his ma g
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Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
Diz onybudy wyive nooadays? I myne seeing the auld wiffi

Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
s oot at jist shy o £60,000. Nooadays, the average price o a hoose
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@AMaxwell54 tweeted
ch. Ah bide doon in Edinburgh nooadays, bit Ah'm a Defender o' ih Do (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@shunad Affa handy nooadays(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ile oÂ’rubbish is on the tele nooadays! Nithing bit duncing shows, b(2020) search twitter

@glenlivetloon tweeted
ee muckle in i y o sharn bree nooadays! Weel, nae in Portobello ony-(2015) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
id mibbee be caaled a chignon nooadays. Shae hid tae yeuse a dose o on page 99

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Nooadays love is throwaway, no need on page 123

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Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
sted tae the Twatt Aerodrome. Nooadays, English tourists delight in
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Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
Nooadays, half the country hooses are
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Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
hiv suggested that youngeens nooadays wid tend tae say ‘who’. T

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ss, dir neddir voar or hairst nooadays, fur naebody is growin ony cr on page 1
ometimes, wi da brukk at's on nooadays, I tink shü wisna dat far wr on page 5
lack some a dis bales you get nooadays at's kinda foosty i da middle on page 8
lick milk. Bit dat wis da wye nooadays, whidder it wis toys or a liv on page 28
ung men at kens foo ta do dat nooadays. Du wid a keepit da faa whin on page 63

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Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
Bairns nooadays, dey dunna want onything at c
moarnin. He looket gey wabbit nooadays, bit he wisna a young man ony
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
Yeah, I couldna handle school nooadays I think!(2021) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
think nooadays it ‘ull bei hoddit, oot o s
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Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
'Men an weemen nooadays,' qu' he. on page 16

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Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
ices and unorthodox medicine; nooadays, Prince Charles would be spak on page 46

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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ies, Thair's nae caa fur that nooadays, mine, wi tha lectric yins. M on page 8
But nooadays, iz A wus sayin, on page 14
toor stittin thick iverywhar. Nooadays, she wudnae tak a drap o tay on page 15
Maggie, "Naebodie haes thaim nooadays . on page 16
tae gang tae get anither pair nooadays. Tha last yins A bocht wur oo on page 18

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NewtonLass Tay, (newtonlass.blogspot.com 2011) Ulster - Newtownards, poetry
But nooadays, iz A wus sayin,
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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
wapped them intae this pond. Nooadays the craws can tae be heared s
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Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
rk wi puns, shillins an pence nooadays. A’m no sure A cud git ma h
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