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Use in varieties of Scots

nuts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.5 15.7 30 9.9 23.2 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences6031 20 1 4 1 3
Number of authors32 16 10 1 3 1 1

Occurrences of nuts in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ndwiches oot the canteen. The nuts n crisps must huv been his ow on page 58

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
?' M'oan tae God, is this guy nuts? on page 1

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
tried tae talk and it did our nuts in cos that's not how we rais on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ye oan Aldo. He's gone fuckin nuts ever since him and Craig loas on page 73
ly, they go absolutely fuckin nuts. Some even begin chargin at t on page 160

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ye could see boorachs o broon nuts in their green jaickets. The on page 175
wee eejits like you, How mony nuts dae ah huv awthegether? Answe on page 212

3 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
touchin eis nuts in front o thi kidz on page 118

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Laura McNish an aw the tough nuts in oor class wid pure staun u on page 76
tae thir airms or they said, NUTS ABOUT YOU, an knowin Charlene on page 154

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
cially trained for gettin the nuts oot o walnuts,' Mr Wonka expl on page 125
nnerfu, the wey they get thae nuts oot! And see hoo they first c on page 126
s gaun whaur aw the ither bad nuts go,' said Mr Wullie Wonka. 'D on page 129

4 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Seed scattert, nuts hingin on page 31

2 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
It maun hae been nuts, fruit, an veg, on page 62

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
An ging ontil a diet o nuts.’
1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
h’s plastic bag o’ monkey nuts an aipples, a tangerine an tw
or paltry plunderbag o monkey nuts, twa cox’s pippins an a Cle
“A bag a nuts,” Ah seyd. “ An aipple.
d Ah dragged thon polly-bag o nuts along the tarmac, up an doon
4 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an nuts an seeds that A pit oot
1 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
jist sweeties, fruit, an’ nuts. But—och!—we hud great ti
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ae guid reason. The berries, nuts an meat wis ower muckle for a
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
les for dookin, an a puckle o nuts. We bairns makkit oor ain pok
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
it’s the drugs that sent me nuts. But their wrong. It’s jist
1 matches

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
vere nut allergy so don't eat nuts on the flight. 2 hours later (2018) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ey stoppit for crisps an some nuts "Can you please tell us when on page 15

7 matches

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
wellheads and shackle nuts, on page 11
aa the nuts stuck in his teeth on page 33

2 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
milky drink made oot o chufa nuts has a unique taste - like a on page 4

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
'a glaiss o wine an a hanfu o nuts, an stairtit cruisin roon the on page 40

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
n o' pies an crisps an monkey nuts on page 150

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
a wheel (Fur he’d taen the nuts aff that sud hae held it on,
s an cairriet doon his kist o nuts an
ken this Bruce, there’s twa nuts here that’ll be jist
3 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
wice and oot the back fur yer nuts! #BananasMin(2015) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
Meanwhile they are gan, nuts aboot peanuts https://t.co/Om(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
@rossandrew_ aye nuts like. Just shows u that ye di(2014) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
moke alarm went aff, wife gan nuts! A fer a wee snack(2017) search twitter
toastie, bug o‘ crisps & KP nuts! #timeschanged https://t.co/5(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
an a pock o nuts an steers on page 12

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a come intae da toon fur yowe nuts a Settirday, maybe I cood tak on page 38
n, an dey wir feedin dem yowe nuts forbye. An dan da bairns fae on page 75

2 matches

Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
favour, an whit wi can offer. Nuts an bolts mettir, but ta hae w
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Is it nuts dat I'm hangin oot my claes o(2016) search twitter

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
f the pitch. Terry went fuckn nuts and there was a 30man drawl.r(2012) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
O nuts an baults an monies a thing t on page 10
Whather it wus, nuts nor baults nor springs nor th on page 11

3 matches

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