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The word 'naked'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nakedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42420
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of naked in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Indeed, a naked funny man danced roond hid, i on page 37
Ah'm nivver seen you naked ower aal wir forty years. on page 52
Half blind and nearly naked - and the only maet he'd see on page 56
There wis Zak - aal mither-naked - he'd cheust been oot 'for on page 59

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
da memory cam oonbidden o da naked terror in dat young face i da on page 58

1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
I was cold. I was naked. on page 37

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an get locked oot, half-naked on page 10

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
rinnin aboot half naked an shoutin at ey were hungry.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
is claes, he wis first o' the naked ramblers. on page 28

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hind me ah strip doon bollick naked and heid straight intae the s on page 147

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
andy_brown4430 wis ee bollick naked - a bonnie sight nae doot lo (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Robbie an Rachel's naked thrash, on page 46

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
e quite, quo Dylan, tae staun naked - but it's at least, quo McI
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
naked truth, on page 78

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
“We will not rise to naked Western aggression,”
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
d tae tell us. 'Photos of me. Naked photos.' on page 29

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
She’s sittin there naked, except fur a pair ay black,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
intae the park, their barren, naked branches swayin in the cauld
1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
For in the naked wuid the wind souchs keen, on page 33

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ts mistakes, embellishing its naked details, purging it of impuri on page 69

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
a of my Petition for the poor naked Falls of Bruar being so well
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
ite aboot 400 year syne, shaw naked warriors decoratit wi tattoos
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
often) that the Empress isnae naked, she's hiding her Union Jack (2022) twitter link

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
the bane, 1ts white mouldins naked again burly yellae waals. on page 48

1 matches

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