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The word 'nay'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nayOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus47.615515
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 425.1 130 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 99.8 8 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nay in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
lik dunters i da jap, nay sicht o varg,
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Who's till go doon e chimney?-Nay, A willna! He do id!-A?# A wi on page 36

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
uddick an pick aff thi fin's, Nay bad bait sumtyme's, Bit the p on page 1
pper Line wid run throo so as nay tae weer on thi gunnel, an fi on page 3
draa baak weis eit their weis nay coal fyre tae welcum yea, eit on page 4
n on cit, bit Muskcy, stannin nay far fae thi clump, notyst eit on page 6
n leed fur wer ripper's, so's nay tae be disturbed. "Dayvideee, on page 9
Also on pages 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62, 65, 65, 67, 68
130 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
Nay the worst podcast loons, ul g(2020)
oot players we luv tae hate. Nay gid when they hay a load o oo(2020)
den on the 31st for oor semi. Nay footie ups oor those dykes.(2020)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
I needna have worried. She'd nay teeth. on page 22

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
t's no for me to gie a yea or nay,
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
n owerfrockt black affrontit, nay, offendit lady on page 33

1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
There’s nay turnin back noo, ah hink, sit
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
'Nay, lass. It wad serve nae guid on page 43

1 matches

General Central

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
Did onybody ken him? Naebody, nay!) on page 22

1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 58 - The Wa-Ganging o the Meinister, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The Blae Ribban nay-saying the dram, on page 80

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
f ana. There just seems ti be nay light at the end o the tunnel(2020)
elf in edinbugh tomorrow. Eye nay bother dot scott. #chillootau(2018)
et the t made for me cause am nay gid at it she says.plus a nva(2012)
on46 yir sister is oot ana so nay chance o anything here #getro(2012)
Back ti work the morn.nay mare long lies. #fairlookingf(2012)
and 3 other occurrences.

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
He wus a dacent boadie wi nay bak dorrs, a good man without on page 32

2 matches

General Ulster

Hanna, Wendy Gaitherin’ Purdas!, (Facebook - Schomberg Society 2020) Ulster, poetry
Fir there’s nay time tae footer or spoof.
1 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
@Ultach1014 Aww nay snaw? Am quare scunnerd wit i (2020) twitter link

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