A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'nithin'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of nithin in Corpus

Shetland

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

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

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

Mid Northern A

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

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

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

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

Aberdeen

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

General Northern

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

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

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

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
? #Leave ? Fit a sotter! Er's nithin' mair giepit than thon awfa b(2016)
@bbcquestiontime nithin' cries wirkin' class hero pol(2015)
vi @ChristopherHarv fit rare, nithin' beats a summer time sook o' (2016)
@EECharlieAllan nithin' worse in a puckly stray hair(2015)
@Shinzzaa aye min nithin' worse whaun the blonnie's go(2015)
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)
@Daveybignose @JamTarts Nithin you say taks awa fae him find(2020)

@daleser23 tweeted
Nithin contraversial aboot that ane (2014)

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

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

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

South East (Borders)