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The word 'nup'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nupOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.6154
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 36.4 8 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.6 4 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nup in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
y haed learned a new word (‘Nup!’). Mr Dursley tried tae ac
‘Nup,’ sheu said sharply. ‘Whi
2 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Nup, ticky, ticky Timex tells tim on page 27

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
needin tae ask, so they will! Nup, it' no dae tae ask: mebbe ah on page 10
gonnae dae that in a hurry. "Nup, ah'll hiv a wee look first," on page 13
t mony lessons still tae dae! Nup, that's me made ma mind up ab on page 20
"Nup," said the Caterpillar. on page 45
Nup, thir wirnae ony tears. "Noo, on page 61
Also on pages 69, 91, 97
8 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
@LairnScots @scottishbktrust Nup. Outwith is an auld Scots leg(2020)
@Historic_Ally @billykayscot Nup, never heard o it an lik Bill(2020)
@HurchinHome "To thole on"? Nup, completely wrong usage.(2020)
@MarkThompStuff Nup, his name's still clart here!(2020)