A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

neer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.9 16 14.4 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4030 9 0 0 0 1
Number of authors16 9 6 1

Occurrences of neer in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
d o hair the likes ae which'd neer been seen. He's grand ye'd re on page 79
no kennin ony better as he'd neer got tae meet him. A wee shame on page 80
nd ye said Here, it's fine - neer heed, Josie. Ah neer have. An on page 81

5 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
An lowin kye neer kent ti miss on page 91

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ion fae the media an we shuid neer forget thon. We shuid be awar on page 10
profit an pouer. An we shuid neer forget that in the case o the on page 21
n things: the capitalist wey. Neer mind that the ae organisation on page 37
eep boadie an sow! thegither, neer mind feed a faimlie or buy a on page 53
isely the pynt o Tory policy. Neer mind that we dinnae hae the O on page 81
Also on pages 116, 121, 128
11 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
r share o funerals, and ah've neer seen o box like it. Did naeb' on page 114

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An lowin kye neer kent tae miss on page 54

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
An lowin kye neer kent ti miss on page 91

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
hall a toty wee man, as could neer ha raxt up to throw it himsel on page 72

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
gars neer a murmell o domestic strife. on page 52

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an eerie sicht, wi neer a soun
wi neer a speugie tae be seen.
the stoor neer sees a drap o glaur.
hypnotic trance wis neer sae deep -
4 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ations o the merk pouers frae Neer tae Hogmanay. An gin thay are(2020) search twitter
..and where I am by the coast neer without a good wind.(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@stevie27boyo @elcourier a neer forgot theres gonna b an ice (2021) twitter link
oh a neer forgot - happy new year tae (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
O sattit eens - neer half a pun on page 15

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
zent?" An there wis twa ither neer-de-weels led oot wi him tae b on page 119

3 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
t. He struggles ti run a bath neer mind onyhin else) ht(2019) search twitter
@fermerdavie Neer tried at. Sounds affa guid(2019) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
a running commentary masel. A neer spat a lung up over the 6 goa(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
A'm sayin nithin'. I kin gye neer see the Aiberdeen border fae (2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
archaeology'.. Their lives'll neer be the same! (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Slightest glimpse frae neer tha tap, on page 30

1 matches

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