A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

neighbours Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.2 8.5 30.4 29.8 17.4 10.9 8.8
Number of occurrences4416 19 3 3 1 2
Number of authors25 12 5 3 2 1 2

Occurrences of neighbours in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she wis gaunnae miss watchin Neighbours. on page 143
nly a two minute walk). Aw ma neighbours are brand new an wuv never ha on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Friens an neighbours, young or auld, they aa hate on page 107

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
reatin masel tae an episode o Neighbours as ah ate ma smiley face pota on page 51

1 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
Aw the neighbours stood roun, wae a right jealo on page 29

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
They were next door neighbours wi externally identical house
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
neighbours are so often away.”
1 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
’ve organized for wan o the neighbours tae check in on her every so
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah cannae go tae the neighbours wi ma tail between ma legs. T
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
day efternoon and the way the neighbours were lookin at these guys the
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
tae a lead frae their Celtic neighbours an’ choose an anthem o’ t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
cow’ll find oot who she’s neighbours wae soon enough. She disnae n
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
as ah come, no caring if the neighbours hear, just caught up in the f
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
it at night.. It'll waken the neighbours... (2023) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Neighbours, aabody loves gweed Neighbour on page 34

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
i the weather. It appeart tae neighbours, onlookers an sichtseers alik
strange reports aboundit fae neighbours wha lived aside the man an hi
ys, Beggerey wid knock upon a neighbours door, obviously in some degre
tion or heat exhaustion these neighbours nivver could say, but it soun
Bill Broon wis ane o the neighbours, an how he explained it is th
6 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
alf the dogs let loose by her neighbours on her gairden.
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
We hid guid neighbours that are still chums
Ca'in yer neighbours by Mr or Mrs fitiver wis a mu
2 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
While neighbours invade lookin tae chat
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
w day fer a walk the day. Yon neighbours dog has bin yelping a nicht t(2016) search twitter
Just hope that bloody neighbours yapping dug disnae chase the (2016) search twitter
Waks past neighbours hoose earlier & see arse & ta(2017) search twitter
s state visit, even asked the neighbours tae pit flags oot & mak sure (2017) search twitter
icht the nicht again fan a ma neighbours thra-ing oot a their rubbish (2017) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
like the neighbours' on page 10

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
doon and enjoy the company o neighbours, freends, and family. Ye took
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
t one over on our friends and neighbours by pretending to a more refin
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"How do the neighbours share out the seaweed?" on page 10

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
sumburghairport pusscat is my neighbours but he keeps sneaking back ta(2016) search twitter
blyde tae spaek aboot my wild neighbours. Aa da best x(2018) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
e much closer than cousins or neighbours. Twin but not iden(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Th' neighbours stan' an' glare. on page 26

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Yet neighbours laugh, an kins folk tease, on page 45

1 matches

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