A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

nelly Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.1 7.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences94 5 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 4 2

Occurrences of nelly in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ae they yins afore. No in ma nelly puff, I hudnae.' on page 1

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
The Lovely Nelly sailed fae Carsethorn oan the on page 56

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
playin chic-a-nelly in yir wellies, on page 52

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
conseiderable success wi yung Nelly, wha grees ti be his wife, bu on page 141

1 matches

Doric

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
Not on your flippin nelly!!
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wae, she treetled aff tae see Nelly the Coo, fa bedd in the
hin Mistress Hennie’s hame. Nelly the Coo hid jist bin milkit.
“Fine foreneen Nelly,” quo Suzy the Soo wi her b
“MOOOOO” roared Nelly in scunner. “That ye hinna.
4 matches

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