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Use in varieties of Scots

ness Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16 13.5 7.4 0 98.8 10.3 14.5
Number of occurrences5327 5 0 17 1 3
Number of authors27 16 3 5 1 2

Occurrences of ness in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
at Seafield, Katrine, Ness an Nith on page 77

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
g fir we're in the lee o Fife Ness. Nor, norrad, gowks.' on page 14

4 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
e I play it up a bit, ma city-ness against her rurat-ness. The r on page 3

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
t Ablow the black craig o the ness. on page 29

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
haeological excavation at the Ness o Brodgar in Orkney maks it q on page 99

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Loch Ness, up beh Inverness is on page 120

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
an in a whylie sauled up Loch Ness, eftir a hantil aventurs, ti on page 45

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
rf wa, Fae Bridgeness near Bo'ness, Tae aul Kilpatrick near Bear on page 5

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
s, stanes, the complex at the Ness o Brodgar, a place o pilgrima on page 9
o Dunragit an the Ness o Brodgar, on page 12

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
o what dis exist; an the wee-ness o't maks for dowie readin: tw on page 116

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 73 - Wrack, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Coorse sea, cauld ness, cloud shaddaed, on page 77

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
e Cloud, Wee Burnie, The Loch Ness Monster's Comin tae Ellon and
1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 70 - The Primped Skull, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
an oan its lowerin ness, fur aye an ivver,
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ellin dairk? For aa that dirk(ness) wis the chyce o Gavin Dougla
1 matches

Hawkins, Rudi None Shall Rest Easy, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central - Stirling, prose
When we met alangside o Loch Ness, it was late in the evenin an
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
n the names literally as (Bur-ness). This is wrang an wad mean t
1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
Your Royal Quine-ness awaits. ?? https://t.co/BF0oV(2019) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
at The Hippodrome Theatre, Bo'ness: https://t.co/rp1YZfBuzg #Sco (2019) twitter link
t The Hippodrome Cinema in Bo'ness, featurin a screenin o 'Room (2019) twitter link

Doric

Stewart, David Catch-Up Chapter 163 - Planning the Mystery Tour., (Facebook 2024) Doric, prose
st year it was back doon Loch Ness. So- moving on...."
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
trips fae Aiberdeen tae Loch Ness, Culloden, Cairngorms Nationa(2018) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ae, knowe, bin, glen, strath, ness, mire, haugh, moss. Why have (2020) twitter link
op, howe, knowe, loch, heuch, ness, moss, mire, bay, naze, shank (2020) twitter link
has names lik JOUK O DROOKIT, NESS O DOOM, BURN O BEATTIE, GARTH (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
evicted fae somewye aboot da Ness). Bit dey med guid laand o it on page 7
a room wi da view oot ower da ness," shü telt Betty, oppenin da on page 48
usual moarnin waak aroond da ness. He seemed ta be a tourist bo on page 54
it here ipo da aest side a da ness. It turned oot it wis da sam on page 55

6 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Ness o Clousta on page 29

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ness o stane. Der iverywye you lui on page 33
Aroond da ness, blue squill drifts tick on page 34
öl o whaals spied affa Binna Ness. on page 62

5 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
we'll be roond da ness in a minute ur twa.'
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
Twageos an da Nort Ness,
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
loads o folk, incl me fae da Ness, caa dem scabby mans heid. Li(2020) search twitter
yun even rarer days whaur Da Ness is actually clear and elsewha(2020) search twitter
@Steve__G8IHT It's da Ness Boating Club. Da committee di(2020) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ds vyce roared oot o the mirk-ness o
1 matches

Ulster

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
The Lost Ness Monster
So this Lost Ness Monster
2 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
ess, plaistert tae tha roon’ness o her swollen wame.
1 matches

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