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Use in varieties of Scots

nesty Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.6 5.8 40 19.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences3911 25 2 1 0 0
Number of authors13 5 5 2 1

Occurrences of nesty 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

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
en up by wild beasts an ither nesty things, aa because they widna on page 13
! Oor faimily aye hated cats: nesty, common, cruel craiturs! Dinn on page 22
hush-a-by sang, an giein it a nesty ruch shougle at the en o ilka on page 44

3 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
at the haunds o nesty fowk on page 42

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'Nesty cauld day,' said Rabbit, shak on page 107

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
es to win hame, awaa frae the nesty warld of youth. She ware mair
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an cauld saut water's nesty stuff;
Awa wi ye, ye nesty bug,
It's a gey nesty turn that A've had.
he gey near had a nesty end
"Haud off," it said, "yer nesty stuff
5 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Bullied, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
n Thursday they trolled me wi nesty texts on page 55

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Nesty viruses on page 15

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
caad Gilderoy. Bit he wis as nesty an bluidthirsty a breet as Ro on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
im fur the answers? She wis a nesty wifie. She wis tryin tae tric
ese things. She was a glekit, nesty vratch.
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
me anither cheque, wi a richt nesty letter sayin
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
acht up in the air. Ere wis a nesty silence as the three
Nae a bad day wi a raw nesty blast.
nesty storm oot throo the nicht wi
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
rmin an Natur baith hid their nesty sides. Ye micht pett an bosie
micht be, tho it soundit rale nesty. Loons cud be coorse, she ken
Divil tryin tae chaw him, the nesty, drunken, grissly breet that
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"Nesty aul bugger," Brian pit in, wi
n mugged ootside a howf; some nesty breet hid chored it frae his
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
She speened a jeelip o the nesty green mixture doon Kirsty Ann
ohnny Patterson gaed Dauvit a nesty powk in the kyte.
ae sausages on sticks. Jist a nesty, clorty, purple mixture
row his box o tools, mutterin nesty
4 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
e cheddar oan e' heid o' it? #Nesty(2016) search twitter
wee drap o' Kashmir.... Hid a nesty curry there afore skittered m(2016) search twitter
' thon @realDonaldTrump ,awfa nesty, #FreendlyFire #Fore(2015) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
t fae the London Westminster, nesty and reactionary polemics. The (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
'Strip the Willow', I heard a nesty 'rip' on page 4

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
‘Harry. Nesty, tinky neem, if you ask me.â€
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
! Wir faimily aye hated cats: nesty, coorse, sleekit things! Dunn on page 23

1 matches

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