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Use in varieties of Scots

nettles Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 9.6 4.8 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2218 3 0 1 0 0
Number of authors15 12 2 1

Occurrences of nettles in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
that' n left him lyin in the nettles. on page 3

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
mages fae brainches an jaggie-nettles blawn in the wund, bit thare on page 58
s o breer, brammles an jaggie-nettles. The pound itssel wis whaur t on page 59

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
h there wis a fankle o stingy-nettles and bramble thorns and lang b on page 178

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wreathed wi bracken, nettles an weeds, on page 94

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
richt awa, I landed in stingy nettles up tae ma knees. Lucky I had on page 20
threw it intae a clump o tall nettles near the water's edge, where on page 45

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
aw o that, the bairns were on nettles when, ower a dour denner o bi on page 13

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Whaur brammles scart an nettles stang, whaur dirl on page 74

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Whaur brammles scart an nettles stang, whaur dirl on page 58

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 1 - Ye’re Still Here? It’s Ower. Gang Hame., (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
p-hie fields o wheat an jaggy nettles. Jyne us - but tak a differe on page 24

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
orm, an fowk like Knox wis on nettles that it micht be turnt back.
ed ablow it. Baith men wis on nettles. The neist thing thay kent wi
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Jist stung wi nettles? Naethin broken?
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
trail that snakes through the nettles an foliage, ah see it in fron
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@g_hibby tweeted
@tartannettles13 Afternoon Nettles.. Ye'll have tae get an outbo (2022) twitter link
@tartannettles13 Cheers Nettles... Aw' the best tae ye... ?? (2023) twitter link

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
t it disnae end up amang they nettles ahint the shed, that ye wuz t(2018) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Intae nettles that stung aa his doup on page 15

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
or plooshare, a roch rickle o nettles, steens, briers an butterflee
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ndaes, a gairden stappit fu o nettles an thrissles, an muckle fat b
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Shetland

Walterson, Vaila Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ans, dockins an even twartree nettles.
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