A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

nite Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words28.4 37.8 6.4 0 0 142.2 0
Number of occurrences8871 4 0 0 13 0
Number of authors10 8 1 1

Occurrences of nite in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
should sit doon ti rite thi nite on page 3
Guaranteed ti fuck up yir nite on page 7
ah on thi same nite, on page 9
Thi mist his jist set fir thi nite on page 60
Shiz oot again thi nite on page 62
Also on pages 69
6 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
yi…kept hinkin’ aboot the nite. She’s gon oot,’ he says,
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
ir takin the calories fir me! Nite nite fae Scotland! X??????(2015) search twitter
w day begins tomorrow! Nichty nite awe! ? xxx(2015) search twitter
Time fir sleeps! Nite nite awé fae Scotland! X ??(2015) search twitter
k tae check yir availability! Nite!??X(2016) search twitter

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
olid 40 mins in comeback no37 nite. Mighta been rustier than som (2018) twitter link

@raiphsays tweeted
Ats ma da awa oot wurkin a nite shift in a “very specific an(2020) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
t hen. Askin ye if ye fancy a nite oot is like askin if a bear u (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
Obligatory toilet fotie on a nite oot ?? (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
sselburghU al b in the area 2 nite guys walkin ma dug lol (2020) twitter link
@AfcTranent is this 2 nite guys (2020) twitter link
lmeron n fraser were decent 2 nite al but joe linton did nothin (2021) twitter link
earned the right to b there 2 nite - get out and enjoy the game (2021) twitter link
ian_Pacey lookin forrit tae 2 nite wae the crazy crew - bring i (2020) twitter link
and 43 other occurrences.

Doric

@Franwella tweeted
ec yer looking quite tall the nite Dec! x(2011) search twitter
slay @ErinM2907 hame th morns nite @LouiseNicol1(2011) search twitter
uiseNicol1 No, nae games last nite. Feels gd tae feel gd. How wi(2011) search twitter
a organised fir the games the nite. Am affa jealous.(2011) search twitter

Southern

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@gavzo Full o shite b nite e mean ??? and sleepin in eer(2020) search twitter
@jamieginger173 E rinnin the nite ginger twat?(2012) search twitter
75 wot time e feenesh up last nite(2012) search twitter
Monday nite and am STILL graftin away #na(2012) search twitter
sholmIain yir rite. E oot the nite?(2012) search twitter
and 8 other occurrences.