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Use in varieties of Scots

nuhin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.5 28.3 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences5655 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors13 12 1

Occurrences of nuhin 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
er oan the bank, an ae hivvin nuhin tae dae: wance or twice she'd on page 7
heider doon the stairs'll hiv nuhin in it! They'll hink ah'm no s on page 9
ade ae solid gless: there wis nuhin oan it cept fir a totey golde on page 11
Efter a while, seein that nuhin else hid happened, she decidi on page 14
uch intae the wey ae expectin nuhin bit ooty-thewey things tae ha on page 15
Also on pages 25, 45, 51, 52, 57, 61, 66, 72, 93, 94, 111, 117, 120
20 matches

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ang oerdue adieus - had said nuhin as the boy Douglas again crep on page 78

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
sauce stained Celtic tap, an nuhin else, winkin at us from his c on page 8
e caravan fur inspiration but nuhin is jumpin oot at me. Ahm aw o on page 23
a cuppla daft foties? That's nuhin.' on page 29
, don't get me wrang, there's nuhin, absolutely nuhin, that ah li on page 59

5 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
len beers fae yir maws n das, nuhin major. Noo, we're oot on page 5
r drawers lookin fur suhin or nuhin. Yi hud tae love him. on page 8
oot it. The warnin signs mean nuhin tae him, compared tae the six on page 15
sh yi or stab yi fur suhin or nuhin. That's yir best n only defen on page 30
y worked a day but wanted fur nuhin. They've git a four-bedroom h on page 37
Also on pages 45, 55
7 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
'Nuhin interestin: on page 1

5 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
dry boaks tae make sure ah've nuhin left ah head back tae bed. Tr on page 3
cunt used tae dae ae me? Naw, nuhin like aht. He's no a beast. He on page 75
e that, 'Chill oot everycunt. Nuhin's gonnae happen. Ah know wit on page 171

3 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
tin in the watter an thir wis nuhin ye could dae fur thim because on page 43
Big folk wid worry fur nuhin. Sometimes they had arguments on page 45
'It's awright, Sidney, ye've nuhin tae worry aboot noo, ye're in on page 47

3 matches

Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ae wan haun. ‘Noo thair’s nuhin left. The hail lot’s awa.â€
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
but A’ll tell ye suhin fir nuhin… there’ll ne’er be a ch
his resurrected city, is that nuhin in life is certain except dea
2 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
"Hoi, Liv! Stop starin at nuhin and help us figurr oot a way
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
eir caves n came oot to cause nuhin but pandemonium, or it could
erse. The booncers acted like nuhin changed, while his pals spraw
it a nicht stawndin aboot fur nuhin. His pal turns n said, "So sa
3 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
uldnae calm 'um doon Thur wis nuhin' else furrit bit tae huv a we
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
teach yous nuhin et schuil?"
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
s nae nurses nur doactors nur nuhin, ther wis jist a nun. The nun
1 matches

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
ie me a look “ah nivvir done nuhin”. Ats cats fur ye(2020) search twitter

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@Franwella tweeted
ssage n promote BIDE AT HAME. Nuhin wrang we differinÂ’ views bit(2020) search twitter