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The word 'naa'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
naaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.7319
ORK - Orkney 79.5 8 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 69.5 5 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of naa 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"Naa, naa," I says. "Ah'm Libra and tha on page 10
e gaan wi Loganair," said I. "Naa, naa," said he. "Too dear. on page 20
Naa. Winters are no a lot o fun - on page 75
Naa - sheu wis June and ah'm Oct on page 79

8 matches

Shetland

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
Willie said naa, da wind wid turn southerly
1 matches

Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Naa boy, du’s no likly ta see F
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
thi shop's fur an ecrin, bit naa naa, me an Baggy weis feesher on page 9
n en o a fleet a creel's, bit naa naa, everee tyme we manayged on page 11
ble thinken an a roart back, "Naa at's aricht weel manage." Fyl on page 19

5 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
e a stitch on em. Edinbro’s naa e warmest place but ey didnae
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
o land for tocher an fan ... Naa dinna say't. on page 10

6 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Naa. We'll no leave oor ain again on page 31
Naa... naw he haesna. on page 75
Naa, you nor me need that not, an on page 127

3 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
naa hegemony,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
"Naa, naa!' she geegled, shakin her aul on page 29

2 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Naa, ma wee lamb, naa, on page 25
nna, whit's-mine-is-mine. But naa - on page 29

3 matches

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