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The word 'nancy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nancyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.34115
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 70.7 29 6
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 490.5 3 1
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 nancy in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
age crush. I shared a desk wi Nancy Peterson at da skule, an I mi on page 19

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Their stable-fiers, Jimmy an Nancy war deliverin milk in the too
rince, Tibby, Fauldie, Jimmy, Nancy, an her ain horse, Daisy. Da
2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
(Och Nancy Boy, i' aul winter is freezin on page 200

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
n auld wummin's voice shouts. NANCY: Tom! on page 1

5 matches

Howat, Irene Lallans 102 - Shewin Wuman and Sma Warld, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
Nancy leeved in a sma warld in a sm on page 26
The sonsiest hingmy in Nancy's sma warld wis er hert. on page 27

3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
movin an it's like he can see Nancy again in his heid, Nancy daun on page 125

6 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
ma parteicular favourites is Nancy Nicholson's, Listen tae the T on page 122
I've haird Nancy singin that; it's fell braw. on page 123

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
movin an it's like he can see Nancy again in his heid, Nancy daun
again in his heid, Nancy daunerin her lane doun this p
I saw what like it haed been, Nancy spyin the leuk in his ee an t
ose whan I cried in on him an Nancy, me clashin the caur door an
wad start a airgyment, me or Nancy wad stick up for the tane, sy
6 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
this year it wis oor turn. Dr Nancy Groce, the curator o the Folk
e me that this wis no the wey Nancy Groce wad hae likit tae see t
od stauns in the High Street. Nancy Groce kens weel eneuch that t
m for The Sang’s the Thing. Nancy haes heard oor singers an mus
a piece aboot the Festival by Nancy Groce that seems tae be talki
5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
on o auld luves an rivalries, Nancy Rice, an airts correspondent
ines the likes o Spanky's tae Nancy Rice aboot Phil's portrait o
2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tae get rid ae them. Ah mind Nancy the nit nurse fae primary sch on page 169

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
tae get rid ae them. Ah mind Nancy the nit nurse fae primary sch
1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
The River Kens Nancy Riach on page 93

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Poosie Nancy's on page 52

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
trange, a mean – a wisnae a nancy or owt like that. An oddball.
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Nancy on page 21
At times, if Ah think aboot Nancy, on page 22

3 matches

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