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The word 'neighbours'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
neighboursOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.84929
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 52.5 5 3
DOR - General Northern 66.5 15 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 35.5 8 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 4
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
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 neighbours in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
like the neighbours' on page 10

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
doon and enjoy the company o neighbours, freends, and family. Ye took
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
t one over on our friends and neighbours by pretending to a more refin
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"How do the neighbours share out the seaweed?" on page 10

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
sumburghairport pusscat is my neighbours but he keeps sneaking back ta(2016)
blyde tae spaek aboot my wild neighbours. Aa da best x(2018)

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
An' shi'd the neighbours fa' ahin on page 29

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
alf the dogs let loose by her neighbours on her gairden.
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
We hid guid neighbours that are still chums
Ca'in yer neighbours by Mr or Mrs fitiver wis a mu
2 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
While neighbours invade lookin tae chat
1 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Neighbours, aabody loves gweed Neighbour on page 34

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
i the weather. It appeart tae neighbours, onlookers an sichtseers alik
strange reports aboundit fae neighbours wha lived aside the man an hi
ys, Beggerey wid knock upon a neighbours door, obviously in some degre
tion or heat exhaustion these neighbours nivver could say, but it soun
Bill Broon wis ane o the neighbours, an how he explained it is th
6 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
w day fer a walk the day. Yon neighbours dog has bin yelping a nicht t(2016)
Just hope that bloody neighbours yapping dug disnae chase the (2016)
Waks past neighbours hoose earlier & see arse & ta(2017)
s state visit, even asked the neighbours tae pit flags oot & mak sure (2017)
icht the nicht again fan a ma neighbours thra-ing oot a their rubbish (2017)
and 2 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
thir dinner oan while watchin Neighbours or Reportin Scotland. on page 7

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
neighbours are so often away.”
1 matches

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
Ah widny bump intae any o the neighbours and thank God Ah didny. on page 102

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she wis gaunnae miss watchin Neighbours. on page 143
nly a two minute walk). Aw ma neighbours are brand new an wuv never ha on page 169

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Friens an neighbours, young or auld, they aa hate on page 107

1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
They were next door neighbours wi externally identical house
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
tae a lead frae their Celtic neighbours an’ choose an anthem o’ t
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
as ah come, no caring if the neighbours hear, just caught up in the f
1 matches

Glasgow

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
'Honestly, Paul. The neighbours'll report yi fir bein a peepi on page 20

1 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
Aw the neighbours stood roun, wae a right jealo on page 29

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
day efternoon and the way the neighbours were lookin at these guys the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
cow’ll find oot who she’s neighbours wae soon enough. She disnae n
1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
’ve organized for wan o the neighbours tae check in on her every so
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
os blarin', weans mauraudin', neighbours bawlin', guinea pigs jumpin' on page

1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
it at night.. It'll waken the neighbours... (2023) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
e much closer than cousins or neighbours. Twin but not iden(2020)

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Th' neighbours stan' an' glare. on page 26

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Yet neighbours laugh, an kins folk tease, on page 45

1 matches

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