A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

The word 'neil'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
neilOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus25.98622
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 189.7 58 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 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 56.9 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of neil 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.

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
tow tae Boddim awfa ma paal "Neil Tomsin," weel, thi feirst roo on page 65
ben tae a stoap athoot hittcn Neil's car. Fit a fleichen escapad on page 67

5 matches

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
Fae Neil Gow in the 18th century tae J
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
the wye she'd met her husband Neil.
Neil Duguid wis a cannie chiel, an
tae their walk tae the altar. Neil hid bin lanesome, raised in G
wint an rage an deprivation. Neil, tho, hid bin lifitit frae hi
Neil vrocht fur ane o yon multinat
52 matches

Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
e dyeuk’s eggies.” Cousin Neil at New Deer keepit dyeuks an
ll ower his face, like Cousin Neil’s parks fin the sun hid ahi
2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
we're rockin in Kincardine O'Neil on page 74

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
@NeilDrysdale In a nutshell Neil. Maist o my days I’ve been L (2022) twitter link
ng forward tae listening this Neil (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
oned bi a group heidit bi MEP Neil MacCormick (SNP) that said, "
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@tramowl Cannae abide them Neil. 400yrs out of date !(2020)

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
illie Neill, Dauvit Purves an Neil R. MacCallum, as weill as a f on page 6

2 matches

@annieones tweeted
team. Guid luck tae yeah wae neil findlay. (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Pat Kane, Willie MclIlvanney, Neil Ascherson an Canon Kenyon Wri on page 107

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
shi talks great Dundonian. An Neil Paterson made a grand joab o on page i

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a blast ay Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond sweepin oer us as the
1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
tual humans doun on the Moon. Neil Armstrong – dootless sprung
1 matches

Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ainlie gemme in toon. Gabriel Neil, a Green Pairty activist base
1 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
NeilKirk @OorVyce Braw stuff, Neil - fair enjoyed it!(2020)

@fourmenterian tweeted
@Germans4indyref Aye, Neil. From what I hear, Covid can (2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
never thocht I wad hae you an Neil Oliver in ma heid at the same(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
sk if the lassie wha reviewed Neil Oliver's latest book has actu(2020)
@Douglas4Moray Oor SNP MP Neil Gray got oor 'parking charge'(2020)
y McGregor). Cannae staun yon Neil Oliver but its awfy guid tae (2020)
should really jine hauns wae Neil Oliver so ah can shout at the(2020)
ggins Jings I read that wae a Neil Young sing song voice.(2020)

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
lslorance T E L T ! Kick oan, Neil ???(2019)

South West (Galloway)

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Zen Buddhism in the novels o Neil Gunn. on page 55

1 matches

Scott, Hamish Lallans 75 - Televeision, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Neil Armstrong land upo the Muin a
1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
roose tradeetion o spacers wi Neil Armstrong being #UlsterScots. (2014) twitter link
I didnae ken that Neil Armstrong was an Ulster Scot: (2014) twitter link