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The word 'neill'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
neillOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12714
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 69.7 5 3
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) 142.8 4 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 113.7 4 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of neill in Corpus

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Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
hid anither late nicht at O’Neill’s!”
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ith George an the late Willie Neill, kirstent him 'Doc Rigbane'. on page 10

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
er ti be recruitit wis Willie Neill, wha has nou retirit. The ver on page 5

1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
r-kent Ayrshire makar, Willie Neill. He dee'd on Aprile 5, at the on page 3

3 matches

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
WILLIE NEILL wis born in Prestwick, Ayrshi on page 127

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
nnand, Donal Campbell, Willie Neill, Dauvit Purves an Neil R. Mac on page 6

1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Owerset bi William Neill on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Neill, W. The Tungs o Scots (1997). on page 24

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ae the fore? (The makar Josie Neill o Dumfries wudna lea a poem u on page 91

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@LairnScots tweeted
Christmas poem' by Josephine Neill: https://t.co/K6g2EBsWe6 #Sco (2019) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
im. William Neill 1922-2010 on page 23

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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
JOSEPHINE NEILL an Ayrshire lassie born an br
Solway wi fellae makar Willie Neill.
2 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
nd #Scottish #poetry is Josie Neill, one of the best I've ever kn(2020)
on ane masel. The poet Willie Neill aye yuisst tae feenish his le(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
rt wud be the escape o Conn O'Neill fae Carrickfergus Castle in 1
rrickfergus Castle in 1605. O'Neill was the high-heid-yin o the C
traded wi east Ulster, had O'Neill wheeked fae unner the nebs o
s yin nicht. Montgomery put O'Neill up at his ain hoose an they c
4 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
cenesOfUlster Photae o Conn O'Neill's wee brig... Ocht left o the (2015) twitter link
Aiblins biggit by Conn O'Neill's folk, wha were quare an fre (2014) twitter link
the Connswater burn. Caaed O'Neill's brig. http://t.co/ArkNn44ct (2014) twitter link
! It's a wunnerfu story the O'Neill / Montgomery yin: your ain bl (2014) twitter link