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The word 'nems'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nemsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62211
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 19.5 8 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 nems in Corpus

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General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
d ower A didna fund oot thair nems or git thair mobile phone
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Thair nems, wi quotes, is kervit boss, on page 141

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
l tyne the lot, as shair's ma nems's Ian Scobie!' on page 60

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
nems wes gied out. Ein sae, wir fa
“Mey A hae yeir nems an beisines? Andra’s gey th
na be deiffekwalt ti leir the nems
nems ti him gin shae hard tel o’
4 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
yed-on luve-herts an snashes, nems an lewdness, lined oot in pin
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
sae he wis shuir tae ken the nems o juist aboot aw the fish in
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
mang the signatories were twa nems ye'll ken weel: Gordon Brown on page 44

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
ane menein frae tither. Samen-nems ar thusgates als eith ti redd on page 11

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
a 'rare auld saut', an siclik nems, an sayin thare wes the kinna on page 6

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 85 - Roads, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
Their auncient nems rolled aff yer tung lik legen on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Her faither spak the nems o the crossroads aloud as tha on page 25

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
bullets hiv oor nems, an the deil's fearfu an aa. on page 39

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Or carven nems for their tint bodies staund, on page 29
Ye kent their nems, bacteria o rot on page 35
Romauncin nems prefer tae lurk an lair on page 47

3 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
We'v pitten the nems o the Editorial Comatee at th on page 4

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
I’v lost mynd o thair nems nou, apairt frae ane, an yon
areddies, some wi merkin aff nems agin thair leets o registert
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Watt, George T. Lallans 82 - Caul Stane, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
aul nems weein awaa ablow the lichen, on page 24

1 matches

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