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The word 'neuks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
neuksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.43020
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 49 15 6
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 7
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) 102.5 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of neuks in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
i the yoles, lairn the hidden neuks o the staetion an naems o the on page 36

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
s" An the rhubarb in the orra neuks I widna like a bogie load on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an haimmer tint-pegs inte the neuks o the duvet." on page 16
aid Jim, a grin pullin it the neuks o'is moo. "Ah hairdly kent ye on page 84

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ticht smile an dabbit it the neuks o her moo wi her serviette af on page 30

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
E neuks will be straichent on page 84

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
mak chynges," said Jack, the neuks o'is moo twitchin wi amusemin on page 12
e fun er moo turnin up it the neuks es she eekit oot the story, s on page 23
An syne a smile ruggit it the neuks o ma moo it the sicht at gree on page 32

3 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
e eese o an appreciated in aa neuks o life, nae jist spukken in t
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e the towes strung frae three neuks o the gairden. The crookit ai
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
breemy wids, lozent bi picnic neuks – a richt snorrel o roadies
muckle lizards slidderin ooto neuks tae gie ye flegs, sae she wau
scruif wis firie an hett. wi neuks hotterin awa in cauldrons o p
3 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
oo the deer jist coorie intil neuks in the whins an disappear. #d (2021) twitter link
Aye, fairly, they're both in neuks that nudge into the North sea (2020) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ions aaready stertit in ither neuks, an mak the revolution o livi
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 73 - The Unco Spate, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Dundee, poetry
tae barren neuks an lang cauld cracks on page 11

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
In the secret neuks o Memorie on page 6

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Licht gowden neuks wi ebony leafs a-flauchter, on page 92

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
hail widd forkin intae aw the neuks and crannies bit efter twae o on page 59

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Frae clock-clamjamfried neuks o cauldrife stane, on page 32

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ide o the road alang the dyke neuks and sheuchs. Oorisome they lu on page 18

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
r heid tae see intae the faur neuks o the chaumer.
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
es in the deepest an daurkest neuks o the warld’s oceans, an ma
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
fe, leukin for eggs in aa the neuks o the ferm yaird. We haed tae
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Great Crested Newts in neuks, on page 71

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
A bide in neuks tha lee-lang day on page 6

2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A wutness in tha dairkest neuks. on page 31

1 matches

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