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The word 'nights'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nightsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus19.76338
ORK - Orkney 149 15 6
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.5 8 5
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 38 7 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 97.3 7 4
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 nights 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The nights thoo crept intae wir bed - on page 28
The nights wir cowid and frosty and he w on page 56
gossip roond the fireside at nights. on page 58
peedie boy is sleepan weel at nights. We cheek him that he'll miss on page 64
When nights are draain in aboot and days on page 70
Also on pages 75
6 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Tullimentan nights on page 94

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
dark nights draa-an in. on page 138

1 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Cream widden cot, safe for nights dreams on page 29

3 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
Nights in May wi family steyan, pizz on page 18

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
a new chapter o wir nights on page 58

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
tae planned ‘open hoose’ nights, or, worst o all, tae Tesco K
1 matches

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
aboot her husband sitting at nights making "büdies" fae dokkens.

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
rlie firing up, especially on nights lik dis. Hiprah for Search an(2016)
tten quite how light da light nights ir. Bonny. #simmerdim(2014)
lyde tae see da return o dark nights(2014)
I'm blyde tae hae da dark nights again(2013)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
on and da return o da lighter nights. Wha wants tae watch?? #UpHel (2019) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t coming up in Majorca. Seven nights in Alcudia. It's a perfect lo on page 39

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
r tried caviar or stayed twaa nights in a funcy Aiberdeen hotel an(2018)

Aberdeen

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
Fit wi derk nights, nivver-endin mochy wither an
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
n tae the fitba, the last two nights have been fantastic (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
one the young loons fae last nights stag doo. Told him to buck up(2016)
to organise yon speed dating nights doon at the Fittie Bar. Wid o(2016)
lly_begg Christ your Saturday nights are a barrel o laughs min! #a(2017)
g a hangover fae the previous nights session at the bar & is hare (2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
tal,' Howie said. Yin ae they nights, right enough, That's when Cl on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wae her ah've scaled back ma nights oot wae the lads. This wis th on page 71
chooses thenight, ae aw nights, tae show oaff his new burd. on page 75
it doon tae read aboot Friday nights disaster at Easter Road. But on page 152

3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Mountain Days and Bothy Nights - Dave Bowen and Ian Mitchel
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
this, an it's cried Ayrshire Nights’ Entertaimnems. We needit t
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
Moyes1108 aye n am a saturday nights alright fir fightin gadgie lo (2020) twitter link
ues/wed sorted - luvin these nights oot likes - all part o ma fi (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah phone Charlene maist nights at the hospital noo jist tae on page 153

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
oab Doon et the Dungeon disco nights Thur talkin’ aboot dain’
1 matches

Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
The nights are fairly drawin in and shin
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
on yir darkest nights, on page 21

1 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
a funny, especially Setterday nights whin ma uncles wid get drunk. on page 76

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
s hittin the dusty trail; the nights are fair drawin in!" An a Can on page 32

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
. We've only goat a couple ae nights left here an ahm a bit gutted on page 9
ht fuckin cauld. These summer nights get freezing, nae cloud cover on page 29

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
s existence before. On Friday nights before we tended tae just say on page 23
l plays, nativities, parents' nights or anyhin else. Why he wid hu on page 38

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
the away the paint fumes, the nights fallin intae a stupor of tire
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
night’s wan ay oor busiest nights. Ye don’t get tae cloack oo
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ve done fur Granny, all those nights we've spent laughin and jokin on page 28
d and tested favourites. Some nights it would be deep-fried haggis on page 44
fast fur forty days and forty nights. on page 84

3 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
nnae sleep, it's one of those nights everything a think is buzzing(2020)

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
hsays Ah jist sayed that tae. Nights ur fair drawin in anaw.(2020)

South East (Borders)

The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
ae hear thum practicin' maist nights for there was the Boys Brigad
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
and the nights that forever are fair drawin on page 8
Oor weather is dreich, the nights fair drawin in, there's still on page 77

2 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
hanties saved for dark winter nights. on page 51

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
mean A've had some sleepless nights A'll gie ye that, bit ye cann on page 45

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
Oor weather is dreich, the nights fair drawin in,
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
and the nights that forever are fair drawin
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
in the port these last coupla nights but we'll catch up, aye. Hae (2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
ome in in their droves on the nights the "Beverly Hillbillies" was on page 46

1 matches

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