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The word 'nippy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nippyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.23616
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 74.9 6 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 nippy in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
ept o dialect in ene o his ‘Nippy Sweetie’ articles i da Shet
In yun sam ‘Nippy Sweetie’ article, Tom Morto
In da sam ‘Nippy Sweetie’ article, Tom Morto
3 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
n here in the far north...but nippy wi it (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a knee an lookit in - it wis nippy an aye weet in the middle an on page 64

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ork floats, an creels tae nab nippy wee partens an labsters. Bit
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
id shave wi a brush and foam. Nippy but feelin rare. https://t.c(2019)
Jist ask fir a wee nippy I fittivir they hid. Iss happ(2019)
Quick nippy in fir a het pie https://t.co(2019)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
NIPPY
it wid be a wee bit nippy. This cheered Jonsar Eck up,
said. "At's a bit nippy bit you're a dab hand. Noo te
3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Richt fine day bit gey nippy kine,
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
thon aipples tasting e' day? #Nippy(2015)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
tae say the least. Wis hoping nippy sweetie wis gan tae lift this(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
in the back ae mind like that nippy song yae cannae quite shake t on page 29
. Honestly, this cunt is that nippy he wid pit yae oaff yur morni on page 116
r load. Then there's aw these nippy bairns who are rushin aboot u on page 171

3 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
i you the day yir bein a pure nippy sweetie. Ah tolt her ah wis f on page 28
mean tae be but ah wis right nippy wi her. Harpreet opent her mo on page 92
ma answert an she got really nippy wi me. Yvonne is not to be di on page 169

3 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e rattled again wae that same nippy bangin. Oddly, by the time ah
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ttle ae fish entirely: He's a nippy cunt. Hair always gelled perf on page 8
it wae a fence plank. The wee nippy wans ir tryin tae drag me tae on page 42

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
" said the wee lassie Partan, nippy-like. "Yer threipim-on wad tr on page 30
richt tae think," said Alison nippy-like, for she wis stertin tae on page 44

3 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
s hoose, the hoose wi the twa nippy-yappy dugs ahint the fence - on page 15

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
It's as nippy as vinegar; on page 9

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'Ye nippy wee nyaff! said Mr Tod. 'I mi on page 61

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Duchess! Och! Wull she no b' nippy if Ah've kept hur waitin!" Ah on page 17
a!" said th young Crab, a bit nippy lik. "Re'r enough tae try th on page 30
Caterpillar's makin sie awfy nippy comments, an she drew hersel on page 44
nal remarks," said Ahlice gie nippy: "eet's awfy rude." on page 67
pepper that hae made hur sae nippy when they met in th kitchen. on page 87

5 matches

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
ing Bella, aye it's a lil bit nippy oot there ???? (2022) twitter link

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