A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'nithing'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nithingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus19619
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 45.8 14 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 35.6 3 1
DOR - General Northern 101.9 23 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 26.7 20 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 nithing in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Oh nithing serious as far's ye ken? An a on page 15

4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
she’d keepit quate an said nithing, things micht’ve worked awa
a look in the windae but saw nithing. “Christ min ye must’ve b
e roll top desk staring intae nithing. At one side o her sat an emp
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ino and in nae time there wiz nithing but bleed, snotters an eebroo
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e dog wiz mad an he could dee nithing wi it! Jeemicky’s yaks bulg
astard that naebody could dee nithing wi!”
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
air tae get the stain oot but nithing she could dee wid get rid o i
landy. For a fyle aifter that nithing happened an I thocht the grea
climb the gate because I mind nithing aboot that. This started a bi
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
mpathy for Jessie and wid hae nithing tae dee wi the idea o ghosts.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
n the charger. My toolbox has nithing in it, but I kent that would
he land until it thins oot to nithing. I’ll be lucky to receive m
e blaan owre onto ma road – nithing I hivna dealt wie afore. Andr
3 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
saying I got een like at for nithing, I got it
1 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Fit did he say? Nithing. He jist grat. Grat sittin th
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@d_anderson878 Ach nithing a docken winna cure(2020)
@CaroleInnes0 @LeftPeggers Nithing fine in there chunce a coffee(2020)
Nithing bad tii mull Ower on @BBCRadi(2020)
rt @Ali_Leith @markgibson1903 Nithing ti dee wee me must o been a g(2020)
@shooglie Nithing ti girn aboot(2020)
and 1 other occurrences.

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Nithing else fer it. Will have tae wa(2016)
an I go doon the street i see nithing but wooden boards(2016)
One of those days fan nithing goes right and nae matter fit(2016)
Nithing on box the nicht. Trying tae (2017)
. Being affa busy deen muckle nithing!Got up late, sat on ma backsi(2017)
and 10 other occurrences.

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
The wind sings o nithing but his wirds, on page 25
Her tears avail her nithing. on page 26
They're nithing ti me, nor ti him, on page 29
Nithing. That boy! on page 33
heid erect, nithing restless, inconstant there - on page 35

20 matches

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
When ee hev nithing better ti dae on a seterday m(2020)