A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'nott'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nottOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.25718
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 45.8 14 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 83.9 8 2
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 23.2 9 3
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nott in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s in sic a wey hid spins. The nott o hids skuther o poly on meta on page 159

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
jury, an richt awa dey med a nott o da fact. on page 112
ce guid white, an he shut his nott-book juist wi dat. "Consider on page 119

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
A NOTT ON BILINGUALISM on page 19

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
ud see that nae siller wad be nott for upbiggin the Laich Hoose
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
s on Dottie the cat Files she nott oot - bit they seen spraggit on page 15

4 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
n tae spik it, giein them the nott skills for the warld o wark a
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ll dennertime, fin the horses nott twa oors tae feed, giein the
ther tools an gear fin it wis nott. Young Matty Bruce wadna be h
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wi the breets. Mair wirk wis nott in sikkin oot fit this lore s
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
™d nae win for that, his body nott aa the oxygen it could get ta
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
red at her foo muckle she’d nott for it? “Och it’s jist an
them the reason as tae why we nott the grave opened an tae oor s
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
managed tae mak an extra sair nott shillin that wye afore her ha
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Jessie found fit she nott and in nae time she wiz busy
its big iron grate that only nott a puckle peats tae get it low
2 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
an it becam clair that A haed nott the strinth tae win tae the t on page 56

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ody tae spik till at hame, he nott a bit o a chinwag noo an than on page 76

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
r at the kirkyaird if onybody nott a wak-up call.' on page 57

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
n a clap on the back far it's nott. on page 38

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
o the oonexpeckit guest. Andy nott nae persuaadin tae tell his t on page 30

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
The chiel that wrocht this nott a byordnar skeely haan, Ah th on page 13

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
ean 'at hid gien's wark fin A nott it an sae A caad him aifter h on page 27

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
nott it, an Sandy wad wash the sta on page 72

1 matches

General Northern

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
dna get enough o it an ayewiz nott some mair. on page 20

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
On a lichter nott, the eimage o David, happit h on page 12

1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
day for the Scots leid anaw, (nott the time an beir wutness efte
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
nglish wis something that wis nott in thae days tae git things p
it fae English cognates wisna nott. It's a mensfu-like wee sheet
the kin o textual analysis is nott: it's nae guid daein it ower
comfish ony letters that's no nott (this is ane o the mony effec
anither aboot exackly what's nott in a orthography based on tra
7 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
irsells. It sens a copie o ma nott alang
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
dil soonds a fauss or fekless nott, e'en gin Fleming whiles depa on page 135
sht i The Scots Magazine). Ae nott-wurdie tig, tho no ane that's on page 141

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
y, wi ma new order, cam a wee nott frae George himsel, at read ' on page 6
o this issue. Ye wul aiblins nott that sum o oor reviews is no on page 7

2 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
ing waater fir years afore he nott medication an sardines inno t(2020)

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
ed-owre peyin onie parteiklar nott til the sang; it wes nyow, th on page 7

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
Napier's Nott on page 47

1 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
Fuftie percent o the vote is nott orr oniebodie can be eleckit.
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ASION!' - the ae word at wis nott. Syne, on page 15
discussion haed been nott, it cam a twa-three day efter on page 21
the time wi her mither at she nott. It cam inti her mynd at an a on page 23
s ti gie him the uphaud at he nott. It wis menseless ti argie wi on page 24
lencht hersel a stage nem wis nott. She raxed doun the muckle, a on page 28
Also on pages 32
7 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
the scowth at he nott ti airt out lang-term replace
while wis nott or we gat uised wi his style
2 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
at my coos - wud thon be a a nott case or no @Armstrong ? (2015) twitter link