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The word 'nowadays'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nowadaysOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92212
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nowadays in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
o real person looks like that nowadays." on page 35

1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
an auld git bit its jist crap nowadays. Fars a yon gud films(2016)
e change oot o’ a pound coin nowadays. Canna even stretch as far as(2017)
ma auld pegs are nae as canny nowadays tae wak that far, mare say wa(2017)
icking those tags on the bins nowadays jist so they dinna have tae p(2017)
s good, nae that ?? ye get on nowadays we idiots howling away #bring(2018)
and 1 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tween you and the other boay. Nowadays though these wee mutant fuckw on page 69
lads the problem wae society nowadays is naeboady's goat any respec on page 140

2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
if this is whit fitbaws about nowadays - they kin keep it - pish l (2020) twitter link
it was - typical of society nowadays imo (2020) twitter link
our fm - too many yes people nowadays especially all the invited pe (2020) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
benefitit the City o London, nowadays the world on page 27
n else that springs tae mind. Nowadays a great monie fowk seem tae b on page 50

2 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
r horizon. Lichts – no many nowadays an late on. Maist wunna light
1 matches

General Central

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
y auld Das childhood stories. Nowadays, street fitbaw is rare. Strip (2021) twitter link

@g_hibby tweeted
And wi' the price o' haircuts nowadays.. I'm happy being a baldie... (2023) twitter link

South East (Borders)

The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
d drummers came oot o' there. Nowadays oov got the Scout Band and th
1 matches

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
Cauld looks different tae mei nowadays. They filled in the Cat's Pil
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
A’m a new man nowadays. A’m still a bit shyer than
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
- jist the poet for the job nowadays, leading by example and rocki(2020)

General Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
for those is hardly ever used nowadays. I also wrankle a wee bit at (2020)