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The word 'ns'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.3337
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 16 12 4
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 308.9 17 1

Occurrences of ns in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
faels gei treu tae ekspeereeïns, fir mee – the renyee thir
arteeklir Orcadian ekspeereeïns haes its aen parteeklir paens
en an skorn an ordnir inflooïns, taks gei mukl fek. Bit ir th
3 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
diep chöns on page 16

1 matches

General Central

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Ceilidh, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
syne thoos'ns on page 115

1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
anced and the connections tae NS and the whole thing will even (2022) twitter link
ion. Do you really think that NS is doing her best to achieve (2022) twitter link
ay the underpaid wimmen - if NS had been any good at her job (2022) twitter link
tys and their connection with NS. Nae reply. (2022) twitter link
had been poisoned agin us by NS. You were oor best chance. It (2022) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

@weenell3 tweeted
ood prices were affected too. NS said the Scottish Pound would (2022) twitter link
ealStephenKerr Only yesterday NS that herself and Mark Drakefo (2022) twitter link

@Sinethugcat tweeted
r nae allowed tae say ye hink NS has messed up wioot bein decr (2021) twitter link

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
sayin, "Turn awa frae yer sïns, fer tha Kïngdom o Heiven ï on page 3
praich, "Turn awa frae yer sïns, fer tha Kïngdom o Heiven ha on page 4
noo ïs mair ner onie Jonah. ns, Tha Queen o tha Sooth wull s on page 9
n get saved bi haein thair sïns forgien. on page 71
haed turnt awa frae thair sïns, an turnt tae God for hïm ta on page 73
Also on pages 78, 98, 112
17 matches

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