A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'nyow'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nyowOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus22.3744
ORK - Orkney 99.4 10 1
SHD - Shetland
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 94.4 9 1
DOR - General Northern 44.3 10 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 64.5 25 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 124 20 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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)

Occurrences of nyow in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
reachan a tippeen pynt fir a nyow renaissance o wark. Fir me, w
haes tae say aboot hid, whit nyow perspectives an inflections O
eedie while afore muckle o me nyow writan is oot in publiec: Aâ€
3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
ant grammatical firms intae a nyow aald leid, wirds pangit wi an
, the gee gars makkan a whole nyow register tae write wi – wir
tionalists, ettlan tae firm a nyow 20th century staet, teuk insp
Sae a nyow phaes o Scots leid wark maan
, or ir thay gaan tae ert oot nyow politiecal an linguistic form
7 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
i aa ma aches an pynes. A'm a nyow maan aathegither.' on page 82

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
per an tae prepaar im for his nyow job as a vreeter wi a little- on page 30

4 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Aye psalms, myn, naething sae nyow-fangelt as yir hymns. on page 24
f he wad gyang wi his wife an nyow bairn, leain the kirk tae fin on page 25

3 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
e twa o them’s comin tae ma nyow kirk noo, the kirk A meeved t
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
sna jist azacly rinnin, but a nyow kinna upmak for gaen doun a s on page 23
idit at 1t maan jist hae been nyow pentit, it lyeukit aat bricht on page 42
A nyow diffeequalty cam intae Ailice on page 43
Deedledee Hed spyl't his braa nyow ricket. on page 49
kler tirrivee nor iver, "It's nyow, I'm tellin ye - I bocht it on page 59
Also on pages 60, 62, 74
8 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ime an cam on plinty that wis nyow, or nyow tae me an the dictio
, or nyow tae me an the dictionar at on
2 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the day afoir ti schaw hir ma nyow uinifurm.
mak oncums an nyow commeisiouns, finndin tuim st
w the Local Autorities an the nyow bodie wuidna accep the
dna pruive it an nae amount o nyow
be gied nyow founds, sen it wes slawlie si
25 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
a wes founnit he didna herten nyow vairse, bot socht pross ti pr on page 10
Lest is the quastioun o nyow cunyieins. The lexicars ar pe on page 11
ydentlie polist an is guid as nyow, aw the 'daialeks' is in braw on page 25

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
lar nott til the sang; it wes nyow, thon nicht, ti naebuddie bot on page 7

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
in ablo ti ballanss, on brent-nyow sunk at hedna yit bene wurn t on page 6

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
n than ye maun leir me aw the nyow danssis." on page 2

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
whan shae wissis ti up-pit a nyow kirk ir merk a halie plece we on page 43
t inti kervin the erest o the nyow styall o ruid. Ye'l can jalou on page 45
-in a sair struissil wi thair nyow craift. on page 46

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
he cuid an thai gaed awaw ti Nyow Zeiland, an plauntit a grapef on page 4
e nou wrate ti mak up fur hir nyow los, an redars recogneised it on page 6

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
, a bit towtie-lik, him be-in nyow ti the wattir-syde lyfe an aw
ayin. Out owre the lugs i the nyow lyfe he wes interin upo, hiz
Mouss wi tholerance. “Ye ar nyow tilt, an in course ye dinna k
3 matches

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