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Use in varieties of Scots

naem Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15 0.5 0 139.1 52.3 248.1 0
Number of occurrences481 0 14 9 24 0
Number of authors5 1 1 2 1

Occurrences of naem in Corpus

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Central

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
That wan wird - ma naem - wis a that wis needed tae on page 118

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
whas bairn, an wha's gien a naem fae sheu left, on page 4
whit's her naem, telt hid like this-'" on page 12
whar, awey, sheu teuk her new naem an body an face, whar sheu te on page 22
ransels instaed fer her aald naem an face. Whan thir notheen ne on page 74
So whan Olaf says "Whit i'the naem .. ." an draps the drive o th on page 120
Also on pages 127, 128, 129, 130, 147
13 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
. (Here’s the history o the naem.) Hid wis a celebraetion o th
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Aboot da language naem: Da autonym, or naem fir da l on page 7
a language haein da exact sam naem wid be Suomi (Finland) / suom on page 8
ey caa da language wi its ain naem, Shaetlan, an no as a anonymo on page 12
vri culture's heritage, an da naem o a dysh on page 103

8 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
da wird ‘Shaetlan’ as da naem - no juist da description -
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Ma naem is Matt. Rodger, son o the um
€™m gaen tae ffirstand at the naem Comb; is mair nor liklie ane
air nor liklie ane Auld Welsh naem; ae left owre naem frae the t
; ae left owre naem frae the tyme whan Auld Welsh
. ‘Royal blue’ is anither naem for
24 matches

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