A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

nana Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 2.5 7.5 19.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences125 5 2 0 0 0
Number of authors7 2 3 2

Occurrences of nana in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
d greetin’ like he did when Nana died. That wis the first nigh
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
fitted cabinets) and ma auld Nana wis aye bilin white claes in (2021) twitter link
h'm mindin o' the day ma auld Nana said tae ma maw "Here, whits (2021) twitter link
s the funniest thing yer auld Nana ever said? Mines tain me shop(2020) search twitter

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Na na na. Na na na. Na nana. Na nana. Na na na on page 111

2 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
r mam had come in past wi yer Nana... tae drap something aff tae
y wanted, then aff ma mam and Nana went tae the shops. The accid
2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
d, micht crack open a baa baa nana #BananasMin(2015) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
things that move fall foul o "Nana's peedie doll" on page 14

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Mindan Nana on page 31

1 matches

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