A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

nebs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 17 10.6 0 0 0 22.1
Number of occurrences4533 7 0 0 0 5
Number of authors26 18 4 4

Occurrences of nebs in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
he bairns are scroongin their nebs tae the windae-panes.' on page 75

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ckerit oan the wee mens' lang nebs, shiftie een an ugsome, humpi on page 14

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
hat sit aboot and prick their nebs.) on page 113

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
bellies and warlockry in the nebs o oor fingirs ... on page 10
BOAK, SAIR NEBS, SHOOGLIE SHANKS, BUBBLYJOCKI on page 28
arn ye I had warlockry in the nebs o ma fingirs? But ye widna on page 50
some tae his gray pownie, Nip-nebs... on page 66
Geordie's muckle pownie, Nip-nebs, and lowped on tae his back. on page 71
Also on pages 104
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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Tods cooried in close, their nebs twiggin, their een skinklin l on page 56
y that time, eh? You keep yer nebs oot o this fae noo on, awrich on page 71

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
brak intil it unner the verra nebs o a Russian patrol. Aince we on page 65

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Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Black-nebbit - and Black Nebs tae boot. on page 55

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
h hauns ower their mooths and nebs. There were even a couple o f on page 22

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
nebs winkin through the stoor on page 56

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Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
creenged an leukit doon thair nebs at the orra misfortunate sowe
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
s children’s book, “Nip Nebs”, which is beautifully illu
ippin ye. Her new book “Nip Nebs and the Last Berry” could n
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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
es ower their een. Only their nebs could be seen, and that wisna
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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
see past the end o their ain nebs.
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
owk the day wad turn up their nebs at some o the denners we haed
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
tae play wi: birds wi peckin nebs, butterflees wi flappin wings
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
riders, broken heids, bluidy nebs an tuim saddles, till at lang
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ryin wee taits o hey in their nebs. In the end they fínisht the
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e: nae faimly tae stick thair nebs in. Hsien had never shawn ony
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
syne Spainie forby) pit thair nebs intae Scots affairs an socht
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
o the words got richt up oor nebs!!! Dinnae think he read it oo (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
rs an wis gien the name black nebs! https://t.co/2yNrcWjZhh(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
... as weel as her Nip Nebs books: https://t.co/BcZvsHiHv (2020) twitter link
o the launch events fir 'Nip Nebs and the Last Berry' by the ve (2019) twitter link
can find @SusiBriggs1 an 'Nip Nebs', @WeeMowdie an 'The Tale o t (2019) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
r deuks said, turnin up their nebs. on page 18

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
el. She jist heild her finger-nebs on the raivel an gaed sloumin on page 23

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
s o't, wi anely their twa wee nebs peekin oot fur air.
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ugar lumps, an scrattit their nebs, an wheeplit wee tunes tee th
poured in pickled pairtricks nebs, an stewed mochs. Syne, he ad
rikk. Syne they beeriet their nebs in their tails, bored thirsel
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Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
ment tae rub that fact in the nebs o them fa cannae afford nae t
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Ulster

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
O'Neill wheeked fae unner the nebs o the English guards yin nich
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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
north whaur the tip o Ireland nebs the tip o Scotland at the Mul
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Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
ir fur tae see tha luk on tha nebs o tha yins in tha bak sait no
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@the_gellick tweeted
he rain japped doon baith oor nebs. #Newtownards #heid http://t. (2014) twitter link
, wi the rain jappin doon oor nebs! (2014) twitter link

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