A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

neds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.8 17.6 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3535 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 8

Occurrences of neds in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
anging around with a bunch of neds. You're a grown woman, Angie, on page 16

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
y'll be spotted by wan ay the neds roon aboot, who're always wat on page 2

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
said schemies, ah said, As in neds, It is, said Chris, That's th on page 115
l, an there wis a bunch a wee neds fae second year behind us, an on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Whit did they care gif Neds got drunk, An caused a stoosh on page 29
Neds, their faces grim an ashen, W on page 30
The Neds, attempts a wee wisecrack, Tu on page 32
The Neds, nou silent, staun an stare, on page 33
The Neds are led oan tae thair doom, A on page 34
Also on pages 66, 112, 121
15 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ttin oan the wrang side o the neds and finally get intae the toa on page 1
er aw, they arenae even callt neds. Fae whit ah've gathered, the on page 20
'That's ye,' wan o the neds at the big school says, point on page 37
if ah'd jist no risen tae the neds' bait. Anywan can make somewa on page 43

6 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
fowk, but wi some frichtsome neds, bampots an hairies amang the on page 9

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Street, ah notice a bunch ay neds staunin drinking, makin a blo
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t ah’d live tae see the day neds flew alang the road daein whe
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ner, there’s a wee group ay neds staunin; shifty lookin, baseb
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
the style of Glasgow's finest neds in no time. Who knows, maybe
honest poverty, an cry thaim Neds insteid? The BBC thinks aw th
aday language is juist Glesca Neds, the BBC daes juist as muckle
hae fowk that the BBC sees as Neds wis tae hear the likes o the
4 matches

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