A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

nicer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.8 2.5 0 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences65 0 1 0 0 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of nicer 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.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"This is no real! It wis much nicer at hame," thought puir wee Al on page 35

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
fact, he couldnae've been any nicer. on page 132

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
y the shape that wis left wis nicer than the wan ah’d made deli
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
couldnae have happened tae a nicer owner of a club...(2016) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
oneJack Couldnae happen tae a nicer Tory ?????? (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Niver spaek turned tae nicer speak on page 135

1 matches

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