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Use in varieties of Scots

nyow Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.8 22.7 28.3 99.4 0 0 0
Number of occurrences7445 19 10 0 0 0
Number of authors4 1 2 1

Occurrences of nyow in Corpus

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Central

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
a wes founnit he didna herten nyow vairse, bot socht pross ti pr on page 10
Lest is the quastioun o nyow cunyieins. The lexicars ar pe on page 11
ydentlie polist an is guid as nyow, aw the 'daialeks' is in braw on page 25

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
lar nott til the sang; it wes nyow, thon nicht, ti naebuddie bot on page 7

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
in ablo ti ballanss, on brent-nyow sunk at hedna yit bene wurn t on page 6

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
n than ye maun leir me aw the nyow danssis." on page 2

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
whan shae wissis ti up-pit a nyow kirk ir merk a halie plece we on page 43
t inti kervin the erest o the nyow styall o ruid. Ye'l can jalou on page 45
-in a sair struissil wi thair nyow craift. on page 46

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
he cuid an thai gaed awaw ti Nyow Zeiland, an plauntit a grapef on page 4
e nou wrate ti mak up fur hir nyow los, an redars recogneised it on page 6

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
, a bit towtie-lik, him be-in nyow ti the wattir-syde lyfe an aw
ayin. Out owre the lugs i the nyow lyfe he wes interin upo, hiz
Mouss wi tholerance. “Ye ar nyow tilt, an in course ye dinna k
3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the day afoir ti schaw hir ma nyow uinifurm.
mak oncums an nyow commeisiouns, finndin tuim st
w the Local Autorities an the nyow bodie wuidna accep the
dna pruive it an nae amount o nyow
be gied nyow founds, sen it wes slawlie si
25 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
i aa ma aches an pynes. A'm a nyow maan aathegither.' on page 82

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
per an tae prepaar im for his nyow job as a vreeter wi a little- on page 30

4 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Aye psalms, myn, naething sae nyow-fangelt as yir hymns. on page 24
f he wad gyang wi his wife an nyow bairn, leain the kirk tae fin on page 25

3 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
sna jist azacly rinnin, but a nyow kinna upmak for gaen doun a s on page 23
idit at 1t maan jist hae been nyow pentit, it lyeukit aat bricht on page 42
A nyow diffeequalty cam intae Ailice on page 43
Deedledee Hed spyl't his braa nyow ricket. on page 49
kler tirrivee nor iver, "It's nyow, I'm tellin ye - I bocht it on page 59
Also on pages 60, 62, 74
8 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
e twa o them’s comin tae ma nyow kirk noo, the kirk A meeved t
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ime an cam on plinty that wis nyow, or nyow tae me an the dictio
, or nyow tae me an the dictionar at on
2 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
reachan a tippeen pynt fir a nyow renaissance o wark. Fir me, w
haes tae say aboot hid, whit nyow perspectives an inflections O
eedie while afore muckle o me nyow writan is oot in publiec: Aâ€
3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
ant grammatical firms intae a nyow aald leid, wirds pangit wi an
, the gee gars makkan a whole nyow register tae write wi – wir
tionalists, ettlan tae firm a nyow 20th century staet, teuk insp
Sae a nyow phaes o Scots leid wark maan
, or ir thay gaan tae ert oot nyow politiecal an linguistic form
7 matches

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