A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word '-na'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
-naOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus0.311
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of -na in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
is da capital o Rome, an Rome-na, yon's aa wrang, A'm sure! I on page 19
ere, set dem up at dis eoarner-Na, tie dem tagidder first-dey d on page 38

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he hoosie wiz a wee bit ‘but-na-ben’ and the yard wiz fulle
1 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
er loon tae dae fairm work, na-na: she hid her mind made up tha on page 124

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
there the Shoogie-horse-stang-na, jist Horsestang-Draigon-flee on page 42
rhan trou it hesna a name avaa-na, siccar it hesna!" on page 45
ame again?" He hard nae answer-na, on page 56
a braa gravit, I shid hae said-na, a belt--I mean-I beg your pa on page 80

4 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
shae sein-na ane auld wicht, at wes staunn
Tammas kent it weill, bot gied-na onie inklin at he wes fameili
oir as thanks, bot thai trokit-na a leivin
kent-it-na.
bot pey-it-na onie hede.”
5 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
luve of [sic] God, misgyde-me-na!. on page 135
e wi ye aa ... an ye ey ken-me-na, Phílip? In Fleming's vairsi on page 136

2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
), "Well, ah hardly know masel-Na, that's enough fir me, thanks on page 39

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Kenneth the Sallow frae Baile-na-Cille on page 33

1 matches

General Central

Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Their brats sained-na in Christentie, on page 55

2 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
"It maitters-na ti me whas kin thu is, on page 87

2 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
the littlans abee, hender-them-na tae come tae me; the Kingdom
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Then, och-na-nee, it grows - on page 21
KIP bear tha gree: Japers! Och-na-nee! on page 38
Ach, by Japers! Och-na-nee! on page 40

3 matches

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