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The word 'naeb'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
naebOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.62810
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 31.9 7 3
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 156.9 5 1
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 naeb 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.

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
he says the best bit was that naeb’dy lost track o’ fit drin
1 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
There wiz naeb’dy shouting abuse at the po
1 matches

General Northern

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
But naeb'dy lykes a drinkie mair than
Aye weel, naeb'dy lykes a drinkie mair than
2 matches

TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
Crivens Amichty, dis naeb'dy ken e craic? 'Re thir nae
1 matches

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
Naeb'dy aroon', fuar'n the hell hi
Dis naeb'dy care ah've nae buggerin' b
2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
rebellion. They disappeared. Naeb’dy kens tae this day whaur
1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
h.' Alan lat oot again, see'n naeb'dy wis peyin muckle tent tae on page 35

1 matches

West Central

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit's For Ye'll No Gae By Ye, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
sang whaur naeb'dy can mind the tune
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
aistly sin A wis naething tae naeb'dy
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ing 'ae Aonghas' side, knowin naeb'dy. Eh points tae fowk, this on page 3

3 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
oney!” Jonny belted oot. “Naeb’dy knows who it belangs tae
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n year. Ah’m no changin fur naeb’dy.
nyway. If ye gat coronavirus, naeb’dy would know the differenc
ock oan the door. Ah open it. Naeb’dy’s there. Ah look doon
3 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Things naeb’dy’d ever share.
He said wae naeb’dy there,
2 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ows o heidstones and crosses. Naeb'dy but a Stirling would be da on page 59
neer seen o box like it. Did naeb'dy tell hur we're aw equal in on page 114

2 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Tae Ilka Scots Makar an Scriever, (twitter.com 2022) Central, poetry
An naeb'die forby speiks lik thon eld
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
a skirt an a matchin handbag, naeb'dy toul him there wus onythin on page 44
s say "Big Brother" or "A'm A Naeb'dy, Resurrect may Career" or on page 46

5 matches

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