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The word 'naebidy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
naebidyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.3148
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 naebidy in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
abidys’ bodies are left, wi naebidy tae
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
kend bi burnin’. Fae at day naebidy gings oot by the auld kirk on
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
fae St Olaf in Cruden Bay wi naebidy! https://t.co/02ADKzXydR(2017)
aad Wayne Kerr - fit wye did naebidy warn his mither an faither fi(2019)

Mid Northern B

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
the lobby intae the kitchen. Naebidy wis aroon. A hid the place a
1 matches

General Northern

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
Naebidy in Aiberdeen wints her here. (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
er left tae yersell tho', wi' naebidy tae bother ye, bit jist let y on page 7
fishermen say that's the weiy naebidy gan tae the sea shud learn ta on page 16
e weel, maybe we did at that, naebidy ever said that the fish hid a on page 17
a man wis her only loddie an' naebidy wid hae been guid enough fur on page 28
an' Uppertoon niver got on wi naebidy, no, no' even each ither. Och on page 31
Also on pages 36
6 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
se tae stey noo an again, but naebidy talked aboot him. Ah don't th on page 76

1 matches

General Central

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
@raiphsays Ah telt ye at naebidy likes wasps, no even hungry s(2020)