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The word 'naitral'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
naitralOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.43815
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 21.9 9 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.4 14 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 naitral in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
an tellin tales – 'twis as naitral tae her as braithin. She keep
ettled tae fin oot aboot his naitral parents, bit wis telt aboot t
Jed trailed ower, a rael naitral, aa riggit oot in the tackety
3 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
tae finn hersel walkin in the naitral wye. on page 23
a ring. Iss felt aa an haill naitral, she mynit efterhins, an she on page 50

2 matches

(South) East Central

Pete, Fortune Lallans 102 - Trotsky's Treatment, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
al materialist, an o cours, a naitral atheist. Ma lippen in the com on page 91

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
chtermuchty" wis written in a naitral Scots faur nearer modern Scot
is the langage is maistly no naitral: ye canna lairn a lot o gramm
that the French spaeks French naitral, no juist for the sake o bad
3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
lad hes a naitral ill-wull ti the Sassenach. Th
langsum process o naitral kestin. The beiss chynged fra
at’s naitral ti the laun, ar wat bi the sa
3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Nine Fragments - III, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
l wis gangin her gate fae the Naitral Philosophy buildin in the Nor
eps atween the Mathematics an Naitral Philosophy buildins, ower the
2 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
eill o't's tellin, it's verra naitral). on page 5

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
wantin tae tak control o the naitral resources o ither puirer kint on page 122

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
d an sempil cheptour frae the naitral fowk at bad in Tuscanie afoir on page 12

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
. This wesna anerlie frae the naitral mense o hul fowk, nir evin fr on page 1

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wis nae rush. Bapu wad fin it naitral for her tae cry in on her mit
for him. He had duin it that naitral-like, in sicna innocent, sicn
2 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
stoondin ferly tae see ‘the naitral pairty o government’ (the a
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
it but naitral at it wis aa pairt an paircel on page 17

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
it's daein brawly. Despite ma naitral incline tae prescribe, I'm ay on page 8

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
er'. Her Scots is fouthie and naitral. Some fowk mibbe think the ac on page 54

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
gate-leave, culural heirskip, naitral environs an the biodiversity on page 65

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
staundart, the prose is fou o naitral Scots gremmar an eediom - a on page 15

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
n howkin heuchs for tae hoise naitral resoorces fae the ocean fluir
1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
an haud on wi as mukkil o the naitral balance o Naitur as possible,
istice ootwards, ti hause the naitral environment, but shiftin the
bid ti redd up an proteck the naitral warld an heritage. But the ar
i mukkil steids o relativelie naitral an unconnacht launscape, an w
ti consairve an presairve the naitral environment in aw its forms.
8 matches

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
est African Pidgin, at Mum, a naitral Border Scots speaker, wis no
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ather or the presence or no o naitral licht. Houaniver, Jeems haudi on page 21

1 matches

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