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The word 'nappy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nappyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41815
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nappy in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Changes every smelly nappy, on page 23
And I even maistered nappy-changeen! on page 28

2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
s, while we sit bowsin at the nappy wi John Knox in Geneva, an ge on page 57

1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
enna bi comin te meet oor new nappy-filler?" on page 94

1 matches

Smith, Derek Northwords Now 43 - Derek Smith, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
ang-droont sheep, grey as the nappy on page 18

1 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
face as reid as a bairn wi a nappy rash. "Mistress Macaulay, who on page 1

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
nd her breest, fastened wi' a nappy peen an the hem o her clarty on page 22

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
in thi nappy, listenin ti yir on page 5

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n a burd, no fillin ma fuckin nappy" on page 33
Kenzie, big man . . . phffft, nappy full' on page 48

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
a novice his da's pinned the nappy quite cleverly. on page 75
Gaitherin a nappy roond wee bottoms ticht on page 88

2 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Like a shit-filled nappy.
1 matches

General Central

@IshbelMcF tweeted
wp youse aw enjoyed seein the nappy bin. Suid hae done a hashtag (2020)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ence an mak sure he aye his a nappy on(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
tae be wearing his big Pamper nappy(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
If ye want a nappy chynged jist gie us a bell, f on page 45

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Lake Nappy Gandhi an wee Annie on page 59

1 matches

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