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The word 'nebbit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nebbitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11714
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 6
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 56.9 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nebbit in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
er @julianbrans @snettsbirder Nebbit Moose(2020)

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
lang-luggit yin o thay nairra-nebbit weemen
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
blishment no been sae nairrae-nebbit in the bygane, an seen instei
1 matches

Peffers, Bob The Pittin Doon o Guid Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
A yone ilk is like yone narra nebbit dominies at schuil wha pit do
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
ie wey, hou ill-likit an lang-nebbit fowk aye gets thair fairin i on page 5

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ti hae smeddum an no be nerra-nebbit in onie wey. The General, as
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
pline oot o onie kinna nerrae-nebbit sklent. Anither raison wes th
1 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
the sectarian anes, the narra nebbit anes, the knabbie anes – th
1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
s speakers haes skeel o narra-nebbit treatment in ilkaday settings on page 6

1 matches

Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Black-nebbit - and Black Nebs tae boot. on page 55

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
soond o defiance agin nairrae-nebbit, wan-leidit, class-drookit sn on page 4

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
saicont. (Gin ye fancy a lang-nebbit word or twa, whit A owreset w on page 33

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Aggie wis a huidie - a sherp nebbit beady ee'd huidie wi lang pin on page 118

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
a happing o stour wi the lang-nebbit name o nanophase ferric oxide
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
hips – wis thrang wi bronze-nebbit warships insteid.
1 matches

General Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
. Hit wisnae at the wur narra nebbit agin a bodie at dug wi tha ti
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
an Pitt (18/12) is a snattery-nebbit aul gomeral wi tha insult gen (2015) twitter link

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