A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'neds'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nedsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.4287
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 1
WCE - West Central 79.9 18 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 25.6 5 3
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 neds in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
the style of Glasgow's finest neds in no time. Who knows, maybe
honest poverty, an cry thaim Neds insteid? The BBC thinks aw th
aday language is juist Glesca Neds, the BBC daes juist as muckle
hae fowk that the BBC sees as Neds wis tae hear the likes o the
4 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
said schemies, ah said, As in neds, It is, said Chris, That's th on page 115
l, an there wis a bunch a wee neds fae second year behind us, an on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Whit did they care gif Neds got drunk, An caused a stoosh on page 29
Neds, their faces grim an ashen, W on page 30
The Neds, attempts a wee wisecrack, Tu on page 32
The Neds, nou silent, staun an stare, on page 33
The Neds are led oan tae thair doom, A on page 34
Also on pages 66, 112, 121
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Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
anging around with a bunch of neds. You're a grown woman, Angie, on page 16

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
y'll be spotted by wan ay the neds roon aboot, who're always wat on page 2

2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Street, ah notice a bunch ay neds staunin drinking, makin a blo
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ner, there’s a wee group ay neds staunin; shifty lookin, baseb
1 matches

General Central

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
fowk, but wi some frichtsome neds, bampots an hairies amang the on page 9

1 matches

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