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The word 'neebs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
neebsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4134
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 153 11 2
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 neebs in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
e dat looks tae his ain nivir neebs ower an is aye waaken. on page 45

1 matches

General Central

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ant tae try livin in Scotland neebs !!! We're well yaised tae the (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
but buddy, the auld yin, neebs or pa on page 20

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
rit an mak siccar suin eneuch neebs. A happy whalpin day tae hers(2020)
richt up fir yon ma hurcheony neebs. Nooradays ocht's possible vi (2020) twitter link
lly? Ah jalouse ye dinnae ava neebs ??(2020)
@byrnesong @EU_SSSA Brilliant neebs. Need tae sort oot suin a cla(2020)
s @ScotStoryCentre Geed stuff neebs, braw tae tent ye caain awa i(2020)
and 5 other occurrences.

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