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The word 'neer'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
neerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus165317
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 49 15 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 18 7 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 116.8 11 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.8 12 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 69.7 5 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
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 neer in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
O sattit eens - neer half a pun on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
weis bukkrem ticht, yea widda neer playd a choon on cit, bit Mus on page 6
neratien. Av seen masel verra neer getten drawn en telt, an hid on page 28
umpoased. Be this tyme we wis neer as far bain eis thi "Scairs." on page 47
ad's, so sumtyme's we cood be neer an "oor," getting abudy roond on page 50
icht, we rippet till eit weis neer dark, an catchet a box a Roon on page 55
Also on pages 57, 59
8 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
zent?" An there wis twa ither neer-de-weels led oot wi him tae b on page 119

3 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
t. He struggles ti run a bath neer mind onyhin else) ht(2019)
@fermerdavie Neer tried at. Sounds affa guid(2019)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
archaeology'.. Their lives'll neer be the same! (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
a running commentary masel. A neer spat a lung up over the 6 goa(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
A'm sayin nithin'. I kin gye neer see the Aiberdeen border fae (2019)

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
An lowin kye neer kent ti miss on page 91

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an eerie sicht, wi neer a soun
wi neer a speugie tae be seen.
the stoor neer sees a drap o glaur.
hypnotic trance wis neer sae deep -
4 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@stevie27boyo @elcourier a neer forgot theres gonna b an ice (2021) twitter link
oh a neer forgot - happy new year tae (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ion fae the media an we shuid neer forget thon. We shuid be awar on page 10
profit an pouer. An we shuid neer forget that in the case o the on page 21
n things: the capitalist wey. Neer mind that the ae organisation on page 37
eep boadie an sow! thegither, neer mind feed a faimlie or buy a on page 53
isely the pynt o Tory policy. Neer mind that we dinnae hae the O on page 81
Also on pages 116, 121, 128
11 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
An lowin kye neer kent ti miss on page 91

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Thon giant mason neer flinchit. Winter turnit tae s on page 14

6 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An lowin kye neer kent tae miss on page 54

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
hall a toty wee man, as could neer ha raxt up to throw it himsel on page 72

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
gars neer a murmell o domestic strife. on page 52

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ations o the merk pouers frae Neer tae Hogmanay. An gin thay are(2020)
..and where I am by the coast neer without a good wind.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
d o hair the likes ae which'd neer been seen. He's grand ye'd re on page 79
no kennin ony better as he'd neer got tae meet him. A wee shame on page 80
nd ye said Here, it's fine - neer heed, Josie. Ah neer have. An on page 81

5 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Slightest glimpse frae neer tha tap, on page 30

1 matches

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