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The word 'nem'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nemOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.25615
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 81.1 32 5
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 63.7 6 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 5
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nem in Corpus

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Orkney

Ljosland, Ragnhild New, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
I even hiv a new nem
1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Truth, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
at darena spaek hit’s nem.
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
some eens is happier a pliss-nem belang ta some theoretical an
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Slainte Bard, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, poetry
by nem an naettir,
1 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Hoo div you ken Mrs Roger's nem?" on page 100

1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Winifred: Mah richt nem is Winifred Werewolf. on page 40

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
awd him 'Mosegi', a Botswanan nem fae a bygane life. 'A Raik', on page 80

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
yer hause til yer erse!' That nem, or onywey the 'Doc' pairt o on page 10

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ngoon ir Mandalay. It wis the nem o anither dance haw o similar on page 26

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
o the jyners, Ian thocht his nem wis 'Cherlie', telt him to ge on page 95

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
'That's the horse's nem first. Three-thirty's the tim on page 59
that, acause Breasley's first nem wis the same as Ian's saicont on page 61

5 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
oreiginal feirm’s nem forrit ti cairrie out the res
docquet unner the nem o Grunstane at isna weill reg
pasport is in ma gudeman’s nem. A’m gaun ti gang ti the bo
nem o Lukkie Nisbet wes aye a sic
“Its a nem fur the Sassenach. Napolean u
16 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
liftit Gary Beaton’s nem, tho she scunnert at his mith
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
s wi the East Lothian Cooncil nem an logo on thaim haes been pi
en o fish he cuid easie pit a nem tae.
his wey hame, tryin tae pit a nem tae it but nane wad come. He
n leukit in its mooth but nae nem wad come tae him. In the hinn
A wadna lik tae try an pit a nem tae it. The'r juist a chance
5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Chynge o Nem on Screivit Cheques tae Scots
coont haes been opened in the nem o Scots Tung an this means th
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
, in 1910 an 1936 (no a lucky nem fer a king, eh?) whan aw prev on page 43
cts jist because thon wis the nem the Romans gied them, supposi on page 97
r Democracy for Scotland, the nem we had voted tae tak on. It w on page 104
ased on a wee book o the same nem we had screived. (The tours s on page 125
in on Westminster, hou in the nem o some big hoose dae they wan on page 127

6 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
heptour is the Composit. Thon nem A wul gie ti the styall o Sco on page 13

2 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
rd the ceity papers cryin her nem for a gey while. Afore she cu on page 16
ore she lencht hersel a stage nem wis nott. She raxed doun the on page 28

2 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
the nem, on page 24
Nae sae weel kent bi nem, yet on page 34

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
rucella for a braw kenspeckle nem, on page 46

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
His nem was Joe, he said to Don,
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
o Detroit at gaes bi the eik-nem “Pole Town”, an at thon t
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor Daffin in a Dear Green Place, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
s the liker a ceetie that its nem – we’r telt – means ‘
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
edd - a staunin-stane wi his nem upon it at his graff. Aiblins on page 21

1 matches

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