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The word 'nerve'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nerveOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41814
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 52.5 5 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 nerve in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
y 10 year, an you lot hiv the nerve tae bore in aboot."
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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
r let on an he nivver hid the nerve to tell her. on page 29

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
days afore, some sowl wi mair nerve nor sense had gaed haan ower
‘Ah’ll nae deny that taks nerve,’ Ah said. ‘But that kinn
ark that wad brak ony man’s nerve. It didna need a psychologist
Munro. ‘That’s nae test o nerve. Nivver fear, Tam, we’ll be
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(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
. I dinnae ken how he had the nerve tae preach tae onybody on Sun on page 62

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Tae limbs far nerve ends hae deid.
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
SLFL @KeltyHeartsFC hut a raw nerve have aye lol - your priceles (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
atilda she said, 'You've some nerve talkin tae yer faither like t on page 19

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Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
feel yir nerve endins split. on page 37

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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Peel Off Dreadin' - Nerve Shreadin',
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
her haun the sacrit cord, the nerve that cairries the erotic sper
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Glasgow

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
night like this, a act like a nerve-agent. Brain an boadily funct
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General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
hole o the door. 'It's is the nerve centre o the haill factory, t on page 73

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
I'm tellin ye, hae mair nerve, Jean. on page 29

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@alistairdunn tweeted
imagine having the nerve tae complain about a player t(2014)

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
fair stamagastert at Maisie's nerve! I could feel ma cheeks reid- on page 41

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