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The word 'nickname'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nicknameOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.91613
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 nickname in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ndy is shurly lived up ta his nickname," Geoffrey sneegired, "We'll on page 39

1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
s lang an thin, earnin him da nickname 'Tirrick' when he wis at scho
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s since he'd thocht aboot the nickname aat'd made his life a misery, on page 35
than..." Ronnie grinned. "My nickname's Fred Flintstone an Ah'll ma on page 53

2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Div ye ken the nickname fur this local castle? https:(2018)

Aberdeen

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
the horse" - wise wirds. My nickname ower the trip wis "Don Carlos on page 25

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
e wi birds fit wye we got the nickname. Coots I think... Or wis it s
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
din oot the door. He goat his nickname oan the strength ae resemblin on page 123

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Louisiana an rejoicin in the nickname o Smokey the Bandit (oreegina on page 48
tle. As for the Aiberdonians' nickname, that wis jist badness on page 50
aith men an weemin an got the nickname the Red Harlot of Socialism. on page 124

3 matches

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
Ma cheeks colour at the nickname, but ah ken he wants tha jist
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
could he be anyhin else wi a nickname like fuckin Disco. Some tan o on page 14

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
es ma nut aboot Manny is this nickname he's got for me. When he wis on page 22

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
ie cryin Gemma "Gemini" wis a nickname. Apparently no. #Corrie(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
mCMackintosh @TLee61 Yon's ma nickname ?? (2020) twitter link