A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'nigh'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nighOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71913
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 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) 131.2 2 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nigh in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We're hid her nigh on twenty year - I guess tha on page 33
er and Peter hid been wed fur nigh on forty years. on page 51

2 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Nigh oan century and a half on page 36

1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
ein bön a poyitry purist fur nigh on twa decades, I wis bidden
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Nigh sax hunner ghaisties,
Nigh sax hunner ghaisties,
Nigh sax hunner ghaisties,
3 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The end is nigh! - ye cannae win! on page 94

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
It takes me nigh oan three ooirs ay toil an sw
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n Mauchlin. At the hinner-en, nigh on a thousan sowls were assem on page 34
thin the waas o this kirk for nigh on a twalmonth, against the o on page 40
gruppin his lowpin hert. For nigh on an hour he watched an wait on page 59

3 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
entitie, but that is naewhaur nigh suffeecient fur tae help a ve on page 5

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
anna quite jalouse what. It's nigh on twa, aabody's lang back fa on page 72

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
He’d been at the college nigh on a year,
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Tharatour, kis o the nigh on complete absence o the yai
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Skults thon presence ir sae nigh, on page 36

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
ha dailygaun o tha oul tongue nigh? on page 39

1 matches

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