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The word 'nil'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nilOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1108
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
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 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of nil in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ye Ah see the final score wis nil-nil, wis't?' on page 59

2 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
here at port seton - score 1 nil tae the home side - part 1 o (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
managed tae beat Celtic four nil. Aw the goals came in the sec on page 70

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
inst me but it's nae use. Wan nil tae me. on page 12

1 matches

General Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Gentlemen of the road, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Saint Mirren FOWER, Celtic NIL
1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
it wis like, aye, Rovers, wan-nil, nae bother.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
won, twa nil! 'First gemme eh! Ye're ma lu on page 195

1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
ye, but wi thon aul book it's nil - nil mair aften than not! ; (2014) twitter link